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Full-Day Tour: Colonial Antigua, Jade Factory and Textile Experience from Guatemala City

Location Guatemala City, Central Highlands, Guatemala
$60
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.

Overview

You will be pick up in your hotel to start a day full of history, beautiful landscapes and walk on cobblestone streets. Antigua Guatemala, once the third largest city in all of Spanish Colonial America and the old capital of Guatemala, actually is a peaceful, beautiful and partially restored colonial city. Surrounded by villages like San Antonio Aguascalientes with their wonderful textiles, Ciudad Vieja with their history and San Miguel Dueñas, unique for the experiencie at the Macadamia Plantation.
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Zone B
Pick up from Hotels : Westin Camino Real, Clarion Suites, Radisson Guatemala, Holiday Inn, Real Intercontinental, Barcelo Hotel, Las Americas Hotel
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 10 hours

  • Driver/guide
  • Local guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

  • You will be picked up at your hotel (selected hotels) in Guatemala City and transfer to our meeting point in 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. (pass by)
  • Iglesia de La Merced
    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.
  • Arco de Santa Catalina
    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.
  • The Plaza Central Park
    The Central Park is 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. Also, we will also find the Las Sirenas fountain, which 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.
  • Tanque de la Union
    La Unión tank 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, and was inaugurated on 1853.
  • Jade Maya - The original Jade factory, museum & showroom
    Jade Factory and Museum The jade is cut and polished in the factory by local Guatemalan workers who follow the carving traditions of their ancestors, Ancient civilizations appreciated the jadeite jade stones as ornaments, tools, and burial artifacts.
  • El Carmen Ruins, The facade of the church was built with stucco-covered bricks, it had two levels with 24 columns in total, distributed in two towers of 6 columns each, this detail makes the temple still unique today. To one side of these ruins is the El Carmen Craft Market.where you can find a lot of Guatemalan souvenirs.
  • We will continue visiting the surrounding villages, starting with San Antonio Aguas Calientes, a town that is characterized by its colorful enviroment of the elaborate weavings made in waist looms by women of the community, that you will appreciate in our visit to the market.
  • And for the end of the tour, we will visit macadamia farm, where we will learn about its cultivation, agroindustrial process and reforestation project, besides relax with a facial massage with macadamia oil.
  • Church of Ciudad Vieja
    We continue visiting the town of Ciudad Vieja to learn about the history of the transfer of the capital and its relation with Antigua Guatemala.
  • At the end of the tour you’ll be transferred back Guatemala City by our driver. (pass by)

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum of 2 passengers (adults) is required for the tour to run. If the minimum size is not reached, the tour is subject to cancellation and all tickets are refunded or rescheduled.
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Tours include bilingual guide (English and Spanish).
  • It is recommended that you bring walking shoes, hat, sunglasses, and a camera.
  • Please contact us if you need a guide in any other language. French, German and Italian in private services, subject to additional costs and guide availability.
  • For groups of 10 persons or more, please contact Gray Line Guatemala to arrange.
  • To find pictures of our experiences, search us on Instagram as @graylinetoursgt
  • If you are lodging in Zone 1, our only pick-up point is at the Hotel Panamerican.
  • If you are lodging in an airbnb please move to the nearest hotel lobby and please let us know of its name.
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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    Full-Day Tour: Colonial Antigua, Jade Factory and Textile Experience from Guatemala City

    Location Guatemala City, Central Highlands, Guatemala
    $60
    This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.
    How it works?
    01 — You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
    02 — We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
    03 — Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!

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