Quick trip to Guatemala

* Official name: Republic of Guatemala
* Capital City: Guatemala.
* Official language: Spanish.
* Currency: Quetzal
* International airports: Guatemala / The Dawn and Santa Elena Petén.
* Cards tourism. Tourist cards can be obtained from the airlines that travel to Guatemala or any Guatemalan Consulate. The cost of the tourist card is $ 5.00.
* Check out the country: A tourist out of Guatemala only need to pass immigration, fill out your boarding pass and pay your airline departure tax of U.S. $ 10.00.
* Clothes to wear: Guatemala is a country where the climate varies little. You should bring light clothing for daytime use and a sweater for the evenings when you do a little cool.
* Banking hours: The banks in the system open at 9:00 am, some close at 3:00 pm and others who work in shifts, until 8:00 pm every day. Attend regularly on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ATMs run for the convenience of users 24 hours, especially for tourists who travel through Spain.
* Customs: The luggage of passengers traveling to Guatemala may include, without tax: clothes, jewelry, handbags, umbrellas, articles of personal use in quantities that are inappropriate for a passenger, medicines, baby food or special Staff cleaning accessories, medical devices, sports equipment used, baby carriages, toys, wheelchairs for disabled passengers, in an amount proportionate to individual circumstances of the traveler. A camera and film or video player, sound recorder, a radio receiver, art tools and instruments, etc. and accessories, all used, up to 6 rolls of film for each one, a pair of binoculars, a typewriter, a recorder, a radio, tools and instruments of art, profession or hobby of the passenger, provided they are portable, and are used.
* The following dates are days of National Holiday in Guatemala:
January 1 New Year.
March / April Easter (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday).
May 1 Labour Day.
June 30 Army Day.
August 15 Day of the Virgin of the Assumption (Guatemala City alone).
September 15 Independence Day.
October 20 Day of the Revolution of l944.
November 1 All Saints Day.
December 24 Christmas Eve (after 12:00 pm.).
December 25 Christmas.
December 31 New Year’s Eve. (Starting at 12:00 p.m.).