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Historical and Cultural Walking Tour of Antigua Guatemala
(8) Reviews
Sacatepéquez
Important Information
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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Please Note: During holy week ( April 17 – 21, 2019) we do not pick up on hotels, you will be request to move to our meeting point where we will pick up you. Please be ready on the meeting 15 minutes prior the start time of the tour. Our meeting points are: Casa Santo Domingo Hotel or Soleir Hotel
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Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
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May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
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Minimum of 2 passengers (adults) is required for the tour to run. If the minimum size is not reached, the tour is subject to cancellation and all tickets are refunded or rescheduled.
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Please contact local provider if you need a guide in any other language. French, German and Italian in private services, subject to additional costs and guide availability.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Enjoy the colonial architecture of La Antigua Guatemala, while walking on cobblestone streets, you'll learn more about this city and its history, and will appreciate the wonderful landscapes surrounding the Central Park and their colonial enviroment.
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hotel pickup (coordinate with the local provider)
Local guide
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
Gray Line Antigua Guatemala - Tours & Experiences
These are our pick up points for our excursion. Please select your pick up point and be 15 minutes prior the starting time.
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Historical and Cultural Walking Tour of Antigua Guatemala
(8) Reviews
Sacatepéquez
About
Enjoy the colonial architecture of La Antigua Guatemala, while walking on cobblestone streets, you'll learn more about this city and its history, and will appreciate the wonderful landscapes surrounding the Central Park and their colonial enviroment.
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hotel pickup (coordinate with the local provider)
Local guide
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
Gray Line Antigua Guatemala - Tours & Experiences
These are our pick up points for our excursion. Please select your pick up point and be 15 minutes prior the starting time.
Return
Itinerary
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Gray Line Guatemala
You will be picked up at our meeting point to begin your soft walking of approximately 3 hours below a brief summary of what to expect on your way.
Antigua Guatemala, Once the third largest city in all of Spanish Colonial America and for 200 years the capital of Guatemala, it is today a peaceful, beautiful and partially restored colonial city. Cobblestone streets wind through the city of majestic churches and monasteries.
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Iglesia de La Merced
La Merced Church of Guatemalan Ultrabaroque style, this temple has two bell towers. On the facade of the church, in its upper part is a sculpture of San Pedro Nolasco, founder of the Mercedarian Order.
45 minutes
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Arco de Santa Catalina
Santa Catalina Arch, built to connect the nuns between cloisters to avoid being seen due to the votes that the religious who belonged to that Order took, After the earthquakes of 1773, the arch became important due to the arrangements that were made. These arrangements included the construction of a turret and the inclusion of a Lamy Amp Lacroix watch of French origin.
15 minutes
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The Plaza Central Park
Central Park surrounded by the traditional grid pattern used frequently in urban planning in the Spanish colonies. The park is surrounded by the Palace of the General Captains, the Town Hall, the Cathedral of San Jose and the Trade Portal.
Here in the park, we will also find the Las Sirenas fountain. This fountain has a traditional oral where the Count of La Gomera ordered to build the fountain in memory of his daughters, who in giving birth did not want to breastfeed their children for what the count ordered To tie his daughters to a trunk in the center of a waterhole, where they died of thirst and hunger.
1 hour and 10 minutes
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Tanque de la Union
La Union tank is one of the most representative laundries in this city, only the big houses had a place where they could be washed. For this reason, most of the inhabitants - housewives - went to public laundries. This was inaugurated on February 3, 1853.