The F.L.A.A.R. team has been in Guatemala several decades and was recently in the Panajachel and Lake Atitlan area checking out which hotels should be recommended.

In past decades I have stayed at the established hotels such as the Tzunjuyu and the nearby Atitlan (Camino Real chain in Guatemala). But now countless new hotels exist. Warning, many of the new hotels are ugly concrete monstrosities that are a blot on the landscape. It is rather hard to tell what hotel your travel agent is going to stick you in, so F.L.A.A.R. tries to help out so that you can look forward to a more pleasant visit to Guatemala.

If you wish a hotel in Panajachel filled with gardens full of tropical flowers consider the Hotel Posada de Don Rodrigo.

Posada de Don Rodrigo, Final Calle Santander, Panahachel, tel (502) 762-2326, 762-2332; Corporacion Hotelera, office in Guatemala City, tel (502) 331-8017, fax (502) 331-6838, e-mail chotelera@c.net.gt.

At the left, the spacious main garden of the Posada de Don Rodrigo.

Reservations in Guatemala for the Villa Santa Catarina, Lake Atitlan, telephone in main office of STP/Villas de Guatemala, in Guatemala City, (011) (502) 334-8136 through 8139 fax 334 8134, email: stpvillas@pronet.net.gt