Top Things to do in Antigua
Top 6 Art Museums in Antigua, Sacatepequez Department
Antigua Guatamala is known as the best-preserved Spanish colonial city in Central America. Stroll the cobblestone streets, lounge with the locals in Central Park on sunny afternoons or hike up one of the volcanoes overlooking the city for amazing views.
Restaurants in Antigua
1. Casa Santo Domingo
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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!
2. La Nueva Fabrica
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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.
3. Funba
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
FUNBA’s House-Museum is open to the public for guided tours through reservation. The tour is an immersive art experience, guided through the house and gardens that host a collection of more than 4,000 art pieces of Guatemalan art, from the prehispanic, colonial, modern and contemporary periods. FUNBA´s gallery also hosts curated exhibitions throughout the year as part of its research program.
4. Casa Santo Domingo Museums
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4.5 based on 1,584 reviews
Reviewed By LuizDutraNeto - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In 1538, the first Dominican friars of the "Orden de Predicadores de Santo Domingo de Guzmán" arrived in the "Capitanía General de Guatemala", establishing the "Iglesia y Convento de Santo Domingo". It was one of the most important Roman Catholic convents of the Americas in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The baroque two-towered building with fantastic ten bells, filled with rich objects and holy relics, was destroyed by the earthquakes of 1773. Its ruins remained abandoned for many years. Centuries later, they were somehow restored and house, today, an awesome complex of museums. Through the ancient walls, brick archways, old crypts and tile corridors, the treasures of "Casa Santo Domingo" are on display: pre-Columbian Mayan art, ceramics, religious objects, silver and glass wares, old pharmacy articles ... plus paintings, sculptures, colonial furniture and archaelogical findings. Art and history. Unmissable! Enjoy!
5. Museo de Arte Colonial
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3.5 based on 67 reviews
Art and architecture of the 16th and 17th centuries are exhibited in this local museum.
Reviewed By LuizDutraNeto - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
At the historic center of Antigua, not far from the "Parque Central " and almost in front of the ruins of the old "Catedral de Santiago", you will find a beautiful baroque building. It housed, from 1675 to 1773, the third oldest university of the Americas, the "Universidad de San Carlos de Borromeo". After the earthquakes of 1773, everything moved to the new capital - "La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción" (todays "Ciudad de Guatemala") and the building had different uses along the centuries. Finally, from 1936 onwards, it houses the "Museo de Arte Colonial". A noble use for such an important and historic construction. Visit the museum, with its interesting collections of paintings, sculptures and furniture from the 16th to the 18th centuries. But, principally, enjoy the colonial building, with its beautiful courtyard, central fountain, perfect arches, impressive columns and exhibitions galleries. A must visit to all those interested in art and architecture! Enjoy!
