The Highlands - Guatemala - page 245

Sights

1 Capilla del Calvario B2

2 Centro Comercial Santo Tomás C2

3 Galería Pop-Wuj A3

4 Iglesia de Santo Tomás C2

5 Market C2

6 Museo Arqueológico Regional B2

7 Pascual Abaj A5

Sleeping

8 Chalet House D1

9 Hotel Mashito A2

10 Hotel San Jerónimo B4

11 Hotel Santo Tomás D2

12 Maya Lodge C2

13 Mayan Inn B2

14 Posada Conchita C2

15 Posada El Arco C1

16 Posada El Teléfono A2

Eating

17 Casa de San Juan C2

Mayan Inn (see 13)

18 Tziguan Tinamit C2

Shopping

19 Ut'z Bat'z B2

Market
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MARKET

Some villagers still walk for hours carrying their wares to reach Chichi's market, one of
Guatemala's largest. At dawn on Thursday and Sunday they spread out their vegetables,
chunks of chalk (ground to a powder, mixed with water and used to soften dried maize),
handmade harnesses and other merchandise and wait for customers.
Tourist-oriented handicraft stalls selling masks, textiles, pottery and so on now occupy
much of the plaza and the streets to the north. Things villagers need - food, soap, cloth-