Tours in Copán: HorseBack RidingPerched on a mountainside, La Pintada offers a spectacular panorama of the town of Copan Ruins and the main Mayan ruins just outside of town.
The village is a step back to a simpler time. The only building with electricity is the public school. Small garden plots of flowers and bananas or plantains surround the adobe, thatched houses. This is essentially a subsistence farming village inhabited by the Chorti Maya with the principal crops being corn and beans. Additional income comes from the sale of colorful cornhusk dolls made by the women and children of the village. Your first experience upon arrival in the village will be with the children. They can be quite zealous in their attempt to sell dolls. If you plan on buying dolls, tell the children to stand back and wait their turn, you will only consider buying from those that will not push or shove. A single dirt footpath leads through the village to a cornfield and pasture. Depending on the season, cultivated gardens and wildflowers will provide a riot of color as you walk along the path. From the pasture vantage point, the Acropolis of the main ruins and stellae high in the mountains away from the main ruins are visible. Stellae are scattered throughout the area. Mayan royalty erected the monuments to show not only their power but also the location of the portal to the other world.
Take the morning ride and you will be back in time for lunch in town. Shopping or side trips to other destinations such as the bird sanctuary at Macaw Mountainare easy to accomplish in the same day.
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