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Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
Sights
1 Bilbao Stones
B1
2 Museo Cultura Cotzumalguapa
D2
Sleeping
3 Hospedaje Reforma
B2
4 Hotel El Camino
A3
5 Hotel Internacional
B3
6 Hotel Santiaguito
A3
Eating
7 Beer House
C3
8 Robert's
C3
Sights
There are three main sites to visit, all outside town: El Baúl hilltop site, about 4.5km
north; the museum at Finca El Baúl, 2.75km further north; and the Museo Cultura Cotzu-
malguapa, off the highway 2km northeast of town.
Taxi drivers in Santa Lucía's main square will take you around all three sites for about
Q240 without too much haggling. In this hot and muggy climate, riding at least part of the
way is the least you can do to help yourself.
El Baúl Hilltop Site
This archaeological site has the additional fascination of being an active place of pagan
worship for local people. Maya people regularly, and especially on weekends, make offer-
ings, light fires and candles, and sacrifice chickens here. They will not mind if you visit as
well, and may be happy to pose with the idols for photographs in exchange for a small
contribution.
Of the two stones here, the great, grotesque, half-buried head is the most striking, with
its elaborate headdress, beaklike nose and 'blind' eyes with big bags underneath. The head
is stained with wax from candles, splashes of liquor and other drinks, and with the smoke
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
 
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