Honduras is a beautiful unspoiled place with friendly, generous and cheerful people and the territory as such offers beautiful natural, colonial and unique locations for everyone, with different weather profiles, from the hottest beaches to the mildest mountains. Here are some important facts and recommendations of places to see for those wishing to live the beautiful experience to know this amazing country.
The country offers different scenery for everyone. We have the second largest coral reef in the world, making the territory of the Bay Islands ideal for water sports such as scuba diving among others. It is so easy to find further along the Atlantic coast a lot of beautiful beaches, from the most luxurious and commercial to the least explored and almost virgin. Honduras has coasts in both Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which makes the access to both extremes very easy, since the distance is shorter than a 7 hour ride by car or bus.
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| Roatán Coral Reef Photo: www.sportdiver.com |
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| Río Esteban Beach, Colón, Honduras Photo: http://www.panoramio.com/user/602014  Photo: wwwskyscrapercity.com |
Honduras has different living culture scenaries, such as Ruta Lenca that covers the departments of Lempira, Copán, La Paz and Intibucá, which is home to one of the most representative ancient cultures of the country: The Lencas. Pottery and leather work is a signature element of lenca culture.
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| La Esperanza's Church Cave Photo: www.wikicommons.com |
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| Lenca Women and Children Photo: www.laesperanzaintibuca.com |
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| Gracias, Lempira Photo: www.tugentelatina.com |
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| Garifunas dancing punta Photo: www.hondudiario.com |
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| Garifuna lady selling fruits Photo: www.boletinecologico.org |
It's a whole new experience visiting their villages, which they call "morenales", to have a real experience among this friendly and outgoing ethnic group.
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| Lobster and Rice & Beans - a Garifuna delicacy Photo: 3viajes.com |
Many colonial cities were founded at the time of the Spanish conquest. Colonial buildings are scattered throughout the country, with many architectural and religious wealth (predominantly Catholic), such as Yuscarán, Tegucigalpa (the country's capital), Comayagua and Gracias among others. The construction of houses with large corridors and colonial columns, cobbled streets and beautiful churches and cathedrals give these villas a unique charm, which is hard to find anywhere else in the world.
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| A street in Yuscarán Photo: Chamo Estudio at Flickr |
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| Tegucigalpa's Metropolitan Cathedral Photo: Juan Bendeck for www.honduras.com |
It is important to highlight that Honduras has the second largest rainforest in America, called Rio Platano Biosphere, located among the departments of Colón, Gracias a Dios, Olancho and El Paraíso; such a beautiful place riddled with unique and unparalleled wildlife. Quite a unique experience.
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| Río Plátano´s Biosphere Photo: bioplat.blogspot.com |
http://www.hondurastips.hn/
http://www.iht.hn/ (Government's site)
http://www.canaturh.org/canaturh/
http://www.honduras.com/
Enjoy Honduras, you will love it for sure!
