Table of Contents

List of Maps.1 The Best of Guatemala.2 Planning Your Trip to Guatemala.3 Suggested Guatemala Itineraries.4 Guatemala City.5 Antigua.6 Lake Atitlan.7 Western Highlands.8 Tikal & the Peten.9 Central Guatemala: Las Verapaces, 9 El Oriente & Copan.10 The Atlantic Lowlands.11 Pacific Coast.Appendix A: Guatemala in Depth.Appendix B: Useful Terms & Phrases.Index.

About the Author

Eliot Greenspan is a poet, journalist, and travel writer who took his backpack and typewriter the length of Mesoamerica before settling in Costa Rica in 1992. Since then, he has worked steadily as a travel writer, freelance journalist, and translator, and has continued his travels in the region. He is the author of Frommer's Belize, Frommer's Cuba, Frommer's Costa Rica, and Costa Rica For Dummies, as well as the Venezuela chapter in Frommer's South America. When not traveling or writing, Eliot plays mandolin, sings, and performs with Los Flying Borracho Brothers.