Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
5226-3441; onvisatravel@hotmail.com; 6a Calle Poniente 40)
Operates shuttles to
Onvisa Travel Agency
(
Copán and elsewhere.
Rainbow Travel Center
(
www.rainbowtravelcenter.com
; 7a Av Sur 8)
Student and teacher air fares are
their specialty.
WEBSITES
H ead to
www.lonelyplanet.com/guatemala/antigua
for planning advice, author recom-
mendations, traveler reviews and insider tips.
Getting There & Around
BUS
Buses from Guatemala City, Ciudad Vieja and San Miguel Dueñas arrive and depart from
a street just south of the market, alongside the Mercado de Artesanías. Buses to Chimal-
tenango, Escuintla, San Antonio Aguas Calientes and Santa María de Jesús go from a lot
behind the main market building. If you're heading out to local villages, go early in the
morning and return by mid-afternoon, as bus services drop off dramatically as evening ap-
proaches.
To reach highland towns such as Chichicastenango, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango or
Panajachel, take one of the frequent buses to Chimaltenango, on the Interamericana Hwy,
then catch an onward bus. Making connections is easy, as many folks will jump to your
aid as you alight from one bus looking for another. But stay alert and watch your pack.
Chimaltenango
(Q5, 45 minutes, every 10 minutes from 5am to 6:30pm)
Ciudad Vieja
(Q3, 20 minutes, every 15 minutes from 3am to 8pm) Take a San Miguel
Dueñas bus.
Escuintla
(Q7, one hour, every half hour from 5am to 4pm)
Guatemala City
(Q9, one hour, every few minutes from 5am to 7:30pm) A Pullman ser-
vice (Q45, 10am and 4pm) by
Litegua
(
7832-9850;
www.litegua.com
; 4a Calle Oriente 48)
runs from
its office at the east end of town.
Panajachel
(Q36, 2½ hours) One Pullman bus daily at 7am by Transportes Rebulli, de-
parting from Panadería Colombia on 4a Calle Poniente, half a block east of the market.
San Antonio Aguas Calientes
(Q3.50, 30 minutes, every half hour from 6am to 8pm)
SHUTTLE MINIBUS
