Honduras main touristic gateway, just 3 hours from many important airports in the US, with a diverse hotel infrastructure, San Pedro Sula, Honduras' industrial capital city is a perfect base for many half and full day tours.
Located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula (Sula Valley), about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. It is the second largest city in the country behind the capital Tegucigalpa, and is considered the industrial center of Honduras. It is the capital of the Cortés Department. The city serves as a major transportation hub for the rest of the country, while economically maintaining its base in light industry and the commercial production of coffee, bananas, beef, sugar cane, tobacco, and forestry.
San Pedro Sula has a Museum of Archeology and History, which includes both Pre-Columbian artifacts and expositions detailing the evolution of the city. The cigar making business is important, as are garment assembly plants, known as maquiladoras. Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) is one of the most important airports in Honduras due to its local and international connections.
Just outside of Tela lies the second largest tropical botanical garden in the world: Lancetilla Botanical Gardens. Established by the Tela Railroad Co. as an experimental planting station, in this garden tropical plants from all around the world can be found, many of them bare exotic fruits, which have attracted a multitude of tropical birds that have made the park their home.
Located on the eastern end of the bay of Tela, only 12 km from the town, this unique area takes its name from the small mountain that dominates the area and comes out into the Caribbean: Izopo Mountain. The exuberant vegetation of this area, which is irrigated by the Plátano and Hicaque Rivers, is home to a large variety of wildlife, including tropical birds such as parrots and toucans, monkeys, alligators and turtles.
At a short drive from local textile companies and within walking distance of various consulates. More detail »
Just 20 minutes driving time from SAP International Airport, close to the most important corporate centers in town.More detail »
15 minutes away from International Airport and Expocentro, and five minutes from Club Arabe.More detail »
Right in front of the Central Plaza and the Cathedral, and just 2 blocks away from the Museum of Anthropology of San Pedro Sula.More detail »
