Hotel Maya Copan

New York-Costa Rica-Nicaragua-Honduras-Guatemala-Belize-Mexico! We took the budget most people spend on 2 weeks in a 5 star hotel, and blew it on the adventure of a lifetime through Central America instead. An excellent decision!

... . The ruins were beautiful and we saw wild scarlet macaws in the park.  One of the things of major importance at Copan is the abundance of stele and hieroglyphics that were still clear to see.   Unfortunately George came down with the Mayan ...

... The hot shower back in our room was definitely the best one of the entire trip so far.... The next day we headed off to Copan, the ancient Maya city famed for its well-preserved carvings and stellae. We decided to get a guide, since it was only $25 per ...

... all opened our guide books to find a place to stay. I ended up in a triple room with Travis and Karmen at the Copan Classica. The hotel was simple, but clean and most importantly, near the corner where all the buses leave from. This would make it easy ...

... men (which just happened two days before my departure from Guatemala to two Japanese tourists and their guide), I arrived in Copan where I am staying at a little hotel called "Los Gemelos". After two days in the town of Copan, I have yet to see the Copan ...

... as his translator.  He’s a really generous and kind dude and I hope to see him down the road somewhere.  The Copan ruins (USD15 including Sepulteras site) are less than 1km from town via a really nice stone path.  On the way we ...

... - I seem to have developed an enthusiasm for going underground! I went a little bit mad with the photos,opting to deploy the tilt shift function in an attempt to miniaturise everything - whoops, Copan looking a little like a model village. ...

Caught another bus (or two) from La Entrada this morning to Copan, one site of ancient Maya ruins in Central America. The morning was pretty entertaining. We left the hotel, went to an ATM, and asked the guard there about catching a bus to Copan. He ...

... with malls and business stuff. Anyway it was another taxi across town here to catch a bus to Copan Ruinas where there is a cool town and more Maya ruins... should probably mention that most public transport in central america is feckin crazy, when you ...

... courtyards and painted rich colours and the streets are cobbled, tuktuks bouncing over them. Very touristy, every other building is a hotel or restaurant or souvenir shop. But friendly and relaxed. Lots of Central American tourists as it is a holiday ...

... bière. Ensuite, Roseline parcourt les micros boutiques, mais ne trouve rien... Ce soir, nous voulons aller manger de la cuisine typique maya. Dans notre guide, c'est écrit que c'est la meilleure du pays! À 20:00, avant de partir de notre hôtel, nous ...

... wasted my last 20 on the hotel room and so Im taking a fair gamble when I hop on the chicken bus to Copan Ruinas with about 100 lempiras in my pocket. Im only taking the risk thanks to a bit of internet research which supposedly revealed a ...

... by beautiful forests with waterfalls, hot springs, and excellent bird-watching and adventure tourism possibilities. We stayed at a wonderful hotel, Hotel Marina Copan, which overlooks the Central Plaza. It had a beautiful pool and hot tub, as well as a ...

... to 100,000 at Tikal) and was described as "the Athens of the New World".  For reasons unknown, Copan was the principal cultural centre for the Maya when at the peak of its development, from about 400 to 800 AD.  Like many Mayan cities, it is ...

I was sitting at the Cafe Hotel Via Via, "downtown" Copán having a Gado Gado. I know, it's a pretty typical Indonesian dish and I'm located in the beautiful cobblestoned village of Copán, Honduras, set in a serene landscape surrounded with green rolling ...

... than I expected, it reminded me of Italy and those tiny villages that look as if they were built into the mountain. Copan is surrounded by high mountains and has steep cobble-stoned streets,  there are donkeys and horses everywhere on the roads ...

... our muscles in the hot water and smearing mud in our face as a beauty treatment we enjoyed a Hondurian barbeque. Wikipedia - History Copan: Little is known of the rulers of Copán before the founding of a new dynasty with its origins at Tikal in ...

... gesprungen, nach abenteuerlicher Fahrt (in Minibussen die nach indischen Massstaeben gestopft wurden), sind wir in Copan angekommen, haben uns ein nettes Hotel gesucht (nach dieser Absteige in Livingston), unsere Waesche zum Waschen gegeben und sind auf ...

... out - all of $3 and Q10. Copan Ruinas is a lovley little town with a Disney-esque central square and nice little hotel with lush garden & nice balconies. Avoiding Obama on TV ended up with High Society tonight. We found a local 'tourist'restaurant where ...