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Castle of San Felipe

DURATION: 5 1/2 Hours.
INCLUDES: Roundtrip transportation the puerto , tour guide, entrance.
Does not include: Food, Drinks.
WHAT´S TO BRING: Camera, hiking shoes, suntan lotion and hat.

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TOUR DESCRIPTION:

The fort of San Felipe of Lara, locally called The Castle; it's to 1 km. river up of the bridge of Fronteras, In the point where the Rio Dulce is born as a result of the water-drainage of the Izabal Lake.

The castle Was constructed there by the Spaniards, to prevent the English Pirates to invade the villages, and to attack the Boats throughout the coasts of Izabal Lake. It's located on a rocky point that gives a good field of fire, although only it was A partial successful against the audacious pirates. The pirates destroyed the castle in successive occasions and on 1686 they captured it and they burned it. Whenever that it was Reconstructed, by a different engineer, it was done stronger than before.

The version that remains today has heavy walls tremendously. In a while the Spaniards were so far with respect to the pirates who tended a chain through the river in an attempt to deny the access To them. When finalizing the century 17th. And the disappearance of the pirates, it was transformed into a prison.

At the Present time it has recovered faithfully and it's a perfect park for picnics. There is a wharf so that the boats unload The passengers. To anchor directly in the front of the castle it's prohibited.

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