Villa Santa Catarina

This elegant and charming hotel is nestled between three impressive volcanoes on the shore of Lake Atitlan. Travellers will enjoy visits to neighbouring towns and villages including Panajachel, Santa Catarina Palopó, San Antonio Palopó and Santiago, where locals still maintain a mixture of Catholic and pre-Hispanic traditions and culture. Guests may wish to visit Chichicastenango, the historic Mayan settlement where Francisco Jimenez discovered the Popol Vuh. The hotel offers 36 rooms that surround a courtyard with two inviting outdoor pools (one of natural springs) and a beautiful garden, each room with balcony and private en suite bathroom. Guests can enjoy traditional local cuisine as well as international dishes in the hotels restaurant, and take advantage of a wide array of services offered by the hotel including attentive bilingual staff, currency exchange, safe deposit box, parking, and free wireless internet in common areas.