Palacio Nacional Guatemala City

6 Calle and 7 Ave., Guatemala City , Western Highlands, Guatemala
  • Traveler Rating 4.50
    11 reviews 6 travel blogs 6 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Art gallery, Historic home, Art museum, History museum

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    8of 25 attractions in Guatemala City

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  • 1

    Dos cervezas por favor!

    5 photos

    Our journey to Guatemala began full of anticipation. We'd heard and read some pretty awful accounts of the capital - Guatemala City, mainly consisting of nasty things happening to tourists, and were expecting no more than a nights sleep and onward bus ...

  • 2

    The Gritty City

    4 photos

    Just spent 3 days and 2 nights in Guatemala City (I'll just call it Guate) and managed to make it out alive. Not that it was so bad, but I can certainly see why so many people don't like it; at least the downtown core. It's very dirty for one thing, ...

  • 3

    We're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata!

    ... no hablo Espaniole" has proved extremely useful and we have "done" San Miguel de Capuchinas and the Cathedral (completed in 1815). The Palacio Nacional is closed and the Biblioteca Nacional appears to be in pieces. We sit and watch the world go by in ...

  • 4

    End of the day

    15 photos

    ... super vibrant and all have names most of which refer to something religious. We saw what used to be the presidential palace (Palacio Nacional de la Cultura). And also a church with names of massacred or "disappeared" persons from the Guatemalan ...

  • 5

    Guate Guate Guate!

    ... and I have had a great time. I am staying with Rodger Boldán and Doña Emma, my friend Geril Garcías grandparents. Guatemala City is kinda what I expected in a Latin American big city after spending four months in Buenos Aires (the extremely rich mixed ...

  • 6

    Guatemala downtown

    22 photos

    ... in order to return to our hostel we had to ask the same cellphone favor to a guard in the mall. Our plane leaves tomorrow in the afternoon so we're planning to go to the zoo and the museums near the airport. Guatemala city is a place of marked ...