Imagine a crystal-clear, high altitude lake surrounded by traditional Mayan villages. Now imagine sipping on a cup of locally grown coffee while gazing out over the lake at three towering volcanoes.

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 ...

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.

In his 1934 travel book Beyond the Mexique Bay, Aldous Huxley compared Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan to Italy’s Lake Como. The Italian body of water, he wrote, “touches the limit of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Charming lakes, volcanoes and Mayan ruins: why everyone is flocking to Guatemala - This Central American gem is about to be ...

Can I take a photo? Can I? My young host brother was a budding photographer, desperate to use my camera to record life in San Jorge. That's Saint George in English, a small town on the shores of ...

Surrounded by towering volcanoes and charming lakeside villages, Lake Atitlán is one of Guatemala's most picturesque spots. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 01:44:30 GMT (1749519870263) Story Infinite Scroll ...

Normally a picturesque blue lake surrounded by steep volcanoes and Mayan settlements, Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán acquired a film of green scum in October and November 2009. A large bloom of ...

A team of US scientists has returned from a two-week expedition to Guatemala's tropical high-mountain Lake Atitlan, where they are working to find solutions to the algae blooms that have assailed ...