if you would like to get away from the crowd/quickly daily life you got, probably the best way its going to be antigua, atitlan, pana, rioDulce, monterrico, and the beach at hotel Radisson (if you want a really good service and place); Then if you just would like to know guatemala, from a normal citizen you should probably go to GUATEMALA CITY! crowded? yep, traffic? yep, but you’ll see restaurants and malls, with known retail stores etc. (then what im saying is, probably you SHOULD get some info ‘bout GUATEMALA cause is not just trees, mountains, indigenas…there’s alot you miss cause you get to see just 1 awfull guatemala, when you could probably be at some fancy restaurant having a nice time)(NEVER EVER go to zone 1,5,18,3,2 you’ll just be robbed!!, cause you’re missing alot just by go to antigua, pana etc…...) IF YOU Really want to have a good, nice, fancy, witohut trouble, vacation…dont just get here and wait what happens RESEARCH before you talk!!!