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Where to stay in Guatemala?

Places to stay at every stop and at every budget, chosen for where they are. Sleeping in the right place each night means not spending the trip in transport. Change the budget or the trip length and the hotels follow.

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Budget
BudgetMid-rangeLuxury

6 nights · accommodation about €655

Antigua

Days 1-3 · 3 nights
Mid-range♥ Our favouriteHotel Casa Santo Domingo
🚶Walk everywhere

A hotel in a former convent on 3a Calle Oriente, a hundred metres from the centre. For sleeping in the very ruins you visit elsewhere in town, with the main square on foot.

A former 17th-century Dominican convent; the estate's museums and crypts can also be visited without staying there.

€140 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-rangePosada de Don Rodrigo
🌅Great view

A colonial hotel on 5a Avenida Norte, the street of the Santa Catalina Arch, five hundred metres from the centre. For the view of the Arch as you step out and the ruined convents a few streets away.

On the Arch street; a marimba ensemble plays in the restaurant in the evening, a house tradition.

€90 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-rangeHotel Convento Santa Catalina

A hotel in the former Santa Catalina convent, on 2a Calle Poniente, six hundred metres from the centre. For sleeping beneath the Arch itself and stepping out onto Antigua's most photographed street.

The Santa Catalina Arch linked this convent to the building opposite: the nuns crossed it without being seen.

€80 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetAdra Hostel
🚶Walk everywhere

A design hostel on 4a Calle Oriente, two hundred metres from the main square. For sleeping in the heart of Antigua with a little style, with the Arch and the craft market a few minutes' walk away.

€25 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryPensativo House Hotel
🚶Walk everywhere

A colonial boutique hotel in Antigua, a town where you are within a few minutes' walk of everything anyway. For a stay of character and calm, before or after the climb up Acatenango volcano.

€190 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryEl Convento Boutique Hotel
🚶Walk everywhere

A boutique hotel on 2a Avenida Norte, two hundred metres from the centre, arranged around patios. For sleeping in peace in the heart of Antigua, with the main square and the convents on foot.

€220 a nightSee on Booking →
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Lake Atitlán

Days 4-5 · 2 nights
Mid-rangeCasa Prana

A lakeside boutique hotel for those who want the volcanoes opposite on waking rather than the town. For a calm stay, with the Mayan villages by boat from the shore.

€110 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-range♥ Our favouritePorta Hotel del Lago
🚶Walk everywhere

A lakeside hotel in Panajachel, in Jucanyá. For the volcanoes opposite, the piers on foot and the town for meals, with no lancha to catch.

€90 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetHotel Utz Jay
🚶Walk everywhere

A guesthouse in Jucanyá, a district of Panajachel, seven kilometres from the centre of the lake. For sleeping simply in the arrival town, with the piers for San Juan and San Pedro on foot.

€30 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryCasa Palopó
🌅Great view

A hotel on the San Antonio Palopó road, above the lake. For the view over the lake and volcanoes from the heights, in one of the villages on the east shore.

Above Santa Catarina Palopó, a village whose facades have been painted with Mayan motifs since 2016.

€230 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryHotel Atitlán
🌿Quiet

A hotel with gardens on the Sololá road, in San Buenaventura, at the entrance to Panajachel, seven and a half kilometres from the centre of the lake. For the volcanoes opposite and calm outside town.

€150 a nightSee on Booking →
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Tikal (Petén)

Days 6-7 · 1 night
BudgetHostel Flores
🚶Walk everywhere🍽️Restaurant

A hostel in Flores, the island village on Lake Petén Itzá from which shuttles leave for Tikal. For a tight budget, with dawn minibuses organised in town and evening restaurants on foot.

€15 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryLas Lagunas Boutique

A waterside jungle lodge, far from any town, in the Petén. For ending the trip with two nights of silence and wildlife, before or after sunrise over the temples.

€220 a nightSee on Booking →
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Indicative prices for two people, checked when written: the price on the day depends on the season and your dates, so check it on the booking link. A deliberately short selection: a few checked places per budget and per stop, not a directory. The "more hotels" link opens the full Booking search for the same town, on the same dates. Some links are affiliate links: we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.

The rest of the trip

🎟️ What to book before you go→ 🗺️ The itinerary, day by day→ 📒 The free printable Guatemala guide→