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Coordinates: 15°30′N 90°15′W / 15.500°N 90.250°W / 15.500; -90.250
Restaurants in Guatemala
1. Santa Cruz Spanish School
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 48 reviews
Since 2006. The school is located at Our Hotel Arca de Noe - 1 minute away from the main public dock in Santa Cruz la Laguna. Our teachers are highly qualified and flexible. Students can share different experiences with other teachers! It is possible. Our courses are individually or in a small group designed for everyone. All materials provided by the school are free. Our school includes free WIFI and a great place for coffee or just relax. Though we offer structure, we are always ready to accommodate student's particular needs and desires. Our teachers are ready to help if a student feels the need to spend more time on any phase of the learning process...
Reviewed By laurarU2942BZ
My husband and I were most impressed with the Santa Cruz Spanish School. The communications, price, and reception were all great, but above all the teachers were excellent. My teacher, Juana, a remarkable young woman from the local town, used a diverse range of teaching tools and techniques, which kept things fun and interesting. She was so patient with me and my awful pronunciation. In the beginning, I thought I wasn't advanced enough for a language school, but I was amazed how much I had learned by the end of the week. The school is located lakeside, and the beautiful views offered inspiration and respite. Combined with a stay a few minutes up the hill as Casa de Cameron (Panorama), it was the perfect place to do a language school.
2. Basilica de Esquipulas
3. Casa Santo Domingo
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 24 reviews
Reviewed By LuizDutraNeto - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Dominican friars arrived in the old city of "Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala" around 1538 and built one of the most important convents of the Spanish New World. However, the terrible "Terremotos de Santa Marta" of 1773 destroyed a great part of the "Convento de Santo Domingo". Its ruins house now the fantastic "Casa Santo Domingo", a complex of hotel, restaurants, museums, spa, gardens and church. "Casa Santo Domingo" is today one of the most popular wedding venues of Guatemala and the Americas, due to its beauty, tradition and history. You can be a guest of "Casa Santo Domingo" or simply a visitor, strolling along its gardens or restaurants. If time is not a constraint, visit also the museums (with entry fees). Unmissable at any visit to Antigua and its historic center! Enjoy!
4. La Nueva Fabrica
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 19 reviews
La Nueva Fábrica is an art space that supports creative exploration through galleries for exhibitions and community events, an artist residency program, and multidisciplinary workshops and studios. Explore galleries with rotating exhibits of contemporary art and historic photography, peruse our design store, savor a refreshment at our café inside two racing buses, and enjoy our gardens.
5. Iglesia de La Merced
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,077 reviews
Destroyed twice by earthquakes, this 1548 church was rebuilt in the 1700s to withstand earthquakes and boasts a lovely yellow façade and a huge stone fountain, reputed to be the largest in Central America.
Reviewed By 796alvaror - San Salvador, El Salvador
La Merced is a colonial baroque style Catholic Church, well preserved, it keeps its greatness outside and inside. It’s a must visit place in Antigua. In addition to, its Square has delicious Guatemalan food and it’s a nice meeting place for locals and foreigners day and nighttime.
6. Iglesia de San Francisco El Grande
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 531 reviews
One of many ruined churches in the city, this multi-domed church is often visited by pilgrims seeking answers to their prayers from Friar Hermano Pedro, the beatified 17th-century monk buried inside.
Reviewed By T9604IZmattp - San Diego, United States
Make sure you stop here to see the resting place of Hermano Pedro, Guatemala’s first Saint. He was considered the Mother Theresa of his time, and is venerated as such. The church was damaged and eventually destroyed in Guatemala’s famous historic earthquakes, and was rebuilt in the 1960’s. Fun Fact: Scenes from The New Adventures of Tarzan were filmed here when the church was still in ruins.
7. Casa Popenoe
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 104 reviews
Casa Popenoe appeals to the inquiring mind. It prompts us to ask questions about ideas, about passion, about commitment; about history, art, science, beauty, austerity, proportion. What role does each play in human development? In the development of civilization?
8. Santo Tomas Church
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 321 reviews
Mayans enter through the front door, but others are relegated to the side door of this unusual 1540 church which combines Catholic and Mayan spiritual practices.
Reviewed By BRodrig - Hillsboro, United States
We had an “authorized guide” (with a special guide vest) take us through both churches and the murals by the museum. It was totally worth the cost. She was very thorough and was able to answer all our questions. It makes more sense to go through the main church with someone explaining the Catholic and Mayan traditions held within and outside the church.
9. Mercado Central
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 163 reviews
For really good deals on Guatemalan handicrafts, especially leather goods, woolen blankets and masks, check out the underground stalls here, where fresh produce is also available.
Reviewed By tg0mide - Westbury, United States
Right behind the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Mercado Central is a must. You can get lost in it. Wonderful crafts to delight your eyes and a great place to shop. Prices are incredible, but never pay what the sellers are asking for. Bargain, bargain and bargain. Things are much cheaper than Antigua. If you don't intend to shop, do not skip it. It is a wonderful experience!
10. Palacio Nacional
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 454 reviews
The elaborate interior of this former presidential palace houses paintings and sculptures by famous Guatemalan artists.
Reviewed By Sierrita - Guatemala City, Guatemala
We Just invited to this special building made in 1944 i think. The ceremony was nice and we were with the president of the country. This place was made from a special kind of rock, green colored. The rooms are wonderful and the paintings and everything are splendid. Today is a musuem too, a place to visit in This beautiful country.
