Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The main post office (8:30 A.M.-5 P.M. Mon.- Fri., 8:30 A.M.-1 P.M. Sat.) is downtown at
7a Avenida 11-67 Zona 1. There are also branches at the airport and the corner of Avenida
La Reforma and 14 Calle Zona 9 with the same hours. It's called El Correo.
For more reliable service, many people prefer to use one of the international couriers,
including FedEx (14 Avenida 7-12 Complejo EmpreVilla #20, Zona 14, tel. 2366-8536
or toll-free from Guatemala 1-801-00-333-39,
www.fedex.com/gt_english
)
, UPS (12 Calle
5-53 Zona 10, tel. 2360-6460,
www.ups.com
)
, and DHL (12 Calle 5-12 Zona 10, tel.
2332-7547,
www.dhl.com
).Foranall-in-oneshippinglocale,tryMailBoxesEtc.(Avenida
LasAméricas6-19Zona14,tel.2337-4450,8A.M.-7P.M.Mon.-Fri.,9A.M.-1P.M.Sat.).
Internet access is widely available throughout the city, but especially downtown, costing
about $1-1.50 an hour. It's more expensive (like everything else) in Zona 10, though Web
Station (2a Avenida 14-63 Zona 10, 10 A.M.- midnight Mon.-Sat., noon-midnight Sun.) is
a cheaper option at $2.50 an hour.
You can exchange dollars and cash travelers checks at virtually all of the city's banks, in-
cludingtheoneinthearrivalshalloftheinternationalairport.ATMslinkedtointernational
networks can be found all over the city. Be especially careful when withdrawing money at
ATMs in the downtown area. The safest places to hit up an ATM are the Guatemala City
shopping malls and hotel lobbies.
You can search for Visa ATM locations in Guatemala City online at
ht-
tp://visa.via.infonow.net/locator/global/jsp/SearchPage.jsp
and MasterCard ATMs at
www.mastercard.com/atm
.
A useful listing of Banco Industrial Visa ATM machines
throughout Guatemala can be found at
www.bi.com.gt/Cajeros-BI_body.htm
.
TheAmericanExpressAgentinGuatemalaCityisClarkTours(7aAvenida14-76,Plaza
Clark, Zona 9, tel. 2412-4700,
www.clark-tours.com
). It also has offices in the Westin
Camino Real, Holiday Inn, and Barceló.
You can do laundry at some of the budget hotels, including the Xamanek Student Inn (13
Calle 3-57 Zona 10). Otherwise, downtown there's Lavandería El Siglo (12 Calle 3-42
Zona 1, 8 A.M.-6 P.M. Mon.-Sat., $4 per load). In Zona 10 is Lavandería Obelisco (Aven-
idaLaReforma16-30),whereself-servicelaundrycostsabout$3perloadtowashanddry.
