Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
7am-9pm) Telephone office around the corner from the post office.
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TOURIST INFORMATION
Tourist Office ( 2651-3829; www.copan honduras.org; Calle Independencia; 8am-5pm Mon-Fri, 8am-noon
Sat) Run by the chamber of commerce; one block south of the plaza.
Getting There & Away
If you need a Honduran visa in advance, you can obtain it at the Honduran consulate in
Esquipulas or the embassy ( Click here ) in Guatemala City.
Several Antigua travel agencies offer weekend trips to Copán, which may include stops
at other places, including Quiriguá. All-inclusive day trips from Antigua to Copán are
very rushed.
BUS
Hedman Alas ( 2651-4037; Km 62, Carretera a San Lucas; 6am-6:30pm) runs direct 1st-class ser-
vices daily in both directions between Copán Ruinas and Guatemala City (from L1250,
five hours), leaving its office in Copán Ruinas at 2:20pm and 6:30pm and Guatemala City
at 5am and 8:30am. Coming from other places, you have to take a bus to Chiquimula, and
change there for a connecting service to the border.
If you're coming from Esquipulas, you can get off the bus at Vado Hondo, the junction
of Hwy 10 and the road to El Florido, and wait for a bus there.
Minivans and some pickups depart for Copán Ruinas from the Honduras side of the
border regularly throughout the day. They should charge around L20, payable before you
depart, for the 20-minute ride. Going the other way, they leave from one block west of the
plaza. On the Guatemala side, buses to Chiquimula (Q25, 1½ hours) leave the border
hourly from 5:30am to 4:30pm.
Buses serving points further afield in Honduras depart from a few different places in
Copán Ruinas. Hedman Alas goes to San Pedro Sula (L520, three hours) and on to
Tegucigalpa (L886, seven hours) twice daily.
Casasola ( 2651-4078; Av Sesesmil) offers semi-direct service to San Pedro Sula (L140) and
La Ceiba (L280) at 5am, 6am and 7am.
If you're hoping to make it to the Bay Islands in one day, you really have to be on the
5am Casasola bus to San Pedro.
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