Country Focus: Guatemala
You’ve picked Guatemala for your next holiday. Your flight is booked. Your hotels are reserved. Now you just have to figure out what to do. Fortunately, Guatemala offers all sorts of ways to experience its top destinations. Below we’ve compiled a mix of traditional tours and more off-beat experiences around Antigua, Lake Atitlan and […]
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Are you a romantic, adventurer or a beach bum?
Do you prefer soaking up culture in the city, roughing it in the middle of nowhere or getting pampered on the beach? We all have a different idea about what makes for a memorable holiday. Whether you are looking for peace and quiet or a piece of the action, Latin America will have something […]
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The best of Central America
Central America offers something completely different to South America. All 8 countries located on the isthmus offer something unique in regards to culture, beaches and ecological diversity. Distances between each country and destinations within each county are small, making internal travel quick and cheap. On top of this international flights tend to be […]
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Country focus: Peru
Peru is fast becoming ‘the’ destination in South America. The emergence of new hotels throughout the country was really just the start, but the recent arrival of some of the best boutique hotels on the continent makes this the destination of choice for 2014. The new hotels leading the way are the Relais […]
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Latin America Recommendations for 2014
With Brazil holding the World Cup next year, you don’t have to be a football fan to consider a trip to South or Central America in 2014. To be honest, we would probably recommend avoiding Brazil during June & July anyway where prices have more than tripled!! So, why not take a look […]
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Top 5 markets in Latin America
Chichicastenango Market, Guatemala Chichicastenango, or Chichi as it is known, is a traditional town of cobbled streets and charming old adobe houses, though these are now outnumbered by modern concrete structures. Twice a week the town is changed by their market – Sunday and Thursday’s – which attract many tourists, traders and Maya weavers from […]
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Top Colonial Towns In South And Central America
To read the history of Central and South America is to hear tales of conquests and conquistadors meeting indigenous Mayans and Incas immersed in tropical jungles and atop Andean peaks. While it’s a somewhat turbulent past, the colonisation of Latin America has produced towns and cities of stunning architecture – classical Spanish facades […]
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How to get the best for your money in Latin America
If you are on a tight budget and want to visit South or Central America, or even if you are not, there are various things you can do which will allow you, for example, to get better rooms in certain hotels by saving money at others. Below are some destination tips! […]
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One of the best places to see capuchin monkeys in their natural habitat (ie not the back of a tour bus hanging off Justin Bieber’s arm).
Justin Bieber is in the news again. This time it’s because his pet – a capuchin monkey – has been put into quarantine after he didn’t have the correct papers to bring the monkey into Germany. Now Justin Bieber is hardly a moral compass for young people but this behaviour worries us greatly because it […]
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Argentina Revealed
Often overlooked for the glamour of Brazil or the culture of Peru, Argentina travel remains a firm favourite of everyone here at Latin Odyssey. It is not just the country itself, which is of course superb, but the people that make a holiday in Argentina so special. A diverse country which covers […]
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