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Private Tour: Antigua Guatemala Full Day from Guatemala City

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Duration

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Overview

    Enjoy a day full of history, beautiful landscapes and walk on cobblestone streets, We will also enjoy an afternoon tour of the towns around Antigua and a macadamia farm.

What's Included

  • Entry/Admission - Valhalla Experimental Station
  • Private Guide
  • Private transportation
  • Entry/Admission - Cerro de la Cruz

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    Stop At: Guatemala City, Guatemala City, Guatemala Department

    You will be picked up at your hotel in Guatemala City and transfer to Antigua Guatemala to meet our local guide to begin your soft walking of approximately 3 hours below a brief summary of what to expect on your way.

    Duration: 45 minutes

    Stop At: Cerro de la Cruz, Antigua, Guatemala Al final de la 1ª Avenida Norte, Antigua 03001 Guatemala

    The Cerro de la Cruz (formerly known as the Cerro del Manchen) is a small mountain, Its current name is due to a cross that guards the city, From its top you can see perfectly the entire city. Its streets and avenues, its Plaza Mayor to the center and all its other buildings that include churches, convents, houses and cobblestone streets.
    The Convent of Santo Domingo is a ruined monastery in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. Its history goes back to 1538 when the Dominicans arrived in Guatemala. It had 2 towers with 10 bells. The convent was completely destroyed in 1773 by the Santa Marta earthquakes and now part of its ruins have been transformed into a Hotel


    Duration: 40 minutes

    Stop At: Antigua, Antigua, Sacatepequez Department

    Continue our way we will visit the La Unión tank, which 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.
    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.


    Duration: 20 minutes

    Stop At: Arco de Santa Catalina, 5a Avenida Norte 28, Antigua 03001 Guatemala

    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.

    Duration: 15 minutes

    Stop At: Iglesia de La Merced, 5a Avenida Norte y 1a Calle Poniente Centro Histórico, Antigua 03001 Guatemala

    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.

    Duration: 15 minutes

    Stop At: Antigua, Antigua, Sacatepequez Department

    Time for Lunch (Not Included)

    Duration: 1 hour

    Stop At: San Antonio Aguas Calientes, San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Sacatepequez Department

    We will continue visiting the surrounding villages, San Antonio Aguas Calientes town that is characterized by its elaborate weavings made in waist looms by women of the community in our visit to the market we can see how they make these textiles.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Stop At: Valhalla Experimental Station, Km 52.5 a San Miguel Duenas, San Miguel Duenas Guatemala

    To end our tour we will visit a Macadamia farm where we will learn about the cultivation of macadamia nuts, their agroindustrial process and the reforestation project and relax with a facial massage with macadamia oil.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Stop At: Guatemala City, Guatemala City, Guatemala Department

    At the end of the tour you’ll be transferred back to your hotel in Guatemala City.

    Duration: 45 minutes

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