Flores
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Flores is 71 km (42 miles) SW of Tikal, and is the capital of El Peten Province. Flores is a small Spanish colonial town crowded onto an island hill in Lake Peten Itza. It is connected to the mainland and the more typically Guatemalan town of Santa Elena by a half kilometer causeway. Santa Elena is a tropical disaster of a place, with its dirt streets frequented by roaming cattle, pigs and chickens. Walk across the causeway and you enter a new world - Flores the tourist town; colonial buildings, craft shops, hotels and hospedajes, dinky cafes and restaurants with lakeside views.
Flores is a good place to linger and relax. You can cruise the lake in a motorized dugout canoe, visit lakeside villages and a zoo, or go fishing for bass. The hilltop plaza houses the cathedral and a tourist information office. For information and reservations with hotels in the area, please click here.
A daily minibus service operates between Flores and Tikal with pickup at Flores hotels for US$7 return. Entrance fee to the National Park is US$10. Leaving at 6 am, you arrive by 7:30 am ready for breakfast at the rustic Gran Jaguar restaurant near the park entrance.
If you'd like ideas or help organizing your transport needs to Tikal and Flores, you can either click on one of the nearby Trolpichat buttons, or click here to communicate with a transport service which can organize either overland or air transport tailored to your needs.
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