Antigua

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Antigua is worth visiting, even if you´re trying to avoid tourist hordes. It´s a perfect safe-haven from Guatemala City and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Every Latin American country seems to have a colonial city like it, where you´ll feel safe, clean, and at home, but also where it is less authentic, more expensive, and not very challenging in terms of language, transportation, etc.

My friend and I stayed at Los Encuentros, which is about a ten-minute walk from the central plaza. We got a double room for 200 Quetzales (including breakfast), which was somewhat expensive, even for Antigua, but they had the highest rating on TripAdvisor, and we wanted to book something for the first night. The woman who runs it is extremely friendly and helpful.

The city is pretty easy to get around, though the cobblestone streets

Las Capuchinas convent

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Photos

Las Capuchinas Convent
It´s 40 quetzales per person to explore the convent and an extra fifty for a guide. The grounds are extensive, and it´s interesting to see how they lived a completely cloistered and solitary life.