Dolores (Guatemala)

Dolores is a town in south-central Petén.

View across the town from the museum

Dolores is on the main route from Guatemala City to Flores, and all buses between the two will pass the entrance to the town.

Spanish colonial church in Dolores

• Ixkun. An unrestored Maya ruin a few miles outside town, with several sculpted stelae, including the tallest in Petén. (updated Feb 2016)
• Museo Regional del Surest de Petén. Archaeological museum with a nice collection of Maya ceramics and sculpture from southern Petén. (updated Feb 2016)
• El Chal. An unrestored Maya ruin just off the road to Flores, with forest-covered pyramids, and a number of badly-damaged sculpted monuments. (updated Feb 2016)

• Flores, the departmental capital, is straight up the highway to the north, with plenty of buses from the town entrance.
• Río Dulce is to the south, with a biosphere reserve and colonial fort. Again, plenty of buses pass southwards en route to Guatemala City, and also pass Río Dulce.