Posada de Santiago
The Posada de Santiago offers lakeside rooms and suites, but the accommodation stars here are the six volcanic-stone cottages spread around the garden, each with its own name: Luna, Angel, Sol, Quetzal, Palma and Maya. The cottages come with two beds, a fireplace and hammock.
The on-site restaurant is another bragging point, with its homemade sauces, breads and ice cream. The coffee is grown and roasted on-site, and guests during the harvest months of November through February are welcome to watch or join the picking, drying, husking and roasting process.
Guests have use of the posada's sauna, spa and swimming pool, and there is Wi-Fi access as well. For recreational fun, the hotel offers guided canoe, horseback and fishing trips. But perhaps among the most popular of activities are the guided hikes. Tour guide Dolores Ratzan leads trips to Chuitinamit, an ancient Maya fortress city, and the hotel staff can book hikes up the nearby volcanoes with a local guide.
Posada de Santiago
1 Km. al sur del muelle
Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala
(011-520) 7721-7365
posadadesantiago.com
Hotel and Restaurant Bambu
The rooms and bungalows at the Hotel and Restaurant Bambu were constructed using traditional Tz'utujil techniques and materials, such as carved stone, thatched roofs and wooden beams and columns. All have views of the lake and the three volcanoes.
The hotel grounds feature a sauna, swimming pool and pier, and there's an organic garden and orchard, where the fruits and vegetables served at the restaurant are cultivated. A stay at Bambu includes breakfast.
Activities offered by the hotel include swimming at Bambu's beach, taking a traditional "cayuco" canoe for a paddle, or horseback excursions up to a lookout point with views stretching as far as the Pacific Ocean.
Hotel and Restaurant Bambu
Carretera San Lucas Toliman, Km. 16
Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala
(011-502) 7721-7332
.ecobambu.com
Hotel Uxlabil
Located about 5 miles northwest of town, in the lakeside village of San Juan La Laguna, the Uxlabil has 10 rooms and two bungalows for one to four people. A stay includes a breakfast featuring fresh fruit and locally grown, organic coffee.
The facilities include a large garden, a thatched dock, a Maya sauna and a Jacuzzi. The Uxlabil also maintains a medicinal herb garden and produces therapeutic teas
On-site activities include swimming, kayaking and volleyball, and there are Spanish and dance classes as well. The entire grounds are wired for Wi-Fi.
Hotel Uxlabil
San Juan La Laguna, Muelle Uxlabil
Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala
(011-520) 5990-6016
atitlan.uxlabil.com
