Flores Attractions

Peaceful Flores is situated on an island in Lake Petén Itzá and tied to the town of Santa Elena by a 500m/1640ft causeway.

Flores' pastel-colored buildings, its church and government buildings are arranged around the main plaza, which crowns the hill in the center of the island.

Flores was once a Maya ceremonial center. In the 17th C it was a Spanish outpost, and today is the capital of the Petén district.