Antigua is a beautiful colonial town that is located about an hour or so away from Guatemala City, or as the locals call it “Guate.” Antigua is known for its beautiful cobble stoned streets, colonial architecture, food, and most of all - the surrounding volcanoes! We stayed in Antigua three separate times. Cumulatively staying here for about 2.5 weeks.
Although Antigua is a beautiful city, we’d only recommend staying for a few days because it is a bit more expensive than many other places in Guatemala. We ended up staying longer than we’d have hoped because we were having difficulty working out what we should do with all of the covid-19 restrictions. These difficulties will be further explained in the following posts.Read more