Casa Cristina Antigua

... another hotel ASAP.     And just a block away, on Callejon Camposeco, was the lovely Casa Cristina - given a mediocre review by Lonely Planet and I'm really starting to question their criteria because this place was ...

... had in Paris, if not better! After all the food, we decided we needed to return to the hotel for a nap. That's because.... Casa Cristina is located RIGHT NEXT TO Iglesia La Merced. The church is best known for being the starting point for Holy Week ...

... to pass out from all of the fabulous food, we ordered a chocolate souffle served with vanilla ice cream, and a kahlua/chipotle caramel sauce with a "potato cloud". So good. Afterwards we waddled back to Casa Cristina for (hopefully) a restful ...

... Antigua don't drive through those neighbourhoods. In any case about an hour and fifteen minutes later he deposited me safely at Casa Cristina in Antigua. The hotel is/was perfect, simple, secure, clean room w/ private bath and a comfy bed too. You ...

... .  We stayed near the Merced church and just wandered around a bit, having stayed here in 2000.  The staff at our little hotel was very friendly and we had a spectacular view of the volcano from our room. Casa Cristina is located on a quiet side ...

i'll have to make this post quick as ... i'm using internet i'm not supposed to!! at the casa cristina hotel.. but i'm staying next door at casa luna. hee he heee.. casa luna is muuuch nicer... cept they have no internet... so i spent the day in ...

... from the center so it is amazingly quiet!  Not like the disaster we had with the church bells last time while staying at Casa Cristina! So, as we're unloading we realize that the BabyBjorn is MISSING.  As in, we left it on the airplane.  ...

... the late 1700's an earthquake badly damaged Antigua and the capital was moved to current Guatemala City. Anyhow, we're staying at Casa Cristina in a "deluxe" room with a view of the volcano. Unfortunately, the clouds haven't burned off and we can't ...

... here.  The roof terrace looks familiar from this terrace.  (Do you remember if it was called Casa Luna, Sue?).  Thankfully Jon likes Antigua.  Unfortunately he's seen a flyer for a weekend surf school and is determined to ...

... -covered cones in every direction; since it used to be the administrative center of the Spanish empire in Central America, Antigua has a colonial feel: cobbled streets, grand churches, and majestic buildings.  Because of the ambience, many Spanish ...

... ; Luckily, we got on the bus where it originated so both our cheeks were on one seat!  When we got to Antigua, we learned that Chichicastenango, a village in the western highlands, not far from Antigua, was having their twice-weekly market; which is ...

... à 4h, en avance même de quelques minutes, elle s'est sentie obligée de klaxonner. Nous avons commencer par faire un tour d'Antigua pendant presque une heure, pour récupérer tous les passagers. L'aéroport est plus moderne que dans mon souvenir. ...

... the unpredictable hands of a 16-year old with a knife, Laynni and her mom spent much of their time perusing the myriad Antigua markets and diligently checking things off Nadine’s long list of gifts to buy. Lyle was assigned to follow along behind ...

... this morning, but certainly more interesting than that memo about staff appraisals or those e-mails from Nigerian businessmen. Central Antigua is the tourist board approved, colourfully clean, safe version of a Central American city that the government ...

Throughout this trip this question has come up repeatedly: "Who benefits?" And after our discussion with Polo, the Livingston local– it really made us think.  Many of the places we have visited are dependent on tourism – but who actually ...