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range, kitchen sink, and dining room table. There is a bar by the infinity-edge swimming
pool with whirlpool bath and the hotel's restaurant serves excellent meals, including sand-
wiches,pasta,andseafoodinthe$6-10range.ThelodgeisclosedyearlyonChristmasEve
and Christmas Day. Call ahead, as it's also closed for fumigation about every two months.
oceanfront Cayman Suites, along the road from Iztapa to Monterrico
Monterrico, once a sleepy fishing village with one hotel run by an ex-Peace Corps volun-
teerisfastbecomingpopularwithforeignerslookingtogetsometimebythebeachontheir
triptoGuatemala.Thevillagehasgrownconsiderablyinthelastfewyears,ashasthequal-
ity of its accommodations. It is a popular weekend destination with folks from Guatem-
ala City and students from Antigua's Spanish schools. The same architects who gave Xo-
comil and Xetulul Parks their outstanding visual appeal were hired by INGUAT and loc-
al tourism authorities to provide Monterrico with an urban facelift—complete with a tree-
lined entrance to the main beach, pedestrian walkway, and a boat marina fronting Canal de
