Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Guatemala
Detourmap lists 86 places in Guatemala, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (44). Best known: Tikal. 39 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 86
- Oldest here
- Dos Pilas 629
- Little known
- 39 of 86
- Most from
- 20th century
By region
One first-level division of Guatemala has enough places for a page of its own.
Archaeological & historic sites in Guatemala 44
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5.Uaxactún
Archaeological · Notable
Ancient sacred place of the Maya civilization, in present-day Guatemala
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6.Piedras Negras
Archaeological · Notable
Ruined city of pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Guatemala
Nature & landscapes in Guatemala 42
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Guatemala?
Tikal. Ruins of major ancient Maya city. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Guatemala?
86: 44 archaeological & historic sites and 42 nature & landscapes. 39 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Guatemala?
Dos Pilas, dated to 629. 10 of the 86 places here carry a founding date at all, and 2 of those predate the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.