Mapa en Relieve de Guatemala — Attraction in Guatemala City

This shall be the first site to visit when you get to Guatemala City! It's the oldest large scale relief map in the world, built between 1904 and 1905. You can tour the whole country in just one day! It's located near the Plaza de la Constitución in zone 1, so you can take the Transmetro to get there or go by foot, it's a very nice walk. You can also check out the Sonorous Forest, that surrounds the map, there are -until today- 105 trees of Hormigo, each one planted in honor of a musician or compositor of marimba, our national instrument, that is specifically made with the timber of this tree. Besides, it's a safe place. Contact us if you don't want to miss any detail of this Guatemalan Wonder. Availability is from Tuesday to Sunday,...

I felt like it was overrated and did not have enough information to be a self guided tour. It was just a geographical representation of the country. It costs 25Q for foreigners and 5Q for locals. They also had a 10 painting exhibition about the calamaties of Guatemala which made it slightly more interesting. We took an Uber specially to come here and were done within 20-30 min. They are still painting the walls of the map area as of Dec '19. It would be much better if they had some plaques explaining the public of some interesting geographical facts. I would pass and not make a special trip here. But if there is nothing else left to see in the city, it might...

The map very nice to see. It's gives a nice, new perspective, in my case, after travelling around the country a bit, but it would be nice to see it before starting a trip too! The 25q entrance for foreigners, I think, is a bit much, but there are bathrooms with paper and the staff was nice. There was kind of a mini info museum, but some of the info was blocked by some set aside tables and chairs. Also the walk from the centre on the sixth avenue (right? Not street?) is simple and...