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Vega Vieja Destination Guide

Explore Vega Vieja in Honduras

Vega Vieja in the region of Copán is a place in Honduras - some 135 mi or ( 217 km ) West of Tegucigalpa , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Vega Vieja

Time in Vega Vieja is now 01:14 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Tegucigalpa " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Belmopan, San Salvador, Santa Tecla, Zacapa, and Timushan. Since you are here already, consider visiting Belmopan . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Vega Vieja ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Canopy sobre cascada en Copán Ruinas - Honduras

1:38 min by Pitu de Lalín
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Descenso por tirolina de 1 km en Copán, Honduras, con cascada incluída. ..

Copán

0:19 min by fuzzfolk
Views: 2691 Rating: 5.00

View of the Gran Plaza/Plaza Central from the ball court ..


Finca de Cisne Margreet98's photos around Copan, Honduras (canal 13 honduras la entrada copan)

2:38 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
Views: 1459 Rating: 5.00

Preview of Margreet98's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these v ..

Copan zipline over Mayan Ruins - Honduras

2:20 min by travelbug1970
Views: 850 Rating: 0.00

One of the world's longest and highest ziplines!!! Watching the video you think that I am just skimming through some bushes and grass..... but that is the canopy of the forest!! Yes... overtop of the ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Cabañas, Copán

Cabañas is a municipality in the Honduran department of Copán.

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Located at 14.83 -89.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Copán Department, Populated places in Honduras

Copán

Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It was the capital city of a major Classic period kingdom from the 5th to 9th centuries AD. The city was located in the extreme southeast of the Mesoamerican cultural region, on the frontier with the Isthmo-Colombian cultural region, and was almost surrounded by non-Maya peoples.

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Located at 14.84 -89.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Honduras, Classic period in Mesoamerica, Copan, Copán Department, Former populated places in Honduras, Honduran culture, Maya sites in Honduras, Megalithic monuments, Mesoamerican pyramids, Mesoamerican stelae, Rock art in North America, World Heritage Sites in Honduras

Santa Rita, Copán

Santa Rita is a municipality in the Honduran department of Copán.

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Located at 14.87 -89.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Copán Department, Populated places in Honduras

Mayatan Bilingual School

Mayatan Bilingual School is a non-profit, private, independent bilingual (Spanish/English) co-educational day school located in Copán Ruinas, Copán, Honduras. In the 2010-11 school year the enrollment was 300 students from Pre-Kinder through 11th grade. Mayatan's first high school class entered in 2009-10 and will graduate in 2012. The school uses volunteer native English speakers, primarily from North America, as the lead teachers for each class.

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Located at 14.85 -89.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Bilingual schools, Educational institutions established in 1991, Schools in Honduras

San Fernando, Ocotepeque

San Fernando is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque.

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Located at 14.68 -89.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Ocotepeque Department, Populated places in Honduras