Top Tourist Sites » Honduras http://toptouristsites.com Best destinations in the world Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:07:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Copan Ruins Honduras http://toptouristsites.com/copan-ruins-honduras/ http://toptouristsites.com/copan-ruins-honduras/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:07:30 +0000 Tommy http://toptouristsites.com/?p=4710 The Copan Ruins Honduras are some of the most famous and best preserved Mayan ruins in Central America, on par with Chichen Itza in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The Copan Ruins (or ruinas de Copan) are remnants of a great Mayan city, which reached its peak between 600 and 800 CE. By 1200 CE the city was completely abandoned and the jungle surrounded the former Mayan wonders.

Today, the Copan Ruins Honduras are a major archeological site and a big tourist draw. The nearest town is Copan Ruinas (the Spanish phrase for the ruins themselves is ruinas de Copan). It is possible to take day tours from Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and other Honduras cities, but most travelers will want spend a night in a Copan hotel Honduras: it can take several days to explore all the ruins. The Marina Copan Hotel Honduras is a good top-end bet. Budget travelers will find the area around the Copan Ruins flush with cheap digs. Several hostels offer shared rooms for under $5 a night. The Los Gelemos Copan Hotel Honduras has private rooms for a similar price. Quality increases considerably if you spend just a little more, so the Copan Ruins Honduras is a must-visit place on any Central American backpacking tour.

Honduras - Copan Ruins

The famous Copán Ruins from the Maya civilization are located in Honduras

Copan Ruins ball field

Copan ruins in Honduras

Copan ruins, Honduras

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Honduras tourism is only going to grow as more people discover the wonders of this Central American country.

Honduras vacations are suitable for many different types of travelers. Any Honduras travel guide will tell you to visit the Mayan site of Copan, the Caribbean shores of the Bay Islands, or the pristine rain forests of the Mosquito Coast. It is possible to do all this and more if you have a week or two in the small country. But no Honduras travel guide could possibly exhaust all the attractions the country has to offer.

Honduras top attractions:

* Copan Ruins
* Mayan Site of Copan
* Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve

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