City overview
Guatemala packs volcanoes, Maya cities and colonial streets into a country you can cross in a day. Antigua's cobbled centre sits beneath three volcanoes, Lake Atitlan fills a crater ringed by Maya villages, and Tikal's temples rise out of the Peten rainforest. The Jewish community numbers under a thousand people, almost all of them in Guatemala City, where an Orthodox congregation and a Sephardi society have both been established for a century. Three Chabad houses serve travellers - one in the capital, one in Antigua and one on the shore of Lake Atitlan - and each of them cooks. Kosher food, Shabbos meals and a minyan are all reachable on the standard Guatemala route.
Lake Atitlán village boat circuit
Antigua
Public boats run all day from the Panajachel dock to San Pedro, San Juan, Santa Cruz, San Marcos and Santiago, and hopping between the villages is the single best day on the lake.
Time needed
Full day
Hours
Open daily 24 hours
Tips
Fares are paid in cash to the boatman. Boats leave when full rather than to a timetable and stop running after dark, so plan the last crossing early, especially on Friday. Carry small quetzal notes - no boatman gives change for a large bill.
Phone
3963 8870Website
http://atitlanboattour.com/Neighborhood
Panajachel, Lake Atitlán
Activity providers
Kosher map of Antigua
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.