With some awesome road trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to experience all that Quetzaltenango, 20 miles away, has to offer. Quetzaltenango Central Park, La Democracia Market and Monumento a la Marimba alone make the drive out worth it. The locals will also likely point you toward Santiago Atitlan, 35 miles away. If you can only see one thing here, let it be San Pedro Volcano. (But we’re also big fans of Santiago Atitlán and Atitlan Volcano.)