Insight Guides - Insight Guides Guatemala, Belize and Yucatan (Travel Guide eBook)

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This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Guatemala, Belize & the Yucatn, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Guatemala, Belize & the Yucatn. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Guatemala, Belize & the Yucatn are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Guatemala, Belize & the Yucatn. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Guatemala, Belize & the Yucatns Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction 1

The Riviera Maya. Some of the worlds finest, softest white-sand beaches provide the setting for Mexicos biggest tourist region. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

Chichicastenango Market. Twice a week, this mountain town holds the regions biggest market. This astonishing bazaar is one of the most vivid, colorful expressions of the Highland Maya way of life. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 3

Chichn Itz. Declared one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, this great Maya city is intensely dramatic in style and scale. The Castillo Pyramid is aligned with the sun and stars. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 4

Belizes Cultural Mix. Black Creoles, Kekchi Maya, German-speaking Mennonites, Garfunas with a mixed Carib and African culture all get along and give the country a very special feel. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 5

Mrida. Long, white-painted walls and imposing doorways conceal patios full of exuberant tropical plants and flowers in one of the most charming of Mexicos colonial cities. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 6

Lake Atitln. This exquisite highland lake in a giant caldera (collapsed volcano) is lined by laid-back towns and Maya villages with distinctive customs and shrines. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 7

The Belize Cayes and Reefs. Miles of lovely sand-and-palm islands line the Belize coast. All around them is a fantastic coral aquarium, in perfect turquoise waters. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 8

Antigua. Guatemalas former colonial capital is a gracious city of ornate Baroque churches and rich and colorful traditions. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 9

Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. One of the best-preserved, most pristine expanses of rainforest in the Americas, Belizes most important reserve is a refuge for jaguars, ocelots, and many species of birds. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 10

Tikal. Soaring above the jungle canopy, the colossal temple-pyramids of the Maya city seem built to an unearthly scale. For more information, .

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Editors Choice