Historical and Cultural Walking Tour of Antigua Guatemala
Description
Enjoy the colonial architecture of La Antigua Guatemala, while walking on cobblestone streets, you'll learn more about this city and its history, and will appreciate the wonderful landscapes surrounding the Central Park and their colonial enviroment.
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You will be picked up at our meeting point to begin your soft walking of approximately 3 hours below a brief summary of what to expect on your way. Antigua Guatemala, Once the third largest city in all of Spanish Colonial America and for 200 years the capital of Guatemala, it is today a peaceful, beautiful and partially restored colonial city. Cobblestone streets wind through the city of majestic churches and monasteries.
La Merced Church of Guatemalan Ultrabaroque style, this temple has two bell towers. On the facade of the church, in its upper part is a sculpture of San Pedro Nolasco, founder of the Mercedarian Order.
Santa Catalina Arch, built to connect the nuns between cloisters to avoid being seen due to the votes that the religious who belonged to that Order took, After the earthquakes of 1773, the arch became important due to the arrangements that were made. These arrangements included the construction of a turret and the inclusion of a Lamy Amp Lacroix watch of French origin.
Central Park surrounded by the traditional grid pattern used frequently in urban planning in the Spanish colonies. The park is surrounded by the Palace of the General Captains, the Town Hall, the Cathedral of San Jose and the Trade Portal. Here in the park, we will also find the Las Sirenas fountain. This fountain has a traditional oral where the Count of La Gomera ordered to build the fountain in memory of his daughters, who in giving birth did not want to breastfeed their children for what the count ordered To tie his daughters to a trunk in the center of a waterhole, where they died of thirst and hunger.
La Union tank is one of the most representative laundries in this city, only the big houses had a place where they could be washed. For this reason, most of the inhabitants - housewives - went to public laundries. This was inaugurated on February 3, 1853.
End of our walking.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please Note: During holy week ( April 17 – 21, 2019) we do not pick up on hotels, you will be request to move to our meeting point where we will pick up you. Please be ready on the meeting 15 minutes prior the start time of the tour. Our meeting points are: Casa Santo Domingo Hotel or Soleir Hotel
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Minimum of 2 passengers (adults) is required for the tour to run. If the minimum size is not reached, the tour is subject to cancellation and all tickets are refunded or rescheduled.
- Please contact local provider if you need a guide in any other language. French, German and Italian in private services, subject to additional costs and guide availability.
- For groups of 10 persons or more, please contact local provider to arrange.
- To find pictures of our experiences, search us on Instagram as @graylinetoursgt
Reviews(8)
This is a SCAM!! . The guide never showed up. We were never contacted by the local tour operator so did not have a phone number to call them. My son & I waited 40 mins. It was a complete scam. Never ever book this tour. There is no information on how to request a a refund.
Dear Eku Unfortunately, your tour had been canceled previously, which is why you were not picked up for it. We regret this inconvenience.
Great tour of the city with stops to churches and museums to explore. Thank you for a great time. Recommend.
This was an amazing experience! My daughter and I learned so much about this beautiful town. I appreciated Roberto’s knowledge and passion during our tour. He provided so much history and gave us a much deeper understanding of Antigua. We received great recommendations or places to see, eat etc. I was impressed by Roberto’s enthusiasm, kindness and his genuine pride of this most beautiful town. I can’t recommend Roberto and this tour enough!!
We thoroughly enjoyed our day trip to Antigua. Our guide Ruben, did an awesome job making sure we saw all of the beautiful sights in the city. We particularly enjoyed casa San Domingo and all the Antiquities there. There was going to be a wedding the following day and so we were able to see the reception hall and church being prepared for it. The Jade factory tour was interesting but we particularly enjoyed the arch and Merced Church.
Dear Dyan Thank you for having booked with us and for takes the time to share your experience lived with us !!
Our tour guide Sao Paolo was excellent. He knew a lot about the history of Antigua and Guatemala and was able to explain it concisely to us in English. We were in the tour with another couple from Spain, so Sao Paolo would switch back and forth between English and Spanish without missing a beat as he guided us through the city. I was amazed! He could tell this was our first time in Guatemala and offered suggestions on what to do, where to go, what to eat, where to buy the best coffee, I'd recommend this tour to begin your stay in Antigua!
Dear Thank you for having booked with us and for takes the time to share your experience with us!!
Alfredo was an excellent guide, and taught us all about this beautiful and historic city. It was the first thing we did when we arrived, which helped make the remainder of our visit to the city so much enjoyable because we learned so much and had such a greater appreciation for the city and its people. I highly recommend this walking tour to anyone who visits Antigua.
<p>The guide was amazing we see all Antigua very helpful to teach all about that amazing city I recommend this tour to everybody . The city is beautiful and has a lot of historic .you feel like you are in 1 special place.</p>
