Quirigua Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels

About Quirigua

Quiriguá is one of the most historically and anthropologically important Maya sites in Guatemala, yet it is overlooked by most travelers to the region and is far less known that other major Maya sites (likeTikal). Early Maya settlers arrived in Quiriguá as early as 400 BC, though the oldest structures at the site date from about 200 AD and the site was at its peak between 700-800 AD (which is when many of the structures and stelae that you see now were erected). The architecture and artistic styles at the site are similar to those atCopánand Quirigua was likely a vassal city-state, subordinate to Copan. That evidently changed between 734 and 738 when Quirigua established an alliance withCalakmuland shook off the yoke of subservience pretty forcefully (since the story is that they captured

Where to Stay in Quirigua

• 🏨Hotel Royal
• 🏨Posada Quiriguá

Quirigua Travel Guide Sections

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