I need info on tourist attractions in santo tomas de castilla, guatemala.?

Question

We are taking a cruise with Holland America and one of the ports is Santo Tomas De Castilla. Does anyone have an info on things to do and see? So far I have not been able to find any info on this port and Holland America has not sent anything also. We would like to go on our own and not book a tour.

Answer 1

you can visit San Felipe Castle, which was a fort at the time of the Spanish Conquer.

There you can find also beautiful beaches to take the sun, you can also go to Rio Dulce, Livingston

I am sure you are going to love it.

For more information you can go to www.visitguatemala.com

Or search information for:

Izabal, which is the name of the state where Santo Tomas de Castilla is.

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Izabal is bordered to the north by Belize, to the north east by the Gulf of Honduras, and to the east by Honduras, and by the Guatemalan departments of Petén to the north west, Alta Verapaz to the west, and Zacapa to the south.

The department of Izabal surrounds Lago Izabal (or Lago de Izabal), Guatemala's largest lake (about 48 km long and 24 km wide, with an area of about 590 km²). The Spanish Colonial was Fort of San Felipe, now a Guatemalan national monument, overlooks the point where the lake flows into the Río Dulce.

The small town of Izabal is on the south shore of the lake; before the construction of the ports of Livingston and Puerto Barrios in the 19th century this was Guatemala's main Caribbean Sea port and was the original seat of Izabal department; nowadays, however, Izabal town is a remote village that gets little traffic.

From the area around Lake Izabal, the Department of Izabal stretches along the Río Dulce to the coast of the Caribbean Sea.

The department of Izabal includes the ports of Puerto Barrios (the departmental seat), Santo Tomás de Castilla and Livingston. Izabal also includes the Pre-Columbian Maya ruins of Quirigua.

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A boat trip along the length of Rio Dulce, starting at the castle and ending up in the Caribbean is a nature lover's dream. There are bird sanctuaries, natural hot springs, tiny native communities along the waterways and a spectacular passage though a canyon.

Not only is the boat trip the way to go, but the Caribbean destination of Livingston is a delight for anthropologists, tourists, seafood gourmets and adventurers looking for something truly different. Centuries ago the Garifuna settled the coast and today not only speak Spanish and often Afro-Caribbean English but also their own distinctive Garifuna language.

Further to the south along Guatemala’s Caribbean coast the traveler finds white sand beaches and in the mangroves this side of the Honduras border one of the world's last manatee reserves.

A jaunt from steamy seaport Puerto Barrios or cruise ship port Puerto Quetzal back towards the capital takes the tourist to the extraordinary and surprising 8th century AD Maya site of Quirigua. Two-story stele (carved stones) stand up like Easter Island sculptures or Egyptian statues from the Valley of the Kings. Even if you've already seen the spectacular Maya sites of the cradle of the Maya in the Peten, you will stand back at Quirigua and say, "Wow!"

GOOD LUCK AND WELCOME TO GUATEMALA "THE ETERNAL SPRING COUNTRY"