Top Experiences in Palace of the Captains General (Palacio de los Capitanes Generales)

Visit this magnificent colonial city of almost 500 years old, beautifully preserved with its convents and churches, stately homes, and gardens that evoke the tranquility and splendor of past epochs. Antigua is today a center of much activity. It hosts many cultural gatherings, seminars, congresses, weddings, and also is the center where crafts from all over the country meet.

This walking tour of half-day will take you to the most important and iconic places and tell you all the history behind it. There´s no doubt that you will enjoy every moment of it.

This tour offers a leisure walk around Antigua a site listed as World Heritage. It's an excellent narrative focusing on its history and architecture. This narrated walk allows you to appreciate interesting facts about the most important monuments to obtain a good understanding of their Cultural Importance. You will explore the City Hall Palace with this enjoy panoramic views of The General's Captains Palace, full visit of the magnificent Jesuits Convent, today a well-known cultural center. Walk the main streets and have some panoramic views of the arch of Saint Catherine. We will visit the Catedral, Santo Domingo convent and last (optional) explore the famous jade factory and museum.

You will depart  from Puerto Quetzal to La Antigua Guatemala. Once there, you will visit the Jade Factory and Museum and see the city's most important sights by bus.

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Visit this magnificent colonial city of over 400 years old, and just one hour from Guatemala City. Beautifully preserved with its convents and churches, stately homes and gardens that evoke the tranquility and splendor of past epochs.
Antigua is today a center of much activity. It hosts many cultural gatherings, seminars, congresses, weddings and also the center where crafts from all over the country meet. Cerro de la cruz is a must do in this experience.

This is an out-of-the-box tour to get to know Antigua Guatemala and its lands full of avocado.

After we finished wandering around the Colonial city of Antigua, we'll take you to a natural space in the hills where you can get familiar with avocado production, canopy lines, Guatemalan homemade restaurant, and much more. Its facilities are ecological, with suspension bridges and wonderful views. It is certainly ideal to visit with family, friends, or couples.

The tour is private, but the tour in the avocado farm is collective*

Board your air-conditioned transportation INCLUDED for a guided  picturesque 90-minute drive to colonial Antigua. Once in the colonial World Heritage site  your local licensed guide will  provide  a walking tour designed for you to appreciate a city that preserves its original features as though time had stood still. Because of its immense historical and cultural value, it was declared a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. Located in a valley surrounded by mountains, towering volcanoes, cobblestone streets, and buildings with colonial-style façadesthe city was recognized as the colonial jewel of the Americas. At the agreed time your  guide will be resposible for you to board your transportation and return to  port Quetzal with a minimum of 45 minutes arrival before the cruise's departure.

Board your AC minivan to enjoy a scenic 90-minutes narrated drive to Antigua through Guatemala's Pacific Plains cultivated with sugar cane. Then the route climbs and the landscape transforms to volcanic scenery and magnificent arabica coffee farms as you approach to La Antigua declared a “World Heritage Site” by UNESCO. Upon arrival comfort stop and panoramic of La Merced Church from where we walk to visit the Central Plaza and its surroundings. After the Plaza a typical lunch is served at a one prestigious Restaurant. In the afternoon visit to the Museum Hotel Casa Santo Domingo a restored Monastery that now houses a five-star Hotel, Convention Center, its own archaelogical site, plus 7 Museums. Our last stop will be the Jade Museum & Factory maybe the newest and oldest industry of today's Guatemala to learn how a precious stone captivaded a whole culture and how today is transformed into masterpieces. Time for purchasing. Then Drive back to pier. End of services.