Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The Buddha
( 4178-7979; 2a Av 2-24; noon-1am)
The Buddha can be enjoyed on various levels - down-
stairs there's a boisterous bar with darts and rock concert videos, upstairs a restaurant do-
ing convincing versions of Thai, Indian and Mideast fare, and up top a thatched roof
lounge for smoking, conversation and original cocktails.
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Zoola
( 11am-midnight; )
Zoola remains San Pedro's premier global chillage venue. Travelers
kick back on cushions around low tables, munching scrumptious Mideast fare, grooving
on Manu, playing board games and generally unwinding. For serious DJ sessions, follow
the cobblestone path to the sensational new lakefront lounge with swimming pool.
Shopping
Grupo Ecológico Teixchel
( 5932-0000; berta_nc@yahoo.com; 8:30am-noon & 2-6pm)
is a Tz'utujil
women's collective that sells fair-trade woven goods and offers weaving classes for Q25
per hour (not including materials). It's about 150m uphill from the Pana dock toward the
center of town. Yabalám, downstairs from D'Noz (
Click here
)
, is a good place to look for
contemporary indigenous handicrafts, including jewelry, textiles and paper hot-air bal-
loons.
Orientation
San Pedro has two docks, about 1km apart. The one on the southeast side of town serves
boats going to and from Santiago Atitlán; the other, on the northwest side, serves Pana-
jachel. From each dock, streets run ahead to meet outside the market in the town center, a
few hundred meters uphill. Most of the tourism activity is in the lower part of town,
between and on either side of the two docks. To work your way across this lower area
from the Panajachel dock, turn left at the first intersection. Follow this path about 200m
until you reach a store called La Estrellita, then take the trail on the right. Soon afterward,
the path angles left and passes the Museo Tz'unun'Ya, then takes a sharp left into a busy
bar and restaurant zone. From the Santiago dock, turn right immediately before the Hotel
Villasol.
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