Hagatna - the administrative center of the island of Guam with a population of 1100 people, is located on a narrow isthmus between the Philippine Sea (Hagatna Bay Bay) and the Pacific Ocean (Pago Bay Bay) .The history of the city began in 1668, when on the site of a small village the Spaniards built a city - the administrative center of a new colony .Now Hagatna is a small tourist paradise for connoisseurs and connoisseurs, where the exotic nature of the surroundings is combined with a developed tourist service, mysterious historical artifacts, sunny beaches and ocean views..

Hagatnu has long been appreciated by curious Japanese tourists, who make up an absolute majority of the city's guests.

How to get to Hagatna

You can get to Hagatna by air. At the A B Won Pat International Airport, which is the gateway to Micronesia, China Airlines, Korean Air, All Nippon Airways and other airlines of the Southeast Asian Region are arriving.

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Transport

The best choice of transport, if you plan to travel around the neighborhood, is a car. The car can be rented at the airport at Hertz agencies (phone 646 5875), Budget (phone 647 1446), Avis (phone 646 8156), Toyota (phone 642 3200), National (phone 649 0110) and Nissan 632 7300). If you rent a car, then consider that the roads are very slippery in rainy weather, and any day there is a high probability of getting into traffic jam.

You can use the municipal bus to get to Tumon, Tamaning, Micronesia-Mall and Guam University. The cost of the trip is $ 1-3. Unfortunately, buses run fairly rarely and only from Monday to Saturday.

Hiking is possible only within the city, because there are no sidewalks along the routes, and drivers like to polish.

Map of Hagatna

Hagatna hotels

Not far from the city in the coastal area of ​​Tumon (about 6-10 kilometers from Hagatna) you can stay in a variety of hotels of different class. So Pacific Bay Hotel offers rooms from $ 45, and Tumon Bay Capital Hotel - from $ 55, prices in Grand Plaza Hotel start at $ 60.

Holiday Resort Guam offers rooms from $ 100. In hotels of a higher class Hyatt Regency Guam and Outrigger Guam Resort, the minimum room rate is $ 250-300.

Restaurants

In Hagatna you can try a variety of dishes of national cuisine. The main decoration of the table is fresh lobsters, octopuses, meat baked with vegetables and fruits. We advise you to try pies with shrimp, pancit noodles, chicken cooked in coconut milk, as well as chicken fried in hot pepper and coconut shavings.

In the city there are many restaurants offering Japanese, Korean, Thai Vietnamese and Chinese menus. Fans of culinary classics can visit Italian and American restaurants.

Types of Hagatna

Shopping

Around the town are scattered shops and shopping centers. The highest concentration of stores is observed in Agana Shopping Center and Agana Theaters. We advise you to visit the Chamorro Village shopping area where you can not only buy souvenirs, local artisans' products, but also have a great dinner in a variety of small restaurants (average bill of $ 6-9) and thus "get involved" in the local way of life. >

Dancers of the village of Chamorro in the vicinity of Hagatna

Entertainment, excursions and sightseeing Hagatna

The Guam Museum offers visitors a wide collection of exhibits on the history, ethnography and geography of Guam. In the central part of the city you will find the ruins of the governor's palace dating from 1736, a small copy of the Statue of Liberty, a statue of Pope John Paul II.

The white cathedral of Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica is located on the site of a church built in 1669, around which Hagatna was originally formed.

In 1981, the Pope of Rome held a mass in Hagatna.

In the southern part of the city there is the Latte Stone Park, on the territory of which about 500 mysterious stone monoliths are randomly scattered: either remains of ancient settlements of islanders, or objects of religious worship.

The pedestrian zone of the Plaza connects the port of Hagatna with the central square of the city. Here is the largest on the island shopping center San Ramon.

In the western part of the city you will find the old Fort Santa Agueda, the tunnels from which extend into the mountains of Makahan, gradually passing into the labyrinth of karst caves. On the slope of the mountain there is a memorial park dedicated to the events of the Second World War (during which the city was almost completely destroyed). Photo by Hagatna (16)