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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
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Hello friends of the world! My name is Alfredo Barrera, I have been a tour guide for 7 years, due to the pandemic, my work has been affected. I invite you to join us and discover the city with me. I ask that you be respectful and appreciate my work, only you pay for my services.
This tour takes you to visit La Antigua Guatemala, this colonial jewel was the capital city of the Spanish kingdom which at the time extended from Chiapas Mexico to Costa Rica. The city was built at the foot of the majestic Agua Volcano and was abandoned after massive earthquakes in 1776. Years later the city was inhabited again and today you can still enjoy the colonial charm of a protected city frozen in time, with vestiges of the earthquakes that nearly destroyed it and the innovation that has made many of these ruins into some of the most amazing hotels, restaurants and parks in the world. Your guide will provide you with information about the country, its people, history and customs in Antigua.
Once you meet your tour guide in Parque Central there you will enjoy a walking tour of the city that will visit:
I look forward to seeing you all to discover what this wonderful and surprising city hides,. The walking tour will take approximately 90 minutes
A guruwalk is a free paid tour, which means that booking is completely free, but the guru expects to be rewarded with the desired amount at the end. Some hikers give €10 per person, others $50, you decide the price.
For organizational reasons, registration prior to participation is mandatory. Booking is super easy, fast and completely free. Book this guru walk now!
I'll be near the mermaid fountain in Central Park. Mermaid Fountain, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua is one of the Americas’ most enchanting colonial cities. In its day this was one of the great cities of the Spanish empire, serving as the administrative center for all Central America and Mexican Chiapas.
Along the entire south side of the Parque Central runs the elegant two-storey colonnaded facade of the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales. A structure was built here in 1558, but as usual the first version was destroyed by earthquakes.
One of Antigua´s most emblematic structures, the Santa Catalina Arch is all that remains of the original convent founded here in 1609.
The church of la Merced boasts one of the most intricate and impressive facades in the city, it has been beautiful restored, painted mustard-yellow and white, and crammed with plaster molding of interlaced patterns. The
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).
