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Tela is a small coastal town along the Caribbean coast of Honduras. Located within the Atlantida Department, it has a population of 35,000 people (2011 estimate). The town was originally an agricultural community but over recent years have developed into a beach resort.
Guide to Tela Hotels
Here's a list of hotels in Tela that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price.
Tela, Honduras
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More on Tela
Tela traces its history of 1`524, when Spanish conquistador Cristóbal de Olid established it, originally clling it Triumfo de la Cruz, which means "triumph of the cross". That name remains today to denote a promontory in Tela. The name Tela itself is said to be a contraction of Tetela, which means "land of rocky hills" in the local Nahuatl language.
In the past centry, Tela was where the United Fruit Company established a major farm for producing bananas. It brought in English-speaking workers from the Caribbean, particularly from Jamaica and Belize. These caused animosity and friction with the locals that led to racially biased laws against the newcomers. Eventually the English speaking Caribbeans immigrated out of Honduras, for the United States and Canada or returned to the Caribbean.
Today Tela has found a new source of revenue through its beaches, which are slowly gaining popularity among vacationers. Those wanting to see Tela at its most happening should visit during Holy Week, between Palm Sunday and Easter, when there would be street processions. Tela also erupts into festivity during the feast day of San Antonio, its patron saint, which happens in June.
Visiting Tela
Tela is about 90 km to the east of San Pedro Sula. You can take a bus from San Pedro Sula to get there.Places of Interest in Tela
- Museo Garifuna
Museum celebrating the Garifuna people, who are descendants of the Carib, Arawak and West African people. - Punta Sal National Park
Protected area that includes mangrove swamps and tropical rainforest.
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