Banco Atlantida offers cash withdrawals from your Visa cards, and Credomatic located at Bulevar Morazan offers cash withdrawals for Visa and Master Card. American Express is represented by Credomatic, whose main offices are located in the Boulevard Morazan. Although Tegucigalpa is no longer famous for its Easter Week celebrations, a big effort is being made to revive the old traditions that marked this week, the holiest for the Catholic religion. From Good Thursday to Easter Sunday there are a series of celebrations that include the preparation of colorful sawdust carpets that some of the religious procesions will walk over, as well as religious events at the differents churches in the downtown area. Because the city is deserted during this week by its dwellers, who escape to the beaches, and the downtown area is closed to trafic in order to prepare the traditional sawdust carpets, the city becomes a paradise to stroll around and discover all the lovely and charming old buildings and cobblestoned streets in the downtown area.
Hotels are generally empty, so getting accommodations in the city is no problem at all.
One of the most recent monuments in Tegucigalpa is the masive image of Christ that overlooks the city. Known as the Christ of the Picacho, because of the mountaintop where it is located, it was built in 1997 but has rapidly become a favorite image to depict the city. You can travel up to the mountain where the image is located at the Picacho Park, where a series of other monuments, a small zoo and an impresive view of the city are all available. This park is a favorite spot for the city dwellers to spend their weekends.