Area de Niños

Area de Niños is a park in Guatemala City, Guatemala Department. Area de Niños is situated nearby to the park Condominios Villa de Valencia, as well as near Pequeña Antigua.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kaminaljuyu and Tikal Futura.

Kaminaljuyu

Museum

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kaminaljuyu is a Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization located in Guatemala City. Primarily occupied from 1500 BC to 1200 AD, it has been described as one of the greatest archaeological sites in the New World—although the extant remains are distinctly unimpressive. Kaminaljuyu is situated 3 km northeast of Area de Niños.

Tikal Futura

Shopping center

The Tikal Futura, formally Gran Tikal Futura Torres Sol y Luna is a modern shopping and business complex and hotel in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Tikal Futura is situated 2 km east of Area de Niños.

Museo Miraflores

Museum

Photo: adels, CC BY 2.0.

The Museo Miraflores is an archaeological museum in Guatemala City, dedicated to the display of artefacts from the ancient Maya city of Kaminaljuyu. The museum is open from Tuesday through to Sunday. Museo Miraflores is situated 2 km east of Area de Niños.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Lucas Sacatepéquez and Ciudad Cayalá.

San Lucas Sacatepéquez

Town

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San Lucas Sacatepéquez is a town, with a population of 20,723, and a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. San Lucas Sacatepéquez is situated 9 km west of Area de Niños.