Nearly everything in Omoa is compact and sits on a 2km (1 1/4-mile) stretch of road between the highway and the beach, with the fort about at the halfway point. There is no ATM here, though Banco de Occidente on the highway exchanges traveler's checks and will exchange currency. Two cybercafes have the ability to make international phone calls: One is at the entrance to town on the highway, and the other is a few hundred meters in.

Getting There

Omoa is 18km (11 miles) west of Puerto Cortés and 35km (22 miles) from the Guatemalan border at Tegucigalpa. Buses for Cortés (L20), from where you can transfer to San Pedro Sula, depart from a small terminal on Calle 3a every 20 to 30 minutes during daylight hours. If you're headed to the border, go to the highway and flag down any passing bus to Corinto, where you can stamp out of the country and then continue on. Chances are others will be waiting, too. If you have a group together, Roli's Place (tel. 504/2658-9082) can organize transfers to Puerto Barrios in Guatemala or to La Ceiba to connect to the ferries for the Bay Islands.

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