San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras.
San Pedro Sula is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 701,200 in the central urban area and a population of 1,445,598 in its metropolitan area in 2023, it is the nation's primary industrial center and second largest city after the capital Tegucigalpa, and the largest city in Central America that is not a capital city.
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Worth seeing in and around San Pedro Sula
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano is a multi-purpose stadium in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. It is currently used mostly for football matches and also has facilities for athletics.
4.4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Estadio General Francisco Morazán
The Francisco Morazán Stadium is one of the three stadiums available to the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. It is an official stadium for games of the National League of Professional Football in Honduras and international matches and international competitions of the Confederation of North, Central America, and Caribbean Association Football and FIFA. It is the official stadium of Real España and occasionally C.D. Marathón.
800 m · football stadium in San Pedro Sula, Honduras · Wikipedia - 03St. Peter Apostle Metropolitan Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, commonly called the San Pedro Sula Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
1.2 km · church in San Pedro Sula, Honduras · Wikipedia - 04Maguen David Synagogue
The Maguen David Synagogue is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in San Pedro Sula, in the Cortés department of Honduras. The synagogue was completed in 1997 and it serves as the central gathering place of the small Jewish community.
700 m · synagogue in San Pedro Sula, Honduras · Wikipedia - 05Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Cuello
The Yankel Rosenthal Stadium is a multi-purpose use stadium in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Renovations were completed in 2009, and it will now be used primarily for football matches.
3.7 km · football stadium in San Pedro Sula, Honduras · Wikipedia - 06Universidad Tecnológica de Honduras
Universidad Tecnológica de Honduras known by its acronym UTH, is a private university located in Honduras. It is known for its careers in Business Management, Law, Marketing and Tourism, and several engineering careers such as Industrial Production engineering, Computer Engineering and Electronics.
6.1 km · private university in Honduras · Wikipedia
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Things to do
Throughout San Pedro Sula and neighboring cities, you can find amazing markets. You can buy artisanal items like leather work, textiles, silver and jewelry. Bargaining and shopping are a cultural experience all their own. There are many day trips available at San Pedro Sula. You can hike through Cusuco National Park. Visit Taulabe caves and Pulapanzak Waterfalls. Have a boat ride and bird watching at Lake Yohoa.
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Where to eat
For meat try La Estancia and El Portal de La Carne. You can eat Mexican food in Cebollines and Fogoncito and for authentic Italian food try Tre Fratelli, Bel Paese and Dai Santi. All popular American fast food chains are available in the city, however, try Pollo Campero, a Guatemalan fried chicken chain and Pollos el Hondureño, autentic Honduran fast food chain.
- 01Pizza
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Getting to San Pedro Sula
- Airports
- Ramón Villeda Morales (SAP), 13 km · Palmerola (XPL), 132 km · Juan Manuel Gálvez (RTB), 185 km
- Palmerola → San Pedro Sula134 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · $14–19
- Coxen Hole → San Pedro SulaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Belize City → San Pedro Sula222 km · quickest by road, 14h 1m · $46–65
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