Historical and Cultural Walking Tour of Antigua Guatemala
Enjoy the colonial architecture of La Antigua Guatemala, while walking on cobblestone streets, you'll learn more about this city and its history, and will appreciate the wonderful landscapes surrounding the Central Park and their colonial enviroment.
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Antigua Morning Walking Tour
explore the fascinating city of Antigua and learn about it’s history during colonial times. Our expert guide will share with you the many wonders of this city, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
What's included in Historical and Cultural Walking Tour of Antigua Guatemala
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Gray Line GuatemalaPass-by Only
You will be picked up at our meeting point to begin your soft walking of approximately 3 hours below a brief summary of what to expect on your way. Antigua Guatemala, Once the third largest city in all of Spanish Colonial America and for 200 years the capital of Guatemala, it is today a peaceful, beautiful and partially restored colonial city. Cobblestone streets wind through the city of majestic churches and monasteries.
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. These arrangements included the construction of a turret and the inclusion of a Lamy Amp Lacroix watch of French origin.
Inclusions
- Hotel pickup (coordinate with the local provider)
- Local guide
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please Note: During holy week ( April 17 – 21, 2019) we do not pick up on hotels, you will be request to move to our meeting point where we will pick up you. Please be ready on the meeting 15 minutes prior the start time of the tour. Our meeting points are: Casa Santo Domingo Hotel or Soleir Hotel
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- 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.
- Please contact local provider 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 local provider to arrange.
- To find pictures of our experiences, search us on Instagram as @graylinetoursgt
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- These are our pick up points for our excursion. Please select your pick up point and be 15 minutes prior the starting time.
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Ticket Redemption
Please, email us at [email protected] or call (502) 24410189 or (502) 54586888 at least 48 hours prior to the departure date of the tour to reconfirm date of travel, hotel, pickup time, and location for your tour. On the day of your tour, please present your printed voucher to the driver/guide upon pick up
