Stone streets
White houses and red tiles.
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Santa Lucía is a small hill town near Tegucigalpa, popular with visitors from the capital for its mild climate and its historic centre, one of the best preserved in Honduras. It lies about 10 km in a straight line from Tegucigalpa Cathedral. The town's beginnings are not precisely known, but it is one of the oldest towns and was inhabited before the Spanish arrived. Documents suggest Spanish explorers visited around 1540 looking for mineral veins, and then began working its rich mines. It became a municipality on 12 November 1820. You explore on foot among white colonial houses with red tile roofs and stone-paved streets, with purple jacaranda blossoms overhead in season. A white church with bell towers stands in town, and a small lagoon rents out rowing boats. From the terraces, views stretch over green mountains and Tegucigalpa. The town has restaurants and cafes, and the streets are steep, so wear comfortable shoes. It pairs well with the town of Valle de Ángeles, about 9 km away in a straight line.
White houses and red tiles.
Towers above the town.
Rowing boats for hire.
Santa Lucía, Francisco Morazán, Honduras
By car from Tegucigalpa, about 10 km away in a straight line.
Valle de Ángeles, about 9 km away.