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Shopping Antigua Guatemala
3 Reviews If you go to Antigua, Guatemala, do not hesitate in buying some indian handcrafts. It is amazing how racist mexican population is. Despite our indian roots, we are taught since we are children, to...
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Cathedrals & Cloisters Antigua Guatemala
10 Reviews The cathedral located at the east side of the Parque central dates from 1680 after the first one was demolished a few years before. It's certainly not the most beautifull church in town, but it's...
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Santiago de Los Caballeros Antigua Guatemala
3 Reviews Antigua at its height was a very powerful and important city. Spain divided its conquests in the New World into three sections, and the part we now call Central America was all governed from the...
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Colonial Architecture Antigua Guatemala
7 Reviews For a nice walk and look at buildings, wander round the streets behind the cathdral on the main square. This is where the nobility had their houses and although you can't go in many of them (some are...
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Ruins Antigua Guatemala
3 Reviews There's many ruins to look at in Antigua Guatemala, it's absolutely fantastic to see the contrast of colors and the rustic of 'em next to newly sprout bouganvilia flowers.... very common in Guatemala!...
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El Parque Antigua Guatemala
2 Reviews Hang out in the central park and just watch the people. The park is full of vendors, locals, daytrippers from Guatamala city and foreigners on weekends. Fooling around with the vendors. Bargaining is...
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Go to Chichicastenango. Chichi es de visita obligatoria en un dia de mercado: jueves o domingo. Si es posible pasar alli el sabado, el domingo y el lunes. Mas fotos en las travelogias.More photos in the travelogue.
GO TO ATITLAN.La visita del Lago Atitlan es obligatoria. Es el lugar ideal para descansar en San Pedro o San Marcos. Sobre todo para empezar a conocer un poco el ambiente tribal de Guatemala.Visit the travelogue
Elige Antigua como punto de partida de tu viaje por Guatemala si entras en el país por el aeropuerto de Guatemala City.Mas fotografias en la travelogia. Go to Antigua. Start in Antigua your trip in Guatemala if your entry point is Guatemala City Aeroport. More pics in the travelogue.
See all the National Costumes - the colours and styles of each different villages' traditional dress are truly amazing - in fact the vibrancy of colours in the whole country is something which will stay with me forever!
Favourite things - climbing Volcan Pacaya, visiting Chichicastenango, sailing across beautiful Lago di Atitlan, swimming in Lago Peten Itza, climbing to the top of the temples in Tikal. Seeing the temples in Tikal for the first time, attending an amazing wedding (the reason we were in Guatemala), seeing spider monkeys etc.
Attempt to visit the Guatamalan highlands. Around Lago di Atitlan sits three commanding volcanoes overseeing proceedings. The population is mostly mayan here and isolation is an understatement.This is a near to exploration as you get on Central America.
Soccer is an important game in Central America. But it is also fun. One memory of soccer that just popped into my mind, was a vision of a bunch of kids playing the game on a small field on the edge of a steep hillside. Well, cliffs are what they were. And, we were driving past the game, looking out of our Nissan Patrol window, watching the game against the background of a large valley, Lake Atitlan, and a cloud-covered volcano on the opposite bank.
Another fond memory of Guatemala, is meeting and visting at the house of, and with the former President of Guatemala. I knew him before he was President, and we got a chance to have dinner with him at his (quite nice) house.
Go to Chichicastenango for a really neat and colorful market. One of my fondest memories oin Guatemala, was many years ago, one of the first times I visited the country. As a five-year-old blonde white boy, I was enjoyed by the locals as something they rarely saw. Somewhere around Chichicastenango we hiked up the hillside to buy some souvenirs, though the shops weren't as plentiful as they are today, and the objects bought were handmade, and not made in China. My father wanted me to do the haggling for the little thing I wanted. What it was, I don't remember. But, looking back on it, that experience was really amazing to me, as I was able, at that early an age, to haggle with people in another country, in another language, for something I wanted. The opportunity to do so, and the act of doing it I see as having built in me character, and humility, as today, though I am quite good at...
Check out Volcan de Agua. It has a wonderful conical shape and you can see the trails left behind by the water and mud. It's especially beautiful in changing light - morning or evening. When arriving to or leaving Antigua, take the time to stop and admire the volcano!
Palacio de Dona Leonor Antigua Guatemala
6 Reviews and 43 Opinions On a business trip we stayed at the Palace Hotel Dona Leonor. I really liked the decoration of the...
Jungle Lodge Parque Nacional Tikal
4 Reviews and 154 Opinions We stayed two nights here, choosing it because of its nearness to the ruins. The plan was to be able...
Barcelo Premium Guatemala City Guatemala City
1 Review and 202 Opinions Nice hotel in a comfortable safe neighborhood in Zone 9. An easy walk to the Los Procures Mall and...
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Q: My husband and I want to go to Guatemala for 5 weeks starting the last week of March 2012. We had planned to travel all over and...
A: I have two good friends that travel to Guatemala frequently. One supports an orphanage, the other does general social work with kids in the area. Both find the...
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