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Travel guides to Central America
Volcanoes, beaches on two oceans, colonial cities and Maya ruins. Every guide we publish, newest first.
Guatemala travel guide 2026: what to see, do and know before you go
Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and, for a great many travellers, the most intense…
Festivals and events in Central America: October 2026 to March 2027
Timing a trip to Central America to land on a big festival changes the trip completely. It also…
Surf City 2: El Cuco, Las Flores and eastern El Salvador
If El Tunco feels too busy, the answer is three and a half hours east. The stretch El…
El Tunco: a guide to El Salvador’s best-known beach
El Tunco is a village of two dirt streets, black sand and a rock in the water shaped…
Surf City El Salvador: a complete guide to the surf coast
Surf City is the name El Salvador gave its coastline in 2019, when the country decided to build…
Belizean food: rice and beans and 15 dishes worth trying
Belizean cooking is the most distinctive in Central America, and for the same reason as everything else here:…
Maya ruins of Belize: Caracol, Xunantunich, Altun Ha and Lamanai
Belize was central Maya territory and holds first-rate sites that almost nobody visits. While Tikal and Chichén Itzá…
San Pedro and Ambergris Caye: a guide to Belize’s largest island
Ambergris Caye is Belize’s big island and San Pedro, its only town, the most visited place in the…
Caye Caulker: a guide to the “go slow” island in Belize
There are no cars on Caye Caulker, no hurry and not a great deal to do. That is…
Great Blue Hole: diving or flying over Belize’s sinkhole
From the air it is a perfect navy circle cut into a turquoise reef, as if someone had…