Antigua Guatemala Small Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Shane says:

We arrived in Guatemala city in the afternoon and took a bus directly to Antigua as recommended by some travellers we met along the way who had less than savoury things to say about the capital. Judging by the slums we later passed in the mini bus it seemed like good advice.

As soon as we left the airport we were mugg...

Guatemala City as we saw it from the bus window was a little run down but quite picturesque in an abstract arty way. We managed to take some brilliant photos from the bus window rather than have our camera out on the street. When we got out at the makeshift bus terminal, we hooked up a taxi to take us to the Antigua bus terminal in another part ...

We've been sailing for two days, and I just watched the dancers in my dance class give their final performance. They gave it in the Union of the ship to approximately 350 of their shipmates. It was a really beautiful event, and I cannot even describe how proud I am of these students and my class. It seemed that they learned a lot (I know I did!)...

Our week in Spanish school has gone by so quickly. I would definitely not recommend the school (Academia de Espanol Antiguena) but my teacher was really nice and we had some good chats. I didn't cover any new tenses in the week I was there, which was a real disappointment to me, but we covered all the grammar points again and I am speaking more ...

We started our trip on Saturday morning heading on BART to SFO. Once in the air we would make a two hour lay over in Houston, Texas. From Houston we would fly to Guatemala City, Guatemala. We landed around 9:30 PM local time. It was amazing how the plane leaned on the runway. As the plane came into the city we were headed due South. As we desce...

We´re here! We arrived in Guatemala City early this morning and then took a shuttle bus (similar to a 15 passenger van) to Antigua which is about 45 km from Guatemala City. Antigua is just as I (Tristen) remember it from 7 years ago when I was here for 5 weeks on a mission trip. We´ve included some pictures so you can get a taste of Antigua´s ch...