Antigua Guatemala Excursion
Book this cruise day trip and discover the colonial jewel of Antigua Guatemala
“Antigua Guatemala was founded in 1543 in the valley of Panchoy for Francisco de la Cueva, surrounded by volcanoes Water, Fuego, and Acatenango, silent guardians of an exquisite architectonic inheritance of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Our Cultural Walking shore excursion is a journey through our history visiting ruins, churches, markets and museums in Antigua Guatemala
8:00 A.M. meet & greet at the pier of Puerto Quetzal and transfer to Antigua Guatemala (1:30 hours approximately).
At your arrival, you will enjoy a walking tour of Antigua Guatemala visiting convents, Main square, main cathedral, The Arch street and La Merced Church amog other plazas and ruins.
12:00 hrs, transfer to the community of Santiago Zamora, this community is located 15 minutes out of Antigua, The Santiago Zamora cooperative is a women´s association especially focuses on showing to excursioneers their local daily activities at home, an inmersion within a local maya family.
The presentations begin with a demonstration of the local textiles you will learn how to form the threads until use the back strap loom and get the final textile.
Find out how to do a cup of coffee from the seed to the cup. Dance local music with the maya women´s. At the end enjoy a nice local food “pepian” made of many species, and they add pork, beef, chicken or vegetarian.
15:00 hrs, transfer back to Puerto Quetzal on time to aboard the cruis ship.
Your private or small group excursion in Guatemala finishes.
Included
- IRound trip transportation from Puerto Quetzal
- ICulture & History certified bilingual tour guide (English/Spanish)
- IAll port fees
- IEntrances fees during the tour
- IPurified water (one bottle)
- ILunch
Not Included
- IExpenses not mentioned in your itinerary
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