Flores

Flores is a town in Petén, Guatemala. The town proper is an island on Lago Petén Itzá, connected to land by a causeway, on the other side of which lie the twin towns Santa Elena and San Benito. Wikivoyage

Population 44,706 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Guatemala

• 110PolicePolice
• 120PolicePolice
• 123FireFire
• 128AmbulanceAmbulance

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Guatemala

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Yo ♥ Petén Attraction · 830 m
• Castillo de Arismendi Castle · 890 m
• Monumento a los Ciclistas Peteneros Monument · 890 m
• The horse Attraction · 920 m
• Museo de San Miguel Museum · 980 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Somewhere to run

• Playa del Pueblo 260 m across 970 m

Getting around

• Tourist Shuttle 1.2 km
• Tikal 8:30 de la mañana 1.6 km
• Flores 2.1 km
• Terminal de buses 2.1 km
• Embarcadero 2.9 km
• Estación de Buses 5.4 km

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