Guatemala Footprint Focus Guide

Richard Arghiris first visited Latin America in 2003, when he travelled between the capitals of Mexico and Panamá. Richard has since become a regular visitor to the Americas, writing and researching content for guidebooks, magazines, newspapers and websites. Richard has lived and worked in Amsterdam, Brighton, London and at sea. Aside from Latin America, he has travelled widely in Europe and the United States, and is currently based in London where he works as an author and freelance journalist and is on the road whenever it calls. Check out Richard's blog from Nicaragua, interamericana.co.uk. Claire Boobbyer is a freelance writer, editor and photographer and has had an attachment to all things Latin ever since she backpacked around South America over 10 years ago. As well as co-authoring Footprint Belize, Guatemala & Southern Mexico, she has authored Footprint’s Guatemala and Vietnam and contributed to Footprint’s Mexico & Central America, Cuba and Thailand. Her photography has appeared in Footprint guides to Asia, Latin America and Cuba, as well as several other travel publications. Claire is currently in Vietnam and working on the newest edition Handbook for us. See also claireboobbyer.com.

1) Guatemala City; (2) Antigua and around; (3) Lake Atitlán – Panajachel, Chichicastenango, The Ixil Triangle; Western highlands – Huehuetenango and around, Todos Santos Cuchumatán; Quetzaltenango and around; Southern Guatemala – Monterrico, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa; Guatemala City to the Caribbean – Livingston and around, Lago de Izabel; The Verapaces – Baja Verapaz, Alta Verapaz, Cobán and around, Langquín and Semuc Champey, North of Cobán.