Copan Tourist Information
The main airport serving the Copan area is the San Pedro Sula International Airport. Serviced regularly by TACA, COPA, American, Continental, Isleņa and Iberia. San Pedro Sula is easily reached from the following North American gateways: Miami, Houston, New Orleans and Cancun, Mexico. In addition, there are excellent connections via the Central American Airlines through San Jose, Costa Rica; Guatemala City, Guatemala San Salvador, El Salvador; and Panama City, Panama Once in San Pedro Sula, your best bet is to purchase a tour package through one of the Honduran tour operators in San Pedro or taking advantage of fairly good direct us service that operates regularly. For updated information , please check our bus schedule routes from San Pedro Sula located in the Bus transportation section of our guide. From Guatemala City, you may fly directly to Copan Ruinas. The flight is a very scenic tour over the Guatemalan countryside. For more information, call (502) 360 4917 or 360 4920. Overland from Guatemala City will take you about 7 to 8 hours to traverse the 230km between Guatemala City and Copan Ruinas. You must first get to Chiquimula, from there take a bus to the Vado Hondo detour, and finally get to the Florido border. Please note that the border is open daily from 7:00 am to 6 p.m. only! Copan is located only 12km from the border. They highway between Vado Hondo and the border on the Guatemalan side is currently being paved, and will therefore cut the travel time in that stretch in about half. The Honduran side of the road between the border and town, which is about 8 miles will soon be paved, making the whole distance between Copan and Guatemala a paved road! Another more recent option is to take one of the minivans operating daily regular service from Antigua and Guatemala City to Copan transfers. The operators are Monarcas Travel and Atitrans, both based in Antigua. In Copan they have there own offices located within the dontown area. (check our map of Copan) The cost of the shuttle service is $35.00 USA dollars and is without the best option for land travel between Antigua and Copan.
The local currency is the lempira, which has an exchange rate at time of print of approximately L.15.00 to US 1.00. It is difficult to exchange currency other than US dollars and travelers checks. In Copan Ruinas you can exchange Guatemalan quetzales for lempiras, however the going exchange rate is normally about Q1.00 for L.2.00.
Their are now three banks in Copan, the Banco de Occidente, is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00 hrs. On Saturday it is open from 8:00 to 12:00 hrs. Amongst other services, you can exchange US Dollars, Guatemalan Quetzales and Salvadoran Colones, as well as getting cash advances from your Visa or Mastercard credit cards. The new Banco Atlantida office is also located within the main square, operates with the same schedule as the Banco de Occidente and offers cash advances on your VISA card, finally Banhcreser is located on the central park and is just next to Banco Atlantida
Tap water is generally unsafe to drink in all of Honduras and Copan is no exception. Most of the better restaurants and hotels treat their water, making it safe for you to drink. Purified water can be purchased at different places throughout town. Another safe alternative is to stick to bottled soft drinks or beer.
Telephone and fax. Hondutel, the local telephone company is located one block from the main park. They have recently changed their location. Check our map of town to locate them. Open from 8:00 to 21:00 hrs. daily.
The dry season, or verano in Copan is from December through April inclusive, with March and April being the hottest and driest months. The rainy season or invierno is from May through November and the wettest months are August and September.
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