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Mayan temple mounds and the modern Grand Tikal Futura contrast in Guatemala City's
Zona 11.
The Suite Presidencial ($799) is one of the nicest rooms in Guatemala. Check the website
for special deals. Wireless Internet is offered throughout the property. There is a pleasant,
though unheated, garden swimming pool. Its Restaurante Las Ventanas is one of the city's
most exclusive, with a variety of international dishes served in an elegant dining room
overlooking the hotel's gardens. Its well-stocked Bar Quinta Real is open 5 P.M.-1 A.M.
Monday-Saturday.
Well outside of Guatemala City but entirely worth the trip,
San Gregorio Hotel &
Spa
(CarreteraaSantaElenaBarillasKm.29.5,tel.6634-3666,
www.sangregoriospa.com
,
$120d)isamodern,eco-chicfacilitywith10stylishroomsfeaturinghardwoodfloors,flat-
screen TVs, Guatemalan textiles, wood accents, and views over Guatemala City valley to
Lake Amatitlán and Agua Volcano. There's an indoor/outdoor swimming pool; the hotel's
eco-chic status is punctuated by the use of solar panels for water heating and rain-water
collection forlandscapeirrigation.Togethere,taketheCarreteraaElSalvadortoaturnoff
at Km. 25. You'll see a Texaco gas station; follow the road to Santa Elena Barillas, anoth-
