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Nicole's
Travelogues and Budget Travel Tips..
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VALLE DE ANGELES, HONDURAS
Valle de Angeles is a colonial town about 18.6 miles from Tegucigalpa.
We payed our favorite taxi driver Nestor to take us to/from Valle de Angeles. The trip was $40 - which was high because there were 3 of us, and we used the minivan. It took us about 45 minutes to drive from Tegucigalpa to Valle de Angeles. The drive was nice through the mountains and past another village - Santa Lucia. We didn't hit any traffic (except for leaving Tegucigalpa).
When we arrived in Valle de Angeles, went directly to the Centro de Artesanias - an area with many craft stores and workshops. The shops carry crafts from all over Honduras including: paintings, wood-carved boxes and chests, wooden animals, pottery, jewelry, pewter, tapestries, native blouses and dresses, hammocks, Honduras t-shirts, and Honduran cigars and rum. The town is particularly known for its wood crafts and there are a couple of wood workshops in the artist center. You can walk into the woodshops and see how the gorgeous chests and boxes are made.
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The Instituto Hondureno de Turismo manages a park which has picnic sites and a pool. There is a small fee to use the park and another to use the pool. It's closed on Mondays and really busy on the weekends. Restaurants in town El Anafre - located across the street from the park. Has typical food, beer and soft drinks and owner is English speaking. Open Wednesday to Sunday from 9:00 a.m. till 8:00 p.m. Epocas - combination of restaurant bar and antique shop, open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 a.m. till 10:00 p.m. Located next to El Anafre. Papagayo - serves international and typical Honduran foods. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. La Casa de las Abuelas - located in an old colonial house and offers continental and local cuisine. Open from Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. This is the only restaurant open for dinner till 10:00 p.m. |
It is in a beautiful mountain valley (hence the name) at 1,310 meters. It's a nice town without many tourists during the week (though it gets crowded with tourists on Saturday and Sunday). It has cobblestone streets, red-tiled roofs, and a colonial church.
