Good places for Semana Santa in Mexico and Central America?
 

I know Antigua, Guatemala is famous for Semana Santa.

What other locations have good celebrations? How about San Cristobal de las Casas (which I have visited before, but happily would again)?

(I suspect Leon, Nicaragua does too.)

I might visit the region at that time, and where I go will be a combined decision of convenience, cost, and culture. I've made numerous trips to Mexico and one to Nicaragua.

In 2013 and 2015 I spent 3-4 weeks around Semana Santa in San Pedro La Laguna on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. I know it's not a famous spot for that but it's an incredible, culture-rich celebration there, very traditional. Here are blog posts in case you or anyone else wants to check them out. Hope you find what you're looking for!

2013:
http://hopefulistinlatinamerica.blog...ana-santa.html

2015:
http://hopefulistinlatinamerica.blog...ster-week.html

That looks great. I definitely will consider that.

I looked at flight prices, and Guatemala is very expensive (not surprisingly) for that time period. TGZ in Chiapas looks by far the cheapest in Latin America then.

What's your home airport? I'm seeing some crazy cheap flights from PDX - under $500 on Delta, barely over on Volaris.

My home airport is YVR, but I could do BLI, SEA, or possibly even consider PDX.

The YVR-TGZ fare I saw was $389 USD over Semana Santa.

The prices I mention above from PDX are the cheapest I've seen to GUA in decades. I can find them from YVR, too, but the itineraries aren't great. If cost of airfare is a priority, looks like Chiapas will be hard to beat. I spent a few weeks there in June/July 2010 and really enjoyed it but it's Guatemala that we've chosen as our special place to return to over and over. Have a great trip, whatever you decide!

It's pretty well the case that if it's a great itinerary from YVR, it's super-expensive :), with a few exceptions. I would like to get to GUA for sure.