Lake Atitlan hotel accommodation, Guatemala
| country: | Guatemala |
| location: | Lake Atitlan |
| price: | From US $35 per single room per night. From US $60 per triple room per night. Taxes and breakfast included |
description
The best of Lake Atitlan hotel accommodation, Guatemala
Among the special places of the world, Lake Atitlan is one of the nicest. Our eco hotel is 100 meters from the shores of the lake. It is 175 kms, from Guatemala city. It is possible to arrive by paved road and by boat.
Your stay will be healthy and relaxing. To start the day you will appreciate sunrise on the mountains in front while hearing a birds concert. You can walk or swim and then take a delicious breakfast (hotel courtesy). Then you can visit local weavers and painters or a more demanding trip to natural areas.
After lunch you can rest on a hammock, have a cup of organic coffee or read. By night, breeze and frogs will connect you to nature. A mint fresh tea will make you sleep and have new energy. Alone or with company this can be part of a special journey to Guatemala. We can assist you to arrange your trip to other areas like Antigua, Tikal or Guatemala city.
Among the special places of the world, Lake Atitlan is one of the nicest. Our eco hotel is 100 meters from the shores of the lake. It is 175 kms, from Guatemala city. It is possible to arrive by paved road and by boat.
Your stay will be healthy and relaxing. To start the day you will appreciate sunrise on the mountains in front while hearing a birds concert. You can walk or swim and then take a delicious breakfast (hotel courtesy). Then you can visit local weavers and painters or a more demanding trip to natural areas.
After lunch you can rest on a hammock, have a cup of organic coffee or read. By night, breeze and frogs will connect you to nature. A mint fresh tea will make you sleep and have new energy. Alone or with company this can be part of a special journey to Guatemala. We can assist you to arrange your trip to other areas like Antigua, Tikal or Guatemala city.
rooms, food and facilities
At the Lake Atitlan hotel accommodation, Guatemala, there are:
Rooms of different sizes, all with private bathroom. Big gardens in the surrounding with many local flowers. Coffee and macadamia plantations, vegetable and medicinal herbs. Private deck for swimming and canoeing. Several paths and docks to relax. Solarium and corridors with hammocks. Sauna maya and Jacuzzi. Horse. Parking area. Friendly contact with the community.
N.B. All these services are included in the tariff.
Family friendly: For families who are interested in ecology and culture we offer plenty of opportunities, like swimming, canoeing, footing, bird watching, learning to weave and to paint, horse riding, gardening.
There are ten rooms and two bungalows at our Lake Atitlan hotel accommodation, they are distributed in three levels at 15-30 meters above lake level. All have a nice view and have corridors which look to the lake, gardens, deck and neighbouring cultivated land, with hammocks and chairs. These are an ideal place to relax, read or simply observe the lake and life that surrounds it.
Beds are comfortable, some of them made up of carved stone. All rooms have private bathroom. Guests are requested to have practices which saves energy and water. Rooms are clean and decorated with locally made products.
N.B. All these services are included in the tariff.
Family friendly: For families who are interested in ecology and culture we offer plenty of opportunities, like swimming, canoeing, footing, bird watching, learning to weave and to paint, horse riding, gardening.
the rooms
There are ten rooms and two bungalows at our Lake Atitlan hotel accommodation, they are distributed in three levels at 15-30 meters above lake level. All have a nice view and have corridors which look to the lake, gardens, deck and neighbouring cultivated land, with hammocks and chairs. These are an ideal place to relax, read or simply observe the lake and life that surrounds it. Beds are comfortable, some of them made up of carved stone. All rooms have private bathroom. Guests are requested to have practices which saves energy and water. Rooms are clean and decorated with locally made products.
how to find our Lake Atitlan hotel accommodation, Guatemala
From Guatemala city the hotel is 175 kms by road. Shuttles from Guatemala city and Antigua are the most practical way to arrive. how this holiday makes a difference
 Our Lake Atitlan hotel accommodation is an authentic ecotourist project, built and run with environmental and cultural commitment. Employees are all from the community and their friendly attention is an expression of our policy. We provide direct employment to five families and indirectly to 150 women weavers and nine painters. We purchase different products produced locally and have contracts with local builders (buildings, decks, docks, huts, hammocks (7 entrepreneurs). We keep the Lake Atitlan shore as as clean as possible both in and out of the water. Sewerage is sent to safe holes far from the lake. We endeavor to give protection to a great variety of plants and animals, especially birds. The production and exclusive utilization of organic fertilizer is just one of our other environmental measures. As well as this we use several organically produced vegetables and coffee. |
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