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Indigenous markets, colonial heritage, living traditions and the Maya legacy that still shapes daily life across the region.
Masaya Volcano and the Pueblos Blancos: the best single day in Nicaragua
Between Managua and Granada lies a plateau of craft villages, volcanic lagoons and a crater you can drive…
Corn Islands: the Nicaraguan Caribbean almost nobody visits
The Corn Islands are two tiny islands in the Nicaraguan Caribbean, some 70 km offshore, where people speak…
Gracias and Celaque: colonial town, cloud forest and hot springs in Honduras
Gracias is one of the oldest towns in Central America and, for a few years in the sixteenth…
Costa Rican food: gallo pinto, casado and 15 dishes to try
Costa Rican cooking is the most understated in Central America and the one that grows on you most.…
Puerto Viejo and the southern Caribbean: the Costa Rica that doesn’t look like Costa Rica
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca doesn’t feel like the rest of Costa Rica. People speak Creole alongside Spanish, rice…
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…
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…
Panamanian food: sancocho and 15 dishes worth trying
Panamanian cooking is what you would expect of an isthmus half the world has passed through: an indigenous…
San Blas (Guna Yala): a guide to Panama’s 365 islands
Islands the size of a football pitch, four palm trees, sand like flour and water so clear you…