Villa Antigua

Starting point Mexico City, bound for Santiago overland. Taking in Central America with flavours of the Carrabiean, Mayan life and a few local tipples. Avoiding kidnap, hopefully, via a boat into Sough America. Then hugging the West coast whilst exploring ...

welcome to the trip of my life!

Armés d´une liberté choisie nous allons parcourir l´Amerique Centrale et qui sait quels chemins nous prendrons... Nous suivrons les signes qui apparaitront sur notre route et nous guideront a notre destination finale...

Mi viajetón!!! Desde Colombia hasta México!!!

We´re finally back on the road and in Antigua!  We landed in Guatemala City but hopped on a shuttle to Antigua thirty seconds after walking out of the airport.  It's pretty obvious that nobody expects you to stay in the city.  Everyone ...

... a bunch of Guatemaltecos: two were Guatemalan-Americans from Los Angeles and the rest were their family who live in Guate and Antigua.  Almost instantly, a bottle of Red Label shows up and shots were being passed around the table (I DON’T ...

... City. There are some lovely squares, surrounded by great coffee shops, awesome little boutique shops and amazing restaurants. A funny Antigua fact for you – It contained by far the poshest McDonalds we're every seen. In fact whilst scoping out ...

... grandma's name spelled out, meant for me, them thinking this was my actual name. Antonio took us directly to our hotel in Antigua, an hour away from Guatemala City. We arrived at La Villa Serena around noon, both exhausted and excited. We buzzed the ...

... the roof top Bar of Cafe Sky Cafe Sky, a unique cocktail terrace, was the first vantage point from which Mrs. Yolkobsen glimpsed Antigua Guatemala from a great height. Many, before and after her, have had the same experience and it never fails to send the ...

... of energy and warm greeting as soon as you walk into her eatery, located just about five minutes northwest of Antigua Guatemala’s Parque Central. The small restaurant specializes in fresh seafood and what’s available that day depends on what ...

... think Café No Sé on the 1st Avenida Sur in Antigua is about coffee, think again. This is a Bar and one of Antigua Guatemala’s best late night hang outs. While Mono Loco Bar and Reilly’s Irish Tavern catch much of the travel review attention ...

... handy device! In Guatemala City we transferred from bus to large van, and discovered we were the only passengers. We arrived in Antigua around 8:30pm and were surprised to find the town jammed bumper to bumper with cars. We’d just missed the Sunday ...

... open hearts and treated us to an experience of a lifetime. After flying to Guatemala City, we took a licensed taxi to Antigua, Guatemala, which is a safe and very famous place to study Spanish as well as experience some of the Guatemalan culture. After ...

... well-known chef in these parts and for very good reason! What a delicious meal in a wonderful spot in Antigua! During the evening, we went back to our new villa for the next week (we leave for Nicaragua on January 4th!!!) and had a lovely fire in our ...

... , wird köstlich. Deshalb verabschiede ich mich jetzt auch! Despues de 4 horas de viaje, llegue a Villa de Leiva. Una ciudad hermosa! Es una ciuadad muy antigua del colonialismo. Esta ciuadad tiene una calma, increible. Todo va muy lento, muy relajado! ...

... the power outage was widespread.  Our walk included the beautiful Central Park.  Despite the weather and very damp conditions, Antigua was full of pedestrians and families anxious to get out of the house like we were! Enventually it was time ...