Huehuetenango Attractions
Huehuetenango is a self-sufficient mountain town of 20,000 located along the ridges of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Central America's highest mountain chain. Coffee growing, sheep rearing and mining are the main activities of the region and a lively indigenous market is filled daily with traders.
Huehuetenango's main shaded plaza is surrounded by imposing buildings, including a huge colonial church, the city hall and band shell. Huehuetenango's Parque Central contains a relief map of the town.
The late Post-Classic religious center of Zaculeu, is the ancient capital of the Mam Maya group. Laying on the banks of a stream in the Cuchumatan Mountains, Zaculeu contains a ball court and several temples which have been restored with a thick coat of plaster.
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