Cultural Antigua Guatemala

Duration

3 hours

Overview

Antigua Guatemala (generally known as Antigua) is a city in the central mountains of Guatemala, next to the Agua, Fuego and Acatenango volcanoes that surround it. It is famous for its well preserved Spanish Renaissance architecture with Baroque facades of the New World, as well as a large number of spectacular church ruins. It has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. It is a colonial city that still conserves constructions of the XVI century and that can be crossed on foot through its ancestral cobbled streets; The third foundation of the City of Guatemala, was founded on March 10, 1543 with the original name of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala. It was the Spanish colonial capital of Central America; it is known as "City of perpetual roses" and its inhabitants as "Green tots".