Cobán

Coban is the starting point for excursions to the magnificent nature of the Alta Verapas area. The city is developing so rapidly that anyone visiting it, even after a year, will be surprised by its change. At the entrance to the city there is a sign: "Bienvenidos Coban, Ciudad Imperial ". This is a memory of the fact that the charter of the city was granted to him in 1538 personally by Emperor Charles. The city was once the center of Tezulutlán (Tierra de Guerra, or "Land of War"), a Mayan stronghold.

In the nineteenth century, the first settlers from Germany appeared here, who brought elements of a German mountain town to the local architecture. There are many picturesque estates and residences of the local elite around the city.