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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
Free Tour towns of Antigua in Chicken Bus.
Official Tour Guide for about 25 years, Aquila Training in cruise lines shore excursions and holder of Interpreting Heritage Title. My hobbies are photography and graphic design. I been doing this job for all these years because I love and enjoy to show to every visitor the beauty of this historical y magnificent city, that has more than 490 years. I like to meet people all over the world and also learn from them. I love interacting with different cultures. I speaks English, French and Spanish.
Tour description
One of the best tours you can get outside of Antigua Guatemala. Do you want to do something different outside of Antigua? This is the activity you should take.
The meeting point will be Plaza la Merced, where the pilgrim fountain is located.
We will visit the Antigua market and the bus station (Chicken Buses) their colorful designs and accessories that make them attractive to the eyes of the visitor. We will take a bus and we will transport ourselves to San Antonio Aguascalientes, a beautiful Mayan town where the population is 90% of Kakchiquel origin, women dedicating themselves to weaving and men to agriculture, corn and coffee. Then we take the bus back and stop at the first Capital of Guatemala Ciudad Vieja, destroyed by the Agua volcano in 1541. The first Christian cathedral was built here in 1534 and the foundation of this city is on November 11, 1527 much more older than Antigua Guatemala itself. Then we will take another bus in Ciudad Vieja and return to Antigua Guatemala. A 3 hour tour and you will have a different activity. You will know:
1. The daily life, traditions and customs of a Mayan population.
2. Weaving techniques on the waist loom and brocade.
3. Opportunity to acquire authentically handmade textiles and the best prices without resale.
4. The history of the flooding of the water volcano and vestiges that commemorate that catastrophe.
5 The first capital of Guatemala
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Meeting point:1a Calle Poniente & 6a Avenida Norte,...1a Calle Poniente & 6a Avenida Norte, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
Plaza and Church of La Merced
How much does this tour cost?
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).