Places to Visit in Chiquimula, Guatemala, America

Places to Visit in Chiquimula, Guatemala, America

Chiquimula is the capital city of Chiquimula department in Guatemala, also serves as the municipal seat of all the municipalities of Chiquimula department and is situated about 190 km from the national capital Guatemala City. Chiquimula is popularly called as ‘La perla del oriente’.

The municipalities coming under Chiquimula department are Concepcion Las Minas, Esquipulas, Camotan, Chiquimula, Ipala, Jocotan, Olopa, Quezaltepeque, San Jacinto, San Juan Ermita and San Jose La Arada.

Geography of Chiquimula:

Chiquimula is positioned between latitude 14°47′ in the north and longitude 89°32′ in the west, is spread over an area of 372 sq. km and located at an elevation of 423 meters.

History of Chiquimula:

Chiquimula was incorporated as a city on June 29, 1821.

How to reach Chiquimula?

Chiquimula has a domestic airport connected only with nearby cities by scheduled flights is located 19 km away from the city centre. The most important airport of the country, La Aurora International Airport which is situated around 180 km from Chiquimula.

Also tourists can reach other major cities of the country by bus from Chiquimula and Maria Elena bus operates daily direct services to Flores at 9:30am. Other than Maria Elena, tourists can check at the local travel offices for more services. Tourists can rent two wheeler or tuk-tuk for local travel.

Culture, Food and Shopping in Chiquimula:

Chiquimula is a neat and clean city housing the population of different ethnicities and religions such as Chorti, Ladino and Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism and Maya.

Chiquimula houses all the types of shops and stores including fashion, jewelry, handicraft and sport goods. Chiquiferia is a special shopping centre offering gift items, artificial tattoos, jewelry, plastic gun and sports balls.

Pizza Burger Dinner is the best place to eat variety of pizzas and burgers at reasonable prices, staffs are very friendly and will speak both English and Spanish. Calero steak House is another popular food corner in Chiquimula.

Things to do in Chiquimula:

Climbing
Hiking
Mountaineering

Places to interest in Chiquimula:

Volcan Ipala:

Volcan Ipala is an extinct volcano situated at the coordinates of 14°33′00″ N 89°37′48″ W at an elevation of 1650 meters. There is Lake Ipala placed at the base of crater of the Ipala Volcano with a surface area of 0.59 km² and the lake has rich fish species of Mojarra. Both lake and peak are the big treat to the eyes of tourists. Climbing, hiking ad mountaineering are the activities to do here.

Historical Buildings:

There are several historical buildings located all around Chiquimula, especially on outskirts of the town. Visitors can hire private vehicles to reach these ancient sites.

Hotel Tikal Inn:

Hotel Tikal Inn is well known for its top class hospitality services as well as its nice outer structure. It is one of the notable sites in Chiquimula.

Best time to visit Chiquimula:

The month of July is ideal to visit Chiquimula because of the healthy weather.

Accommodation Options in Chiquimula:

Chiquimula is a cool and calm city with well maintained infrastructure is visited by more than lakh of tourists annually to enjoy the natural beauty of Lake Ipala. Due to this, there are many well facilitated accommodation centres established all around Chiquimula to serve tourists who visit the place throughout the year. The major hotels and hostels in and around Chiquimula are as follows: