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Antigua Walking Tour Morning and Afternoon

This tour is based on the important part of the history of the city and is carefully prepared with the best certified guides in Antigua to offer a service of trust and satisfaction.
With the certainty that you will have another perspective of your visit when you learn about the history of what was the capital of Guatemala in colonial times, called "The General Captaincy of the Kingdom of Santiago de Guatemala" .

Departure place

This tour departs daily from CAFE CONDESA, located in the western part of the Central Plaza of La Antigua Guatemala; on the opposite side of the Cathedral.
Our guide will always have a sign that says "ANTIGUA TOUR"

Itinerary

Day 1

Antigua Walking Tour

Tour start time: 10:00 am

Central Park or Plaza Mayor
The Plaza Mayor is the starting point to visit all of Antigua Guatemala, planned in 1541. It was in 1541 when, using the plaza and the compass, the engineer Don Juan Bautista Antonelli carried out the project organizing the city by line in a lattice. urban organization The blocks were distributed from a central square where the main buildings would be located: town hall, cathedral, shops and others. The measure of the square is 112 meters from north to south and 115 meters from east to west (138 bars from east to west and 134 from north to south). The corners of the square are made up: to the north, by the Cadenas portal and the Noble City Hall Palace, to the east by the Episcopal Palace and the Cathedral of Santiago, to the south by the Royal Palace, to the west by the Merchants Portal Panaderas, in the center is the Sirenas fountain, built in 1739 by Diego de Porres. The plaza currently has five Esquisúchil trees that were planted around 1994.
Cathedral of San Jose
The Parish of San José, located in the city of Antigua Guatemala, is part of the Archdiocese of Guatemala and is located in a section of the old Cathedral of Santiago de los Caballeros, which was destroyed by the Santa Marta earthquakes. The first cathedral building was started in 1545 with rubble brought in from the destroyed settlement in the Almolonga valley, which had been a second attempt to found a city in the region. Its complete construction was hampered by frequent earthquakes over the years. On April 7, 1669, the temple was demolished and a second sanctuary would be inaugurated in 1680 under the direction of Juan Pascual and José de Porres, and there is also evidence that the Spanish engineer and cameraman Martín de Andújar Cantos worked on its reconstruction.
Colonial Art Museum
The University of San Carlos de Guatemala (also known and called by its acronym: USAC) is the largest and oldest university in Guatemala, and is also the only national university in that Central American country. This is the fourth university founded in America. It was established in the General Captaincy of Guatemala during the Spanish colony and remained the only one in Guatemala until 1954. Royal and Pontifical University of San Carlos Borromeo (1676-1829): established during the colony by the Spanish Crown in the 17th century, approved by the Holy See and directed by the regular orders of the Catholic Church. After independence in 1821 it was called only the Pontifical University.
Church of San Francisco el Grande
The Sanctuary of San Francisco el Grande is located in the city of La Antigua Guatemala. The first sanctuary was built in the middle of the 16th century, but it suffered deterioration in 1565 due to a strong earthquake. The current church was built in 1702 by Diego de Porres and was destroyed by the earthquakes of 1717, 1751 and 1773. After being abandoned it was damaged by the earthquakes of 1874 and 1917, until finally the church was rebuilt during the second half of In the 20th century, after the Guatemalan state allowed the regular orders to once again own the country and the Franciscans returned to the complex in 1967. The church is particularly known for housing the tomb of Pedro de San José de Betancur, a missionary in Guatemala and a saint of Spanish origin.
Ruins and church of La Concepción
The Convent of Concepción, in Antigua Guatemala, is a complex in ruins and one of the tourist attractions of that colonial city in Guatemala. Located on the banks of the Pensativo river, the famous poet Sister Juana de Maldonado, considered one of the most controversial and interesting historical figures in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, capital of the Kingdom, professes as an urban nun. in this convent in Guatemala: during the first half of the 17th century.
Santo Domingo House
Hotel Casa Santo Domingo is a 5-star hotel and museum in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. It is located in the old Convent of Santo Domingo, which was once one of the largest convents in America. The hotel is known for preserving Baroque architecture from the colonial era and contains various treasures from that era that are on display. The hotel was inaugurated in June 1989. From its origin, Casa Santo Domingo was the fortress of one of the greatest convents in America: the one that sheltered the followers of the order of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. Casa Santo Domingo is an important part of the beautiful colonial reliquary, which preserves the treasures of the Baroque period of ancient America. Every corner of the house, each stone, image and piece that make up this unique set of works becomes a page lost in time, one by one, all the elements come together, forming a beautiful chapter in the great book of our history . Casa Santo Domingo opened its doors in June 1989. It is 45 kilometers from Guatemala City (50 minutes by car) and just a 10-minute walk from the central park of Antigua Guatemala.
Artisan market
The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen was a lavish Catholic church in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, destroyed by the Santa Marta Earthquakes in 1773. Despite the almost total destruction of the temple, its facade remained in good condition and it has since been admired as an example of Guatemalan seismic baroque. This religious building, for ease, was called "Iglesia del Carmen", a name that followed when the Carmelite nuns moved to Guatemala City and then the earthquakes of 1773