Copan: Another Mayan City Ticked Off the List

En route from Utila to Antigua and near the border with Guatemala, we stayed a night in Copan to see the Mayan ruins there of the same name.  Copan itself was a little village in the mountains with a lovely colonial centre.

An afternoon street scene in Copan.

We walked from town to the entrance to the site after breakfast, about 30 minutes walk away down the hill.  We then spent a few hours exploring the ruins.  I have to admit that while some of the stelae, carvings and petroglyphs were amazing, the ruins themselves didn’t truly compare to either Tikal or Palenque.