Guatemala City Travel Safety Guide — Guatemala

Safety Score: 5.5/10 · Value: 8/10 · Beauty: 6.7/10

Guatemala City (La Capital, or locally 'Guate') is Central America's largest metropolis, a city of 3 million that rarely features on tourists' itineraries but serves as the gateway to some of the most extraordinary destinations in the Americas. Antigua Guatemala (UNESCO), 45 minutes away, is the best-preserved Spanish colonial city in the Americas. Lake Atitlán, ringed by three volcanoes and a dozen Maya villages, is described by Aldous Huxley as 'the most beautiful lake in the world'. The city itself has a surprising cultural scene: the Ixchel Museum's collection of Maya indigenous textiles is world-class, the Museo Popol Vuh holds the finest collection of pre-Columbian Maya art outside a national museum, and Zona Viva's restaurant and bar scene rivals any capital in the region.

Tripvey Score — estimated from travel advisories and publicly available data. Not official safety advice.