Suyapa Basilica in Tegucigalpa

A few days ago I attended a religious celebration in the Suyapa Basilica, which is located in the Suyapa Village, in the city of Tegucigalpa. Suyapa is part of Tegucigalpa, and it's a place that every tourist should go if visiting Tegucigalpa.

In fact, most tours that tourists take in Tegucigalpa to see points of interest in the city include a trip to Suyapa. This is one of the sites every tourist should go in order to admire one of the most known places in Honduras.

A few decades ago, the Suyapa Village used to be a remote location out of Tegucigalpa. In order to get there, people had to plan a long trip and go completely out of the city, take rural roads and finally get to Suyapa. It was like going to another town very far away from the city.

That was the situation about 40-50 years ago. These days, Suyapa is within the perimeter of Tegucigalpa, very near to the National University. You just have to take the Boulevard Suyapa and you will be there in a few minutes. Suyapa is not a remote town anymore, is part of Tegucigalpa.

The Suyapa Basilica is a very big building, you can see this church from many distant places in Tegucigalpa if you look to the mountains in the east of the city.

When you are driving in the streets nearby to the National University, you can see that the Suyapa Basilica is a very impressive construction, it´s really beautiful.

Every time I go out in Tegucigalpa, I can see with my eyes the Suyapa Basilica as part of the typical scenario. As I said before, the Basilica can be seen from many distant places within the city.


This time when I attended the celebration I mentioned before, it was a refreshing experience for me. Even though I've been there many times before, I realized that I had not been inside the Basilica for a very long time. I'm able to see the exterior of the Basilica almost every day, but taking a walk inside the Basilica is a different story.

When you walk inside the Basilica, you can really feel and admire how beautiful this place is. There are very large halls, very high columns, the ceiling is beautiful. The architectural characteristics of the construction are impressive.

It is a magnificent church indeed.

For people who attend religious celebrations in the Suyapa Basilica, it´s a very special experience.

I think I will visit the Suyapa Basilica more often.

A trip to Valle de Angeles

This weekend I will be making a trip to the colonial town of Valle de Angeles. I will stay there for the weekend to take a rest and relax a little bit from the crazy world we have in the city.

Everybody in Honduras knows that Valle de Angeles is one of the most beautiful colonial towns in Honduras, but not everybody from other countries knows about this beautiful site, so I will talk a little bit about it in this post.

Valle de Angeles is a beautiful small town very near Tegucigalpa, it´s about 25 minutes driving a car heading in a north-east direction out of the city, and deep inside into the mountains.

Many people from Tegucigalpa visit this town especially on weekends. The town is located in the middle of the mountains, the weather is just great, warm and cool, very nice.

You can go there and take a walk on the cobblestone streets, around the park. When you do that, you experience a very relaxing environment, you feel transported in time as if you were in a spanish colonial town a couple of centuries ago.

There are no security issues in Valle de Angeles, not that I know. When you are walking in the streets of Tegucigalpa, you always have the feeling that somebody is watching you, you have to be aware of everybody and everything around you, the truth is you have to take all necessary precautions, just like you would in any large city in the world.

In Valle de Angeles the story is completely different. You can walk around the town and don´t have to be worried about your security, you can have a feeling of peace. The town is very quiet, and people are very nice.


If you ever go to Valle de Angeles, don´t miss the craft exhibits, there are a lot of hand made crafts. There are several craft pavilions where you can take a look at some of the most beautiful handicrafts you could possibly imagine.

Leather, wood, clothes. Valle de Angeles is the most famous place in Honduras if you want to know about local customs and local handicrafts.

In a normal sunday, be aware that you will meet hundreds of tourists walking all over town. People from USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, just name any country. A lot of tourists go to Valle de Angeles, it´s a very common picture in that town to see like a tourist invasion on weekend days. It´s incredible.

If you go there in a normal week day, things are a lot more peaceful. You can always find some tourists, but nothing compared with the amount of tourists you can find in a normal sunday.

Valle de Angeles is a visit you can´t miss if you ever go to Tegucigalpa. Just 25 minutes trip as we said before.

I go there every time I can. I've been in Valle de Angeles hundreds of times, but I never get enough of Valle de Angeles. Someday I will live in Valle de Angeles, that´s a dream I have. People who live there have the environment of a colonial town, and also have the advantage of being only 25 minutes from the city.

That´s really convenient, isn´t it?