6 Nights Includes

Day 1 ˜ Arrive Guatemala City: Arrival greeting and transfer to your selected Guatemala City hotel. Stroll through this vibrant capital for excel-lent shopping and fine restaurants. Overnight. (Accommodations, Guatemala City)

Day 2 ˜ Guatemala City to Chi-chicastenango: Early morning de-parture from your hotel for a 2 ½ hour drive to Chichicastenango’s fabulous market (held every Thursday and Sunday) where you will see a stunning array of handicrafts, including textiles, wood carvings and ceramics. Within the market is the historic Church of Santo Tomas, built over 400 years ago on a Mayan temple site. The Church represents a blending of the Christian and Mayan religions. Overnight at the charming Mayan Inn in Chichicaste-nango. (Breakfast, Guatemala City; accom-modations, Chichicastenango)

Day 3 ˜ Chichicastenango to Lake Atitlan: After breakfast, depart for the village of Sololá, an important regional market center on Tuesdays and Fridays. Here you will be able to see the distinctive costumes from the nearby villages. Continue to the lake-side town of Panahachel on Lake Atit-lan. This scenic lake covers 50 square miles and is surrounded by three volcanoes. Overnight at Hotel Atitlan. (Breakfast, Chichicastenango; Accommoda-tions, Lake Atitlan)

Day 4 ˜ Lake Atitlan to Guate-mala City: After breakfast, drive from Lake Atitlan to the beautiful colonial town of Antigua. Found-ed by the Spaniards in 1543, Antigua was once the cultural center for all Central America.

Get an understanding of Guatemala’s deep beauty, rich culture and vibrant heritage, in one week, to learn why Guatemala remains one of the best travel values. This vacation includes it all! The excitement of Guatemala City, the cobblestone streets of Antigua, the crafted treasures of Chichicastenango, the majesty of Lake Atitlan, and, finally, the storied ruins of Tikal.

7 Days/6 NightsDeparts Wednesdays and Saturdays from Guatemala City

Highlights of Guatemala

• All Air and Ground Trans-fers

• 3 Nights Guatemala City

• Antigua Tour with Lunch

• 1 Night Chichicastenangowith Tour of the Market

• Tour by Boat to the Villageof Santiago

• 1 Night Lake Atitlan

• 1 Night Tikal

• Tikal Ruins Tour with Lunch

• Yaxha and Topoxte RuinsTour with Lunch

• Daily Breakfast

For information and reservations, please see your professional agent.

You will see Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala’s first per-manent capital, destroyed in 1541 by earthquakes and a flood. Visit the city’s famous churches, mon-asteries, museums and colonial buildings, all of which have contributed to the city being named Monument of the Americas in 1965. Among the most celebrated are La Merced Church, Las Capu-chinas and Santa Clara Convent. After your tour, continue to Guatemala City for your overnight. (Breakfast, Lake Atitlan; accommodations, Guatemala City)

Day 5 ˜ Guatemala City to Tikal: Morningtransfer to Guatemala City Airport before a flight to Tikal. A representative will pick you up and take you to your tour of the ruins of the Mayan city of Yaxha. The city is contemporary to Tikal, and is located on the northeastern side of the Lake Yaxha. Over 1,400 monuments have been mapped and an excavation program has been taking place for the past ten years, exposing some of its magnificent ar-chitecture. The climb up one or more of the tem-ples yields magnificent views of the surrounding rain forest, two lakes and a river. Close to Yaxha are the ruins of the Mayan settlement of Topoxte, located on an island in Lake Yaxha. Topoxte was an important trading center in the late Mayan period; it has several large buildings surrounding a central plaza. After completing these tours and having lunch, you’ll continue on to your hotel in Tikal. Overnight. (Breakfast, Guatemala City; lunch, Yaxha; ac-commodations, Tikal)

Day 6 ˜ Tikal to Guatemala City: Earlymorning departure for a full-day Tour of the Tikal Ruins. Visit the Twin-Pyramid Complexes Q and R; and the Lost World Complex where the Great Pyramid and Temple 5C-49 are the most impor-tant. Also visit Temple III and the Palace of the Windows, the Great Plaza squared off with the pyramids of the Grand Jaguar and the Masks, the Palace of the Nobles, and Pyramid IV—one of the highest of the Mayan pyramids; from its top a com-plete view of Tikal and its surrounding jungle can be enjoyed. Lunch is included. After a full day of touring Tikal, you’ll transfer to Flores airport for a flight to Guatemala City, where you’ll spend the last night of your vacation. (Break-fast, Lunch, Tikal; Accommodations, Guatemala City)

Day 7 ˜ Depart Guatemala City: Transfer tothe airport for your return flight home or to your next Avanti destination! (Breakfast, Guatemala City)

Highlights of Guatemala 7 Days/6 Nights

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01/09/2014