Petén

El Petén is the biggest and northernmost department of Guatemala. Besides providing its visitors with a multi facetted nature, it compells through its diversity of mayan sites being contructed acoording to a distinct syle.

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Flores
Flores is a town in Petén, Guatemala. The town proper is an island on Lago Petén Itzá, connected to land by a causeway, on the … Flores Travel Guide »
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Tikal
Tikal is a large archaeological site in the Guatemalan department of Petén. During the Classic Period it was one of the largest and most important of the Mayan cities. Tikal Travel Guide »
El Mirador is a large site of Mayan ruins in the Petén region of Guatemala. El Mirador Travel Guide »
El Remate is a small, relaxed little village on the east side of Lago Petén Itza. Some travelers looking for peace and quiet opt … El Remate Travel Guide »
San Andrés is a small town on the north shore of Lago Petén Itzá in Petén. San Andrés Travel Guide »
Ceibal is in Peten of Guatemala. Ceibal Travel Guide »
Sayaxché is a city in Peten Guatemala. Sayaxché Travel Guide »
Cancuén is in over the border from Alta Verapaz in Peten of Guatemala. Cancuén Travel Guide »
San José is a small village on the north shore of Lago Petén Itzá in Petén. San José Travel Guide »
Nakbé is an early Maya archaeological sites located in Petén. Nakbé Travel Guide »
Melchor de Mencos is in Guatemala on the border with Belize and is usually a place that most travelers merely pass through, but … Melchor de Mencos Travel Guide »
Nakum is in Petén of Guatemala. Nakum Travel Guide »
El Peru, also known as Waká, is a Mayan ruin in Guatemala. More recently, it was identified as the long wondered about "Site Q", the source of many looted Maya objects. El Peru Travel Guide »
Nakum is an impressive Classic site that you can visit as either a round trip from Yaxhá or a one way continuing onward to Tikal. Nakúm Travel Guide »
San Miguel is a small village on the north shore of Lago Petén Itzá in Petén. San Miguel Travel Guide »
Yaxhá is a site of Mayan ruins in the Petén region of Guatemala. Yaxhá Travel Guide »
Poptun is a village in Guatemala's northern Petén region. Poptun Travel Guide »
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Petén Travel Guide is based on Petén by Simon Burchell, Dwayne Shreve, Stefan Ertmann, Claus Hansen, Peter Fitzgerald, Kai Kranz, Jim DeLaHunt, iGuide and others. Petén Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.