HOTEL Y RESTAURANTE SANTA CRUZ — Hotel in Zacapa

Hotel Santa Cruz is a very pleasant and comfortable hotel. The grounds are huge and a veritable lush paradise of color in a relatively-arid part of Guatemala. The bungalows are somewhat modest but clean, and the air conditioning is effective. There is high-speed internet available in the comedor (dining room). The atmosphere is friendly and open and the rates are surprisingly low. We found the food to be quite good.||||The hotel is right across from Hotel Longarone, a place somewhat more upscale in both price and accommodation. Hotel Santa Cruz is a good spot if you plan to visit the archeological site at Quiriguá, or the town of Gualán. It's also a good overnight if you are on the way to Tikal in the jungles of the Petén, another eight hours away, or if you plan to visit the port city of Puerto Barrios. Highly...

This road-hotel has its charm and should be ideal for family travelling on the very busy highway from Ciudad de Guatemala to El Salvador. It has enormous grounds of gardens with air conditioned bungalows placed in the far back of the property, which means you do not hear at all the truck traffic on the highway and instead you can enjoy the spacious lush gardens and the swimming pools. If you need to be connected to internet, it only works precariously at the restaurant and the food there is also quite precarious. But maybe the other nearby hotels in Rio Hondo-Zacapa have equally limited...

The grounds in back of the hotel were beautiful and peaceful, with pools to relax in. They also had peacocks, birds, and a rabbit in cages on edge of gardens. The rooms were adequate but no hot water, which seems to be the standard for local hotels. There is a place to park your car by most rooms The breakfasts were good. The other meals were good except for the meats. The beef was tough and chicken became tiresome - not a lot of variety. The daily black beans were a plus. They definitely know how to make them right in Guatemala. I learned something. Service was good...