Honduras

A Spanish colonial cathedral in Comayagua, the former capital of Honduras for three centuries, begun in 1680 and completed over 100 years later, housing a notable colonial art collection and an 18th-century pipe organ that still functions for concerts.

Honduras's most internationally recognized Maya site, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Monument of Colonial Honduras in 1980, celebrated for its carved stelae, the Hieroglyphic Stairway, and the extraordinary Rosalila Tunnel replica.

Honduras's largest lake at roughly 90 square kilometres, lying in a volcanic basin between the CIFC and Cerros de la Botallacta mountain ranges, a freshwater habitat of exceptional biodiversity and a convenient stop on the main north-south highway.

One of the largest tropical botanical gardens in Central America, established in the 1920s by the United Fruit Company near Tela on Honduras's north coast, spanning approximately 700 hectares and housing a significant collection of tropical fruit species and economic plants.

A cloud-forest national park in northern Honduras near La Ceiba, covering approximately 240 square kilometres of the Sierra Nombre de Jesús with elevations from 700 to 2,435 metres, known for its exceptional bird diversity, waterfalls, and well-developed ecotourism infrastructure.

The largest and most visited of Honduras's Bay Islands, set on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, offering diving, snorkelling, beaches and Caribbean culture with a distinct Garifuna and Anglo-Caribbean flavour.