Antigua Walking Tour
Description
This tour, by Due South Travels, is a 2+ hour guided walking tour of Antigua, one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. Our local guide will give you tons of great information, including the history of the city and its architecture, the geography, culture, and religion of historical and modern day Guatemala. During the tour we will visit and discuss Antigua's significant landmarks. We will talk about the volcanoes and earthquakes Guatemala has experienced, the Mayan ethnic groups, the Spanish invasion, and modern day life here. If you would like to visit the jade museums or learn more about places to eat and drink, have a coffee, etc, please ask your guide!
Tour Options
Itinerary
This Due South Travels tour will walk a leisurely route from Iglesia de la Merced, down 5a Avenida, through Central Park. Then we will visit the cathedral ruins and head past Tanque Union Park, and end at Iglesia de San Francisco.
Learn about the famous arch, a symbol of Antigua
Baroque architecture. Starting point at the front of the church. If you'd like to enter, please wear conservative clothing that covers to your elbows and knees, and remove any hats before entering. (You cannot enter during a mass service)
Learn about this park, the medical clinic, the pila, and the ruins of Santa Clara.
We will end here with a visit to the church and tomb of San Pedro. If you'd like to enter the church, please wear conservative clothing, covered to your elbows and knees, and remove hats. You cannot enter while mass is taking place.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- There is approximately 1.5 miles/2.5km of walking.
Reviews(106)
Carlos was a great guide- it ended up just being two of us with him and we really enjoyed the private tour at our own pace. Carlos was very knowledgeable and personable and taught us a lot about the history of Antigua. He gave lots of recommendations and introduced us to the Jade museum. He went above and beyond- taking lots of pictures and videos of us with different sites. If I had known he was going to do a photo shoot I would have dressed cuter! Thanks Carlos!
Carlos was so wonderful! He was very knowledgeable and went above and beyond to answer questions, personalize the tour and get great photos. We felt he genuinely was excited to share Antigua with us. This was a perfect taste for our first day and highly recommend booking this tour!
Hi Ashley We are delighted to know your walking tour was enjoyable and memorable in Antigua, we work hard to deliver only the best experience to our fellow travelers and will be here for anything that you might need in the future.
I really loved the walking tour. Cristina was an excellent and informative guide. The tour ran even though I was the only person booked which was I was really appreciative of. I definitely recommend a walking tour with Cristina.
Hi there Thank you for sharing your experience with us and for taking the time to review our service, if you even need us again please do not hesitate in contacting us again .
Maria was a great guide with an enormous amount of knowledge about Antigua and is history. Highly recommend!
Hi there Thank you for sharing your experience with us, we are glad to know you enjoyed your walking tour and will be always here for you if you ever need us again.
It was fine. It was overpriced for what it was. We didn’t really see anything and our guide didn’t really teach us much and what he did say was hard for my partner to understand.
Hi Dana Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us, we are sorry the tour was not what you expected and will deprive hard to make sure this never happens again, if you ever come back feel free to let us know so we can make it up to you.
Really appreciated that Carlos waited a very long time for us to arrive as our bus from Puerto Quetzal was very delayed. We enjoyed the tour and the architectural details and context Carlos pointed out. Didn’t get to the old city or the cathedral ruins, but that might have been due to our time constraints. Great option to see many of the highlights and some sights we definitely would have missed without having a guide. Definitely recommend!
Hi Carol Thank you for sharing your experience with us, we are happy to know you enjoyed your tour and time with us, if you ever need us again please feel to reach out.
Amazing way to start a trip in Antigua. We learned a lot about the city! Luis was super nice :)
Hi Mariam Thank you for joining our walking tour, we are happy to know you enjoyed your time with us and will be here if you need us ever again.
The tour guide was nice but she was injured and couldn’t walk much. We also had a difficult time hearing and understanding her at times. We hardly walked the city at all. She kept having us sit down after going only a short way. I am guessing because she needed to rest her bad knee. Considering this was a walking tour, I felt like it was a rip off. I think we could have learned and seen so much more on a different tour. I cannot recommend this one. But I wish the very best for our guide’s recovery from her injury.
Hi Jennifer Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us, we work hard to make sure all our travelers received the best service possible and apologize for all the inconvenience caused and for not fulfilling your expectations, we have already communicated your concerns and will work to make sure this does not happen ever again. We hope you enjoyed your time in Guatemala beside this situation and hope we have the chance to make it up to you, if you ever need us again please feel free to reach out.
We paid just a few dollars extra for the private tour, and it was well worth it. Our guide, Carlos, was super knowledgeable and personable. He told such interesting information and stories about Antigua, and he was very patient while we did a little shopping :).
Hi Mary We are so happy to know you enjoy your private walking tour with us, if you ever need us again feel free to contact us.
A lovely way to experience the city with a super knowledge guide. Luis was AMAZING. Would defo recommend this walking tour
Hi Alex Thank you for trusting us during your time in Guatemala, we are happy to know you enjoy tour with us and will be more than happy to keep assisting you if you ever come back again
