If you needed a final reason to add Lake Atitlán on your list of places to visit, Guatemala is known as the "land of eternal spring" due to its advantageous rainy and dry seasons, with average ...

Located in Guatemala's Western Highlands, Lake Atitlán is a tourist-friendly area rich in the Mayan culture. There are more than 20 Mayan ethnic groups in Guatemala, and the Lake Atitlán area is ...

NPR's Lilly Quiroz is now one of them as she traveled to the lake in western Guatemala. LILLY QUIROZ, BYLINE: Lake Atitlan is more than meets the eye. It wasn't always a lake with teal-colored water.

Located in Guatemala's Western Highlands, Lake Atitlán is a tourist-friendly area rich in the Mayan culture. There are more than 20 Mayan ethnic groups in Guatemala, and the Lake Atitlán area is ...

I traveled from Guatemala City to San Marcos, Lake Atitlan by chicken bus to experience Guatemala's hippie capital. I stayed in this awesome hippie hostel called 'Hostel Del Lagos' for only 8$ a ...

This November 2015 photo shows one of the volcanoes at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala's Western Highlands. Lake Atitlan is a tourist-friendly area rich in the Mayan culture.

By Nicholas Casey Updated Aug. 14, 2010 12:01 amET Share Santa Catarina, Guatemala A view of Lake Atitlán.ILLUSTRATION: Alamy ...

1 Guatemala: Travel to Lake Atitlan should be deferred until January, according to the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City, because the road from the Department of Solola to Panajachel on the lake will ...

Lake Atitlan in 2009. Photo: Wojtek Ogrodowczyk via Flickr.com. The limpid beauty of Guatemala's Lake Atitlán has long been a magnet for dreamers, mystics and hippies. But now the Lake is suffering ...

One of Guatemala's most frequently visited sites is Lake Atitlán. To the naked eye, it is stunning. Its teal-colored freshwater sits just over 5,000 feet above the ocean in the highlands of ...