Flores, Peten, Guatemala (33 images)

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Flores is a small colonial village on an island in Lake Peten Itza in northern Guatemala. It's a convenient base for exploring the nearby Maya ruins of Tikal. At only a quarter of a mile long, Flores is attached by a single causeway to its larger and more modern neighbor Santa Elena.

  • Two boys fish in Lake Peten Itza near Flores in north Guatemala. The boy standing in the shallows with the mask and snorkel is threading bait onto a hook as the other watches from the canoe.

  • Part of the waterfront of Flores in Lake Peten Itza, with small traditional boats moored against the shallows against the shoreline.

  • As a band of school students marches by, a young boy enjoys the parade. The procession, on 15 September 2011, was part of the celebrations for Guatemalan Independence Day. Groups of school students parade in a procession through the streets of Flores, starting in the Parque Central, walking through the town, and crossing the causeway into Santa Elena.

  • A wooden jetty extends out into a very calm Lake Peten Itza from Flores, Guatemala.

  • Some of the Maya artifacts on display in the museum at Radio Peten Island. Off the western side of the island of Flores is another much smaller island known simply as Radio Peten after the radio station that has broadcast from there since 1947. There are only a handful of buildings on the island, one of which is a small, one-room museum of Maya artifacts and various radio, telephone, and other artifacts. The only way to approach the island is by boat.

  • A group of young women dressed in traditional colonial dresses walk by as as part of the celebrations for Guatemalan Independence Day on 15 September 2011. Groups of school students parade in a procession through the streets of Flores, starting in the Parque Central, walking through the town, and crossing the causeway into Santa Elena.

  • A fisherman in the shallows of Lake Peten Itza next to Flores using a traditional wooden boat and mesh cage.

  • Clouds and sky reflected on the smooth surface of Lake Peten Itza near Flores, Peten, Guatemala.

  • A boatman with his wooden boat on Lake Peten Itza in Flores, Guatemala.

  • Young men and women in bright blue costumes participate in the Guatemaln Independence Day procession on 15 September 2011. As part of the celebrations groups of school students parade in a procession through the streets of Flores, starting in the Parque Central, walking through the town, and crossing the causeway into Santa Elena.

  • A fishermen tips up a wire basket to tip out the small fish that had been caught along the waterfront of Flores in north Guatemala in Lake Peten Itza.

  • Three traditional wooden boats and canoes beached on the shore of Lake Peten Itza in Flores in northern Guatemala, with a glassy lake reflecting the clouds and sky.

  • Four canoes lay upside down on a wooden platform in the reeds on the shoreline of Flores in Lake Peten Itza. To the top left of frame if the small island known simply as Radio Peten after the radio station that has broadcast from there since 1947.

  • The waterfront of Flores in north Guatemala. The colonial-era town is on a small island in Lake Peten Itza, joined with the mainland by a single causeway.

  • Off the western side of the island of Flores is another much smaller island known simply as Radio Peten after the radio station that has broadcast from there since 1947. There are only a handful of buildings on the island, one of which is a small, one-room museum of Maya artifacts and various radio, telephone, and other artifacts. The only way to approach the island is by boat.

  • Three traditional wooden boats and canoes beached on the shore of Lake Peten Itza in Flores in northern Guatemala.

  • The waterfront of Flores in north Guatemala. The colonial-era town is on a small island in Lake Peten Itza, joined with the mainland by a single causeway.

  • The cobbleston streets of Flores, a tiny island in Lake Peten Itza in northern Guatemala. The island is connected to the mainland by a single bridge.

  • The exhibit room of the museo on Radio Peten Island. Off the western side of the island of Flores is another much smaller island known simply as Radio Peten after the radio station that has broadcast from there since 1947. There are only a handful of buildings on the island, one of which is a small, one-room museum of Maya artifacts and various radio, telephone, and other artifacts. The only way to approach the island is by boat.

  • Taken from Parque Central in Flores, Guatemala, this shot shows the town hall at right. At far left you can see the domes of the village's colonial church.

  • As part of the celebrations for Guatemalan Independence Day (September 15, 2011), groups of school students parade in a procession through the streets of Flores, starting in the Parque Central, walking through the town, and crossing the causeway into Santa Elena.

  • A band plays as part of the celebrations for Guatemalan Independence Day on September 15, 2011. Groups of school students parade in a procession through the streets of Flores, starting in the Parque Central, walking through the town, and crossing the causeway into Santa Elena.

  • Interior of the exhibit room of the museum on Radio Peten Island. Off the western side of the island of Flores is another much smaller island known simply as Radio Peten after the radio station that has broadcast from there since 1947. There are only a handful of buildings on the island, one of which is a small, one-room museum of Maya artifacts and various radio, telephone, and other artifacts. The only way to approach the island is by boat.

  • View of Flores, Guatemala, from a boat on Lake Peten Itza.

  • Five traditional wooden boats and canoes beached on the shore of Lake Peten Itza in Flores in northern Guatemala.

  • A marching band performs as part of the celebrations for Guatemalan Independence Day (15 September 2011). Groups of school students parade in a procession through the streets of Flores, starting in the Parque Central, walking through the town, and crossing the causeway into Santa Elena.

  • The studio of Radio Peten. Off the western side of the island of Flores is another much smaller island known simply as Radio Peten after the radio station that has broadcast from there since 1947. There are only a handful of buildings on the island, one of which is a small, one-room museum of Maya artifacts and various radio, telephone, and other artifacts. The only way to approach the island is by boat.

  • A group of boys on rollerblades participate in the Guatemalan Independence Day procession on 15 September 2011. Groups of school students parade in a procession through the streets of Flores, starting in the Parque Central, walking through the town, and crossing the causeway into Santa Elena.

  • The entrance to the museum on the small island of Radio Peten Island, arriving by boat. Off the western side of the island of Flores is another much smaller island known simply as Radio Peten after the radio station that has broadcast from there since 1947. There are only a handful of buildings on the island, one of which is a small, one-room museum of Maya artifacts and various radio, telephone, and other artifacts. The only way to approach the island is by boat.

  • Brighly painted colonial architecture in Flores, Guatemala.

  • The colonial church sits on the highest point on the small island of Flores, Guatemala.

  • The Hotel Casa Amelia on the waterfront in Flores, Guatemala.

  • Four canoes lay upside down on a wooden platform in the reeds on the shoreline of Flores in Lake Peten Itza. To the top left of frame if the small island known simply as Radio Peten after the radio station that has broadcast from there since 1947.