Tegucigalpa
As hard as it is to imagine a gas station fast-food outlet being one of the best eating options in the city, within 24 hours in Tegus you will almost certainly meet a local who will wax lyrical about the fantastic baleadas (thick flour tortillas containing fried beans, cheese, meat, eggs and other fillings) served up here.
It's a chain so you'll find other outlets around the country.
Museo para la Identidad Nacional
1.13 MILES
If you hit only one sight in Tegus, head here. The museum is housed in the gorgeously renovated 19th-century former Palace of Ministries. It's a superb…
8.19 MILES
A short distance northeast of the capital, Parque Nacional La Tigra covers 238 sq km of rugged forest, with cloud forest and dry pine forest, numerous…
Parque Naciones Unidas El Picacho
2.56 MILES
This small hilltop park 6km from downtown has busy walking trails, but the main reason to visit is to stand at the feet of the approximately 20m high El…
0.89 MILES
At the center of the city is the Plaza Morazán, often called Parque Central by locals – this is Tegucigalpa's hub. A statue of former president Francisco…
Centro de la Cultura Garinagu de Honduras
0.88 MILES
It's well worth dropping by this cultural center, and situated right on the Parque Morazán, which is handicrafts, clothing and tools on display, as well…
2.79 MILES
The most important church in Tegucigalpa – and therefore in Honduras – is this neo-Gothic basílica. La Virgen de Suyapa is the patron saint of Honduras;…
1.03 MILES
This striking church, which dominates an otherwise unremarkable plaza, has some attractive religious art. Its facade contains figures representing the…
0.89 MILES
In 1847, the convent of La Merced was converted to house Honduras' first university; the country's national gallery was established there in 1996, but…
0.38 MILES
This monument to Latin America's great liberator straddles a busy junction in Tegucigalpa's well-to-do Colonia Palmira area.
2. Centro de la Cultura Garinagu de Honduras
0.88 MILES
It's well worth dropping by this cultural center, and situated right on the Parque Morazán, which is handicrafts, clothing and tools on display, as well…
0.89 MILES
In 1847, the convent of La Merced was converted to house Honduras' first university; the country's national gallery was established there in 1996, but…
0.89 MILES
At the center of the city is the Plaza Morazán, often called Parque Central by locals – this is Tegucigalpa's hub. A statue of former president Francisco…
0.89 MILES
This unusual modern building on stilts (next door to the Parque La Merced) is the Palacio Legislativo, where congress meets. It was here in December 2009…
0.93 MILES
This monument, inside Tegucigalpa's largest park, was erected in 1996 in the name of eternal peace between the 'fraternal nations of Central America.'
1.03 MILES
This striking church, which dominates an otherwise unremarkable plaza, has some attractive religious art. Its facade contains figures representing the…
8. Museo para la Identidad Nacional
1.13 MILES
If you hit only one sight in Tegus, head here. The museum is housed in the gorgeously renovated 19th-century former Palace of Ministries. It's a superb…