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“The perfect Verapaces base — and where kaq’ik tastes like heritage.”

The Imperial City under the chipi chipi drizzle: Santo Domingo parish (1544, the region’s only colonial church with a bell tower), Las Victorias National Park — 82 hectares of forest INSIDE the city — and the world capital of kaq’ik, cardamom and the Rabín Ajaw festival.