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San Juan La Laguna
¡¡¡Land of the Tz'utujiles!!!
San Juan La Laguna
¡¡¡Land of the Tz'utujiles!!!
¡¡¡Land of the Tz'utujiles!!!
¡¡¡Land of the Tz'utujiles!!!
San Juan La Laguna is known for being a quiet town, with a wealth of crafts, with its weaving women, with people dedicated to art and for its unparalleled landscapes.
San Juan La Laguna also has viewpoints where you can see the volcanic cones that surround the beautiful Lake Atitlán and that form unique landscapes. To venture into the nature of San Juan, you can climb to the Kaqasiiwaan Viewpoint and from there you can get different photographic scenes of the landscapes. The walk to the place takes approximately 25 minutes.
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"Paseo de las Artes" is a perfect place to share and spend time with your family. It is located on the street of the municipality's pier, where you can find and appreciate cultural art.
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Known as the Mayan Face, which is a mountain that forms the face of a person upside down looking towards the sky, is the San Juan La Laguna viewpoint that is located at the highest point of the place and where you can see the majestic Lake Atitlán. How to get there? To get to the viewpoint you can start a walk of approximately two hours from the town of San Juan and on the way you will encounter nature, as well as stories of the places.
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A place where art and culture abound, visit this beautiful attraction located in the heart of San Juan La Laguna.
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In the heart of San Juan La Laguna there is also the Catholic Church, which is distinguished by its old stone façade, but with the growth of the population, the Church had to be rebuilt. The Church has different brotherhoods such as: San Juan Bautista, Virgen María, Sagrada Familia and others, each of them fulfills different functions, such as: the Brotherhood of San Juan Bautista, which is in charge of the activities of the celebration of the patronal day in honor of San Juan Bautista.
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A place where you will learn about the ancient Mayan stingless bees, where you will learn about beekeeping and also taste the honey that these bees produce.
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Xunah Kaab', which means Honey of the Flower in Protomaya is owned by Don Lucas Cholotío and his wife Silvia. Don Lucas is a third generation beekeeper, and has been working with bees that have been passed down from generation to generation. These bees are a native population of the Sololá region but are in danger of extinction. Xunah Kaab' currently has ten boxes of two species of stingless bees but is in the process of growing and hopefully, Xunah Kaab' will have many more species and boxes of bees in the future.
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Cooperativa La Voz produces organic, shade-grown, high-altitude coffee. Since 1979, we have been working together to produce high-quality coffee and support our community.
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Tz'utujil women, with ancestral knowledge of medicinal plants. María, in charge of the tour, greets with a shy smile, as the tour progresses among the plants, María with great confidence in her most smiling self. She explains in detail what each plant cures, the benefit and the gift that nature gives us. She impresses the visitor with so much knowledge. The hostess, standing in front of everyone and in the background the beautiful healing plants, invites everyone to sit down; she prepares a relaxing herb. At this stage of the tour, the group and María laugh out loud, motivated, and opens the doors of the store.
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