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8 Hotel Zaculeu B1

9 Royal Park Hotel B2

Eating

10 Cafetería Carilo C2

11 Cafetería Las Palmeras C2

12 La Fonda de Don Juan B1

13 Pastelería Monte Alto C1

14 Restaurante Lekaf B3

Drinking & Nightlife

15 Museo del Café A3

Sights & Activities
The lively indigenous market is filled daily with traders who come down from surround-
ing villages. Actually, it's about the only place you'll see traditional costumes in this
town, as most citizens are ladinos in modern garb.

Parque Central
Huehuetenango's main square is shaded by cylindrical ficus trees and surrounded by the
town's imposing buildings: the municipalidad OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (with a band shell on
the upper floor) and the imposing neoclassical church OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP . For a
bird's-eye view of the situation, check out the little relief map of Huehuetenango depart-
ment, which lists altitudes, language groups and populations of the various municipal di-
visions.

PLAZA

Zaculeu
(admission Q50; 8am-4pm) A remnant of the Mam capital, the Zaculeu archaeological zone
was restored by the United Fruit Company in the 1940s, leaving its pyramids, ball courts
and ceremonial platforms covered by a thick coat of graying plaster. Though hardly au-
thentic, the work goes further than others in simulating the appearance of an active reli-
gious center.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE