ancient ruins
Quiriguá
UNESCO Maya site just off Guatemala's Atlantic Highway, home to the tallest stelae ever carved by the Maya: 10-m sandstone giants standing in a banana-plantation clearing.
18 km · about 20 min drive
Copán Department, Honduras · North America
La Playona is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Buenos Aires, 18km from Quiriguá.
La Playona is a town located in Copán Department, Honduras. With a population of 1,285, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, La Playona sits in Honduras. It's in the America/Tegucigalpa time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add La Playona to your route.
Cerro Azul de Copán National Park is a national park in Honduras. It was established on 1 January 1987 and covers an area of 154.6 square kilometres. It has an altitude of between 1,800 and 2,285 metres.
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La Playona is located in Copán Department, Honduras, North America. The coordinates are 15.1180 latitude, -88.9820 longitude.
La Playona has a population of approximately 1,285 people, making it a town in Honduras.
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ancient ruins
UNESCO Maya site just off Guatemala's Atlantic Highway, home to the tallest stelae ever carved by the Maya: 10-m sandstone giants standing in a banana-plantation clearing.
18 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
A major Maya city renowned for its remarkable series of portrait stelae, its elaborate Hieroglyphic Stairway containing the longest known Maya text, and richly decorated temples.
36 km · about 40 min drive
castle
A compact 17th-century Spanish fort of turrets and drawbridges at the narrowest point where Lake Izabal meets the Río Dulce, built to stop Caribbean pirates: a chain was once strung across the water to the far bank.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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