Guidebook for Antigua Guatemala

Claudia
Guidebook for Antigua Guatemala

Food Scene

Delicious Italian Restaurant located right around the block from the house. The pasta and pizza are outstanding. I love the house wine.
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La Toscana
17B 1a Avenida Sur
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Delicious Italian Restaurant located right around the block from the house. The pasta and pizza are outstanding. I love the house wine.
Middle Eastern and Oriental food served in a small, cozy restaurant that is located around the block from the house. The falafel and curries are outstanding. I also love the sweet potato fries and the homemade sauces they serve with the food.
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Toko Baru
1a Avenida Sur
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Middle Eastern and Oriental food served in a small, cozy restaurant that is located around the block from the house. The falafel and curries are outstanding. I also love the sweet potato fries and the homemade sauces they serve with the food.
Beautiful garden seating at this Cafe located right next to Central Park. I love their quiche and breakfast items. Also, it is a great place for an afternoon coffee and dessert. They have a Sunday brunch that is spectacular.
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Café Condesa
5a Avenida Norte
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Beautiful garden seating at this Cafe located right next to Central Park. I love their quiche and breakfast items. Also, it is a great place for an afternoon coffee and dessert. They have a Sunday brunch that is spectacular.
Lovely, small, Italian restaurant with delicious appetizers, pizza, and pasta. I love the carpaccio and bruchetta as well as the sangria.
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El Cazador Italiano
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Lovely, small, Italian restaurant with delicious appetizers, pizza, and pasta. I love the carpaccio and bruchetta as well as the sangria.
Hugos has delicious ceviche as well as picositas (beer prepared with lime juice, worchester sauce, and spices). They are only open during the day and close around 4 or 5 pm.
Hugos Ceviches
6a Calle Oriente
Hugos has delicious ceviche as well as picositas (beer prepared with lime juice, worchester sauce, and spices). They are only open during the day and close around 4 or 5 pm.
Delicious Mexican food and drinks located right next to the famous Arch.
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Fridas
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Delicious Mexican food and drinks located right next to the famous Arch.
Typical Guatemalan soups and stews as well as grilled favorites. I love the Sopa de Tortilla de Pollo.
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Restaurante 7 Caldos
24 3a Calle Oriente
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Typical Guatemalan soups and stews as well as grilled favorites. I love the Sopa de Tortilla de Pollo.
They have a bakery in front and a restaurant in back. The homemade breads are delicious.
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Dona Luisa Xicotencatl
12 4a Calle Ote.
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They have a bakery in front and a restaurant in back. The homemade breads are delicious.
Typical Guatemalan food is served here. It is only a few blocks from the house and I've loved everything I've ordered from here. The kabobs, steaks, and burgers are outstanding and the service is always great.
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Las Antorchas
1 3a Avenida Sur
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Typical Guatemalan food is served here. It is only a few blocks from the house and I've loved everything I've ordered from here. The kabobs, steaks, and burgers are outstanding and the service is always great.
Rooftop views are similar to what we have on our rooftop terrace. Great appetizers and drinks.
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Café Sky
15 1a Avenida Sur
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Rooftop views are similar to what we have on our rooftop terrace. Great appetizers and drinks.
Delicious food as well as a small shop with imported or homemade food items that you can buy. Beautiful garden seating.
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Epicure
11 5a Calle Oriente
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Delicious food as well as a small shop with imported or homemade food items that you can buy. Beautiful garden seating.
Delicious French food and nice atmosphere with a cozy garden and reading lounge. They have live music several nights of the week.
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Hector's Bistro
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Delicious French food and nice atmosphere with a cozy garden and reading lounge. They have live music several nights of the week.
Amazing Brewery about 5-10minutes by car/Uber outside of Antigua. It’s located on a coffee plantation and has lots of outdoor space with excellent volcano views. The beers are outstanding, and they have different food vendors each weekend as well as live music.
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Cervecería 14
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Amazing Brewery about 5-10minutes by car/Uber outside of Antigua. It’s located on a coffee plantation and has lots of outdoor space with excellent volcano views. The beers are outstanding, and they have different food vendors each weekend as well as live music.
Delicious French inspired menu. Love the wine choices here.
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Bistrot Cinq
7 5a Calle Poniente
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Delicious French inspired menu. Love the wine choices here.

Sightseeing

Located at the top of a hill, you can view all of Antigua. This is a great hike or tuk tuk ride. Beautiful spot for photos.
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Cerro de la Cruz
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Located at the top of a hill, you can view all of Antigua. This is a great hike or tuk tuk ride. Beautiful spot for photos.
Antigua is famous for the beautiful Santa Catalina Arch. You will find this street to be a pedestrian only street during the weekends with vendors and artists lining the sidewalks.
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Arco de Santa Catalina
28 5a Avenida Norte
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Antigua is famous for the beautiful Santa Catalina Arch. You will find this street to be a pedestrian only street during the weekends with vendors and artists lining the sidewalks.
Beautiful Catholic church with ruins behind it that you can go in to see. Amazing architechtural photos can be taken in the ruin. You can enter the church for free and pay a minimum fee to enter the ruins.
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Convent of La Merced
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Beautiful Catholic church with ruins behind it that you can go in to see. Amazing architechtural photos can be taken in the ruin. You can enter the church for free and pay a minimum fee to enter the ruins.
Another historical convent that you can explore that is within 2 blocks of the house.
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Convento Santa Clara
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Another historical convent that you can explore that is within 2 blocks of the house.
You can take coffee farm tours, go horseback riding, or ziplining here at this coffee farm right outside of Antigua.
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Finca Filadelfia
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You can take coffee farm tours, go horseback riding, or ziplining here at this coffee farm right outside of Antigua.
Beautiful church right down the street from our house. The remains of Hermano Pedro are located here. A large procession leaves this church during Holy Week. It is an amazing sight to see the procession leave and enter the church. There are gardens around the church and a small museum and gift shop.
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San Francisco
7a Calle Oriente
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Beautiful church right down the street from our house. The remains of Hermano Pedro are located here. A large procession leaves this church during Holy Week. It is an amazing sight to see the procession leave and enter the church. There are gardens around the church and a small museum and gift shop.

Parks & Nature

Center of Antigua with lovely fountains, benches, and locals selling their typical Guatemalan items.
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Central Park
4 Avenida Norte
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Center of Antigua with lovely fountains, benches, and locals selling their typical Guatemalan items.
Located 2 blocks from the house, this is a beautiful spot to read in the afternoon or take pictures of the large pila that was used as the public place to wash clothes here in Antigua.
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Tanque de la Union
6a Calle Oriente
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Located 2 blocks from the house, this is a beautiful spot to read in the afternoon or take pictures of the large pila that was used as the public place to wash clothes here in Antigua.
This is a great place for a cookout and swimming. The installations are new and a short tuk tuk or taxi ride away. You pay a small fee for access to the pool and can also rent a cabana with a table, chairs, and a grill for cooking. Just bring your own food to cook, drinks, and towels...and you are set.
ecoturistico " Cerro Niño" Park
This is a great place for a cookout and swimming. The installations are new and a short tuk tuk or taxi ride away. You pay a small fee for access to the pool and can also rent a cabana with a table, chairs, and a grill for cooking. Just bring your own food to cook, drinks, and towels...and you are set.

Arts & Culture

Learn about Jade in Guatemala. You can also buy jade jewlery here as well.
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Jade Maya
34 4a Calle Ote.
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Learn about Jade in Guatemala. You can also buy jade jewlery here as well.
Art museum
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Museo de Arte Colonial
3 5a Calle Oriente
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Art museum
Museum St. Tomas De Aquino
No. 23 1a Avenida Nte
Within this hotel, there are ruins from the church and a museum that you can enter. Highly recommended
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Hotel Casa Santo Domingo
28 A 3a Calle Oriente
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Within this hotel, there are ruins from the church and a museum that you can enter. Highly recommended

Shopping

Local Artesans market with typical Guatemala handicrafts. Make sure to bargain here as the vendors tend to raise prices for foreigners.
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Handicraft Market
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Local Artesans market with typical Guatemala handicrafts. Make sure to bargain here as the vendors tend to raise prices for foreigners.
Jade store. Remember that only buying from an actual Jade store will you receive a certificate of authenticity for the Jade jewlery that you buy.
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Casa del Jade
10 4a Calle Oriente
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Jade store. Remember that only buying from an actual Jade store will you receive a certificate of authenticity for the Jade jewlery that you buy.
This is the typical artesans market that is located closer to our house. There are many beautiful Guatemalan handicrafts to be found here.
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Mercado de Artesanias
3a Avenida Norte
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This is the typical artesans market that is located closer to our house. There are many beautiful Guatemalan handicrafts to be found here.
Nimpot is a place where artesans can leave there handicrafts for sell. It is a coorperative store with crafts from all over Guatemala. I really love the used huipils and cortes; you can find some treasures if you don't mind digging through stacks of clothing.
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Nim Pot’
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Nimpot is a place where artesans can leave there handicrafts for sell. It is a coorperative store with crafts from all over Guatemala. I really love the used huipils and cortes; you can find some treasures if you don't mind digging through stacks of clothing.
Pastores is known for leather working especially for boots. You can find many stores up and down the main street of this small town right outside of Antigua.
Botas El Ranchero
Pastores is known for leather working especially for boots. You can find many stores up and down the main street of this small town right outside of Antigua.
One of my favorite stores located right down the street from Casa Magnolia. This store has all kinds of typical Guatemalan handcrafts.
Casa de los Gigantes
18 7a Calle Oriente
One of my favorite stores located right down the street from Casa Magnolia. This store has all kinds of typical Guatemalan handcrafts.

Essentials

Small Grocery within walking distance in Antigua. There are also many small tiendas very close to the house where you can buy basic food items.
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La bodegona
27 Poniente
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Small Grocery within walking distance in Antigua. There are also many small tiendas very close to the house where you can buy basic food items.

Drinks & Nightlife

Bar/Restaurant with several large tvs for viewing sporting events. The food is also delicious.
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Monoloco Antigua
No.6 Interior, Centroamérica
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Bar/Restaurant with several large tvs for viewing sporting events. The food is also delicious.
This cute bar is right around the block from the house. It features live music on the weekends and mescal.
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Cafe No Se
1a Avenida Sur
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This cute bar is right around the block from the house. It features live music on the weekends and mescal.
Large bar with several bar areas and loud music. Seems to be a hotspot for people coming from Guatemala City as well as tourist.
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Reilly's Irish Tavern
7 6a Calle Poniente
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Large bar with several bar areas and loud music. Seems to be a hotspot for people coming from Guatemala City as well as tourist.
If you are looking for music and dancing, this is the place for you.
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La Sala
7 6a Calle Poniente
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If you are looking for music and dancing, this is the place for you.
Delicious brewery with local flavor and live music on the weekends. I love the upstairs outdoor balcony to watch the sunset and have a cold beer.
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Antigua Brewing Company
15 7a Calle Poniente
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Delicious brewery with local flavor and live music on the weekends. I love the upstairs outdoor balcony to watch the sunset and have a cold beer.
Want to learn all about Guatemala’s famous rum? You have to check out this place. Delicious drinks and cool ambiance.
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La Casa del Ron
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Want to learn all about Guatemala’s famous rum? You have to check out this place. Delicious drinks and cool ambiance.
Amazing Craft Cocktails! Just tell them what you like and the bartenders will prepare a special drink just for you!
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Ulew Cocktail Bar
3 Poniente
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Amazing Craft Cocktails! Just tell them what you like and the bartenders will prepare a special drink just for you!