El Gran Palmar Hotel y Restaurante | Informal Campsite
Guatemala
Details
- Verified:
- 4 months ago
- GPS:
- 14.15032, -90.03828
- Altitude:
- 585.9 masl
- Website:
- None
- Contributor:
-
kristendyck
Amenities
- Electricity:
- Yes - Not at Sites
- Wifi:
- No
- Kitchen:
- No
- Restaurant:
- Yes
- Showers:
- Cold
- Water:
- Yes
- Toilets:
- Running Water
- Big Rig Friendly:
- No
- Tent Friendly:
- Yes
- Pet Friendly:
- Yes
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Description
Centro de Convenciones EL GRAN PALMAR, Hotel y Restaurante. Best spot to spend the night before the border. It’s a restaurant and hotel with outdoor gardens and patio, grassy field, and play areas and trampoline for kids; lots of trees. The staff are very friendly. They allowed us to camp here for free in their parking/grass field if we used their restaurant, or pay Q150 for the night for both of us. Like all hotels around here, it is on the highway so you will hear traffic noise but it is at least set farther back and you can go as far back into the field as you wish.
There are bathrooms for use off the patio, and a bathroom with a shower inside the restaurant/convention area. There are two security guards at night. They allowed us to use a plug-in for electricity.
We drove up and down the highway trying to find a good spot to sleep in our van and this was the only spot that met our sleeping needs as well as having a safe and relaxing ambiance.
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Still the same end of 2023. Price 150 for 2 Person. Nice grassy area behind the buildings quite quiet when we were there.
Report Check-InLooks closed, but also not for bigger rigs, the gate looks very tiny, place abdonded on a sunday afternoon
Report Check-InWe stayed one night at this beautiful place on our way to Salvador.
Administration, name and so the rules changed but not all the staff is aware apparently.
We ate in the restaurant and in the end paid q90 for staying the night, but new owner made us clear that eating is separate and staying the night is q150 for 2 persons.
New name of this place is Valle del Sol.
Toilets, shower available. Cold water though.
Report Check-InSuper nice location for one night before crossing the border. paid 100 Q per night because we ate something in the restaurant. people are so nice, gave us free water, lot of recommendations for El Salvador, played music for us. felt very welcomed here :-)
Report Check-InImmediately arrived in the parking lot Mr. Roland came out to welcome us he offered us to sleep in the huge backyard with our camper for 20 $ us or 150 quetzals access to the toilet and a shower you have access to the room rental and restaurant all renovated safe and warm place
Report Check-InNot great. Seems Noah and family
Have left the property in the hands of locals and they wanted to charged us 200Q just to park for the night. It was outrageous. Don’t recommend.
Perfect place to stay before crossing into El Salvador! Grass Parking. Level. No height restrictions at gate. Secure.
Report Check-InEverything still the same Nice and safe place to stop. Same price.
Report Check-InQuiet and safe spot to park. The owner Noah is just getting started with updating the place. Very clean bathroom and a shower is available if needed. There is a restaurant.. WiFi wasn’t working when we stayed here. Lots of room to park. $50 quetzal for the night when we were here.. perfect before crossing the border at 23km..
Report Check-InBeautiful spot off main road so a bit noisy from traffic. Has clean toilets and showers plus the restaurant is nice, if a bit on the expensive side. The owner was amazing and extremely helpful. My girlfriend was very ill and he offered us a lift to the pharmacy to help solve the issue we paid 50Q for the night.
Report Check-InAwesome place ! Whole family are so friendly and welcoming - and everyone speaks English !! We stayed one night on the way to El Salvador and we were treated like family. The restaurant food was great and there is lots of room to camp in the yard out back ( far from the road if you want ). Super clean toilets and shower - and close to the border. They don’t have wifi yet but it is coming !
Report Check-InJust as described-friendly family run hotel with beautiful grassy parking at the back. 25Q/person. Very nice and clean toilet, shower and a nice restaurant if you want to eat. In case you need water there is a petrol station a 100 m away where you can fill your tank.
Report Check-InBeautiful spot. 25Q per person to camp. It was 50Q for both of us in the van. Great service and hospitality from owner and staff. It was pouring down quite heavily and they offered us a private room for 100Q, if that interests you when you visit. Bathrooms, shower, restaurant, and lounge area outside. No Wifi available.
Report Check-InAs described - they even gave my wife and me a glass of fresh mango juice when we pulled in. Friendly staff who will want you picture and show you the other overlanders they've hosted.
Report Check-Infriendly staff. 50 Q for 2 people in a van.
really nice place behind the hotel in a garden with hammocks, chillout area, BBQ grill, power plugs, showers and toilet.
regarding restaurant: cheap is relative, main dishes between 45-60 Q
Report Check-InWe really liked this place. Great camping (make sure to drive all the way back to the field), great food, super clean bathrooms and super friendly people. Hard to beat for a place to stay before the border.
Report Check-InSuper friendly people. Bent over backwards to make sure we had everything we needed. Highly recommended stop before crossing into El Salvador in the am.
Report Check-InPerfecto para descansar antes de cruzar la frontera.
Es un restaurante y te dejan estacionar en el jardín trasero donde estas protegido y no se ve desde la carretera. Tienen vigilancia nocturna.
El personal es muy amable y buena onda, el restaurante esta bueno y bien de precio.
Puedes usar la ducha, hay baños y hamacas.
(English)
Perfect place for rest before the border, safety parking back yard with security guy and no body cam see you from the road.
Free stay if you have a launch or dinner in the restaurant, it's good and not expensive.
Have shower and clean bathrooms.
Really nice employees.
Best spot spend the night before the border. It’s a restaurant and hotel with outdoor gardens and patio, grass field, and play areas and trampoline for kids; lots of trees. The staff are very friendly. They allowed us to camp here for free in their parking/grass field if we used their restaurant, or pay Q50 for the night for both of us. Like all hotels around here, it is on the highway so you will hear traffic noise but it is at least set farther back and you can go as far back into the field as you wish.
There are bathrooms for use off the patio, and a bathroom with a shower inside the restaurant/convention area. There are two security guards at night. They allowed us to use a plug in for electricity.
We drove up and down the highway trying to find a good spot to sleep in our van and this was the only spot that met our sleeping needs as well as having a safe and relaxing ambiance.
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