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Quickie to Antigua, Questions

5 years ago
My family and I (with our Costa Rica registered car) are doing a quick road trip ~10days. We are situated in northern Nica but plan on a quick tour to Antigua via Copán Honduras, then onwards to Santa Ana (El Salvador) and back to Nica. A few questions, any feedback appreciated:
1. We will likely just follow Google Maps instructions from Copan to Antigua. But, is there a particular route around Guat City that is better, faster or safer?
2. Not sure where we are staying yet but hopefully central to town. We plan to hike Pacaya one day and spend another just wandering to streets, parque central and ruins/sites of Antigua. Any other must do’s while there? We don’t have time/budget unfortunately for some other big things that sound really neat like Tikal or Semuc Champey.
3. How is the border crossing into Guat along CA11? And, heading out of Guat towards Santa Ana El Salvador, there appear to be multiple border options - is any one a better option than the others? Google would suggest cross along route CA8.

We will take all the normal precautions, ie careful at night, drive during the day etc... We have heard so many things about the lovely people of Guatemala that we felt we needed to have a visit, albeit a short one.

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