Walk around in this wonderful city and learn more about the Guatemalan history during colonial times. We will visit the
Cathedral and the fountain on the main square and we explain you the city plan. From the second floor in the City hall you have a nice view to all the main plazas and the Volcano Agua. We continue to the cloister of Capuchinas, a very good example of colonial architecture. We visit the San Francisco el Grande Church, one of best preserved churches in Antigua and the resting place of the first saint in Central-America, Hermano Pedro. We walk to the beautiful baroque church of Nuestra Señora de la Merced. The tour ends in a jade factory, where you can see how Mayans worked in the past and how it is done now. In about three hours you see the most beautiful things in Antigua.

Tour Dates
with Elizabeth Bell
9:30 am Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday
14:00 pm Monday and Thursday
USD $ 20,- pp
Transport, guide and entrance fees included

We will visit interesting towns and plantations around Antigua. Our first stop will be at San Juan del Obispo; here we visit the monastery of the first bishop of Guatemala, Francisco Marroquin. We continue to a coffee Plantation. Here we can see the entire process of the coffee bean, from harvesting to shipping. We go on to the Ciudad Vieja. We explain you the sad history of this town, which was the second city founded by Spanish in Guatemala. Then the organic macadamia farm will be visit where we learn about many medical functions of the macadamia nut. We visit the town San Antonio Aguas Calientes to visit the local cooperative market. We end our tour with a visit to finca La Azotea which is a small coffeplantation located on the outskirts of Antigua. A natural trail will lead you from the museum complex to tha farm´s nurseries.
The tour takes about 4 hours.

Tour dates
8:00 am back at 13.00 pm
14.00 pm back at 19:00 pm
USD $ 25,- pp with a minimum of 2 persons
Transport, guide and entrance fees included