TACA International Airlines Flights from Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA) to Miami (MIA)
As part of booking roundtrip flights which depart from US airports,
Orbitz is pleased to offer airline tickets on TACA International Airlines, which operates a daily non-stop flight from Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA) to Miami (MIA) regularly scheduled to depart at 10:10am and arrive at 1:40pm. Usually an Airbus A319 is flown for this route. The average travel time from Guatemala City, Guatemala to Miami, FL is 2 hours and 30 minutes.
During your Miami vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
Sea Grass Adventures
Even better than the Seaquarium is Sea Grass Adventures, in which a naturalist from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center will introduce ($10 per person) kids and adults to an amazing variety of creatures that live in the sea grass beds of the Bear Cut Nature Preserve near Crandon Beach on Key Biscayne. Not just a walking tour, you will be able to wade in the water with your guide and catch an assortment of sea life in nets provided by the guides. At the end of the program, participants gather on the beach while the guide explains what everyone's just caught, passing the creatures around in miniature viewing tanks. Call for available dates, times, and reservations.
Biltmore Hotel Tour
Take advantage of these free Sunday walking tours to enjoy the hotel's beautiful grounds. The Biltmore is chock-full of history and mystery, including a few ghosts; go out there and see for yourself. In addition, there are also free weekly fireside sessions that are open to the public and presented by Miami Storytellers. Learn about the hotel's early days and rich stories of the city's past. These wonderful sessions are held in the main lobby by the fireplace and are accompanied by a glass of champagne. Call ahead to confirm.
Herencia Hispana Tour
For those looking to immerse themselves in Miami's rich Latin-American culture, the Herencia Hispana Tour is the ideal way to explore it all. Hop on a bus and zoom past such hotbeds of Latin activity as downtown's Flagler Street, the unavoidable Elián González house, the Latin American Art Museum, and Little Havana's Domino Park and Tower Theater, among others. Not just a sightseeing tour, this one includes two very knowledgeable, albeit corny, guides who know just when to infuse a necessary dose of humor into a segment of history that some people may not consider so amusing.
Hotel Victor
This hotel is a victory for Ocean Drive, a street which hasn't seen a fabulous new hotel since The Tides. A sexy hotel with actual substance, Hotel Victor is a hyper luxe, 91-room boutique hotel designed by Parisian Jacques Garcia -- this is his first hotel foray in the United States. Best known for his design work at Paris's tragically hip Hotel Costes and the discriminating Sultan of Brunei, Garcia has lent his exquisite taste to this hotel located on the notoriously tacky Ocean Drive. Located directly across from the ocean and next to the legendary Versace mansion (now a private club), Hotel Victor stands apart from the rest of the cookie cutter minimalist Miami hotels, breaking from bare minimalism and daring to go bold with color and rich fabrics. The opulent lobby is inviting and sceney, with lounges on two levels and an Asian motif, with a large jellyfish tank and hanging lamps resembling the stinging creatures. What also stings is the price tag here, but you're paying for the privilege of staying in a hotel that greets guests with personalized, wireless check in, among other things. Deluxe rooms are just that, all with ocean views and with rich colored satin headboards and curtain trim, white marble, ebony lacquered furniture, a full -- not mini -- bar, flatscreen plasma TVs and massive white marbled bathrooms with infinity edge bathtubs and rain head shower heads. If you can afford it, choose a Pool Bungalow room, with private outdoor shower and terraces leading to the pool area. Ocean Suites feature infinity edge tubs and panoramic views of the ocean. And if you think the inside is sexy, wait until you see the outdoor area, where the gorgeous, second level, oceanview pool is surrounded by oversized daybeds and cabana tents, which, at night turn into a lush VIP lounge for those who rate. The hotel's upscale bistro is also a magnet for the fabulati, but the Turkish Spa is the hottest spot, with its large, unisex steam room, Turkish bath, and heated marble slabs.
Bay Harbor Inn and Suites
This thoroughly renovated inn is just moments from the beach, fine restaurants, and the Bal Harbour Shops. The inn comes in two parts: The more modern section overlooks a swampy river and a heated outdoor pool. On the other side of the street, "townside," is the cozier, antiques-filled portion, where glass-covered bookshelves hold good beach reading. The rooms have a hodgepodge of wood furnishings (mostly Victorian replicas), while suites boast an extra half-bathroom. You can often smell the aroma of cooking from the restaurant below, which is operated by students at Johnson & Wales Culinary Institute.
Mandarin Oriental, Miami
Corporate big shots and celebrities not in the mood for the South Beach spotlight here have a high-end luxury hotel to stay in while wheeling and dealing their way through Miami. Catering to business travelers, conventioneers, big time celebrities (J-Lo, Jacko, and so on), and the occasional leisure traveler who doesn't mind spending in excess of $500 a night for a room, the swank Mandarin Oriental features a waterfront location, residential-style rooms with Asian touches (most with balconies), and several upscale dining and bar facilities. The waterfront view of the city is the hotel's best asset, both priceless and absolutely stunning. Much of the hotel's staff was flown in from Bangkok and Hong Kong to demonstrate the hotel's unique brand of superattentive Asian-inspired service. The hotel's two restaurants, the high-end Azul and the more casual Café Sambal, are up to Mandarin standards and are both wonderful, as is the 15,000-square-foot The Spa at Mandarin Oriental in which traditional Thai massages and Ayurvedic treatments are your tickets to nirvana. At press time, the Mandarin Oriental Miami had just opened its 20,000-foot white sand beach club, complete with beds with white cushions and canopies, beach butlers, and beachside cabana treatments, which is nice considering the hotel is 15 minutes from the beach. Celeb tidbit: Michael Jackson felt it necessary to autograph one of the paintings inside his suite even though he didn't paint it.
