What to do in San Juan La Laguna?

San Juan La Laguna is a municipality in the department of Sololá that has a great cultural and artistic wealth, full of traditions and its beautified works of art (open-air museum). San Juan La Laguna is located on the shores of Lake Atitlán, surrounded by large mountains where you can find different viewpoints to appreciate the landscapes that stand out around Lake Atitlán.

Get to know the new offices of the Municipality of San Juan La Laguna and a little bit of history.

San Juan La Laguna is characterized by its innovation in both the tourism sector and public administration. You can visit the offices of the Municipality of San Juan La Laguna and learn a little about the history of the Mayors who have contributed their grain of sand to the municipality of San Juan and at the same time find out about the services they provide.

Visit the Kaqasiwaan Viewpoint

San Juan La Laguna has the Kaqasiwaan Viewpoint and one of the things you can do is visit this beautiful place, you can walk to the viewpoint at dawn to appreciate the sunrise and enjoy the dawn or in the afternoon and enjoy the sunset, from the viewpoint you can see the volcanic cones that surround the majestic Lake Atitlán that form unique landscapes. To venture into the nature of San Juan, you can go up to the Kaqasiiwaan Viewpoint and from there you can get different photographic scenes of the landscapes, the walk to the place lasts approximately 25 minutes.

Walk along the Paseo de las Artes

"Paseo de las Artes, Calle del Embarcadero", a perfect complement to share and live with the family. It is one of the attractions that enhances the beautiful municipality of San Juan La Laguna, to promote tourism. A sector that offers national and foreign visitors artistic and cultural relics on the shores of the beautiful Lake Atitlán.

Strolling down the Street of Hats

Ideal place to go for a walk and learn a little about the Tz'utujil culture. Located in the heart of San Juan La Laguna, which consists of a street with different artistic works, from murals hand painted by local artists to hats hanging all over the street, an ideal place to take some good photographs and learn some history.

Coffee Tour

In San Juan, besides enjoying the cups of coffee prepared in the different coffee shops, there are also coffee tour activities, where you can learn about the different phases that coffee goes through, from the seed to the end in a cup of coffee. Enjoy the Tour at Cooperativa La Voz and at Café San Juan.

Chocolate Tour

In addition to enjoying a cup of chocolate, you can learn more about the chocolate process, as well as purchase various chocolate products.

Get to know the crafts of San Juan La Laguna

There are several textile cooperatives in the municipality where you can learn from the local women how they carry out the textile process, from cotton, its transformation into thread, its coloring with natural dyes, to weaving. There are several cooperatives that you can visit, such as Batz' Asociación, Mayab' B'atz'ib'al, Rukux Keem and others.

Appreciate the creativity and art of the locals by visiting the Art Galleries

The creativity of the Juaneros in many branches of art is reflected in sculpture and painting. They are tireless, enterprising and hard-working people who passionately talk about each work of art captured on a canvas and where each work of art has its own story. These young people paint beautiful pictures, admired, requested and acquired by national and international tourists.

Bee Tour

You can visit Xunah Kaab or Maya Bees, a place where you can discover the world of native bees, a tourist place where Native Bees are conserved and preserved.

A brief visit to the Catholic Church

There are several cultural activities that have been held in San Juan La Laguna since ancient times, many of which are linked to the Catholic religion, as well as four brotherhoods that celebrate their saint's day every year, the most important of which are: San Juan Bautista, patron saint of the municipality, which is celebrated on June 24th, the others are those of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene, that of Santo Domingo de Guzmán and that of the Holy Family. In addition, another brotherhood not recognized by the church and which celebrates its festival in honor of San Simón or Maximón, a legendary character of the town.

Hiking to the Mayan Face

The mountain forms the face of a person upside down, looking towards the sky. You can camp on Cerro K'istalin or start the climb at dawn to enjoy the sunrise over Lake Atitlán. From the top of the Mayan face you can see Lake Atitlán, the San Pedro, Tolimán and Atitlán volcanoes, and you can see the peaks of the Acatenango and Fuego volcanoes. It is 2,200 meters above sea level. Come and enjoy the beautiful view that this tourist site offers!

And an adventure through the Pico del Loro