Which are the best Mayan archeological ruins to visit in Guatemala?
Hands down, Tikal is the best. It’s one one of the most spectacular sites in the world. Huge yet graceful pyramids 200 ft+ feet tall…and its in the middle of the jungle, so there’s monkeys, parrots and other wildlife about. Main drawback: It’s a little harder to get to- you have to either take a plane ($100 rt??) from Guatemala City or Cancun, or its I think 8 or 9 hours there by bus from Guatemala City (you can take one overnight). There are other arch sites in the northern lowlands but most I think are harder to get to and visit than Tikal, I didn’t see any of them except for Uaxactun which is small and near Tikal. Most of them haven’t been restored for tourists. The other major, famous place I can think of is Copan, which is in Honduras 10 miles from the Guatemalan border. It’s not as massive and vast as Tikal, nor in the wilderness, but it has very beautiful statues, glyphs, and other carving, a lot more so than Tikal. There are a few sites in the highlands, not very impressive c
