Santo Tomas de Castilla Cruise Reviews

We did a private tour with a car and driver of the two nearby cities. It is another poverty stricken island that doesn't have much to offer a tourist. The port side shopping complex is full of local handicrafts and the vendors are very pushy and the prices are highly inflated. And I mean highly. Items they asked $40 for, I got for $10. You must really bargain. I like to help them and buy ...

We took the Rio Dulce excursion which is a 40 minute boat ride to the mainland (we liked the ride but it's nothing fancy), then a one hour bus ride through Guatemala (past the poverty areas again). It does show you the countryside of Guatemala (sad) but I wanted to be there on a mission than as a tourist after seeing all that. The destination port to take a small (crowded) boat over to the ...

Great tour of the Mayan ruins but the port itself left a lot to be desired. ...

We did the Jungle Hike...did not see much but great to get off the ship and see the port and stretch our legs. ...

stay with a ship tour - traffic can lock you up for hours ...

There's little here, as it's not really on the tourist circuit yet. Locals were nice enough, however. Never felt unsafe. Small beach & resort about 2 miles away. Rain prevented anything but a cab tour of the area. Good shopping area in the port. Be ready to barter hard with the locals. They're professionals! ...

Again it rained .... the port was a container port but the local crafts were available in a building. We found this to be the best shopping on the entire cruise. ...

We went to the Las Escobas sanctuary park. Good guide, interesting microclimate, vegetation and birds. I would have liked another hour or two there free to wander. ...

The port is a container depot. An adjacent flea market specializes in counterfeit goods. ...

Beach too far, taxi very expensive, people very persistent to sell their products ...