Hotel Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala City

Advantages: beutiful places,friendly people,cheap
Disadvantages: unsafety

...Mexico city its a beautiful city but with problems about contamination,security and bad cups. hotels very good and no expensives restaurants very good and many restaurants are cheap transport its dangeorus only take taxi from hotels or established places. tacos, pozole, paella are some of the subjects of gossip that can be eaten there are many Spanish restaurants in where it is possible to be eaten very flavorful and abundant and much money is not spent beautiful museums Colonial architecture and many places that to visit The Piramides of Teotihuacan are closely together of the city Zochimilco and Chapultepec is 2 pretty places to go Mexican people are friendly in mayority... Read review

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Advantages: Charming and unique hotel with wonderful Gautemalan artifacts and ambiance (a home away from home) run by delightful people.
Disadvantages: None

...experience when I stayed there! Last, the Posada Belen is very reasonably priced (a fraction of what I would have paid if I stayed in a major chain hotel). When booking the Posada Belen, I mentioned in an email that I wanted to take a tour around Guatemala. Francesca and René responded that they could arrange a week's tour for me (the Guatemala Classic Tour), which was truly wonderful. It was a comprehensive tour of Lake Atitlan, Antigua and Tikal. The tour was very flexible and was arranged according to my schedule and my needs, and it was always with small groups of people. The hotels on the tour were all excellent. I am very grateful to Francesca and René since they arranged a truly marvelous tour for me. Additionally, they arranged airport transfers and for a taxi to take me to the 2 best museums in Guatemala City. I will definitely... Read review

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Advantages: Buzzing, exciting, fantastic shops, full of culture
Disadvantages: hot

...When I decided to go to Mexico City people kept telling me not to go, that it was a bad idea. However the city city proved them all to be completely wrong. Mexico's capital has a bad reputation that seems to me entirely undeserved. I went a year ago with a young female friend and we had the time of our lives. We didn't get bored, mugged, or altitude sickness once. Nor did I find the pollution and crowds any less tolerable than I do in London. Yes it is hot but then it is mexico and hotels, shops and restaurants are often fully air-conditioned. The potential cultural expeditions are abundant, whether within the city or on short day-trips to the close-by Mayan ruins. The city has a great atmosphere that I expected to find threatening but did not, even on the subway with a massive rucksack, or walking back to the hotel in the evening... Read review

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