With some great day trip options available in the surrounding area, having your own car makes good sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to explore everything that Guatemala City, 60 miles away, has to offer. Among your first few stops here should be Paseo Cayala, Torre del Reformador and La Aurora Zoo. Locals will also probably point you toward Chichicastenango, 60 miles away. If you only see one attraction here, make sure it’s Los Senderos del Abuelo Ecological Park. (But we’re also big fans of Galería Pop-Wuj and Santo Tomas Church.)