Historical and Cultural Walking Tour of Antigua Guatemala Discount Tickets

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Overview

Discover the stories behind Antigua Guatemala’s landmarks on a 3-hour walking tour with a local guide. Explore cobblestone streets, colonial architecture, and public squares while learning about the city’s history and cultural heritage. Follow a route featuring La Merced Church, the Santa Catalina Arch, Central Park, and Tanque de la Unión. Along the way, your guide brings context to the places you see, helping you look beyond their colorful façades and appreciate their significance. Ideal for first-time visitors and travelers interested in history and architecture, this tour offers an introduction to Antigua and a starting point for exploring the city further.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

This is our meeting point for our excursion. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before departure.

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

Spanish-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Gray Line Guatemala
You will be picked up at our meeting point to begin your soft walking of approximately 3 hours below a brief summary of what to expect on your way. Antigua Guatemala, Once the third largest city in all of Spanish Colonial America and for 200 years the capital of Guatemala, it is today a peaceful, beautiful and partially restored colonial city. Cobblestone streets wind through the city of majestic churches and monasteries.
2. Iglesia del Carmen
The Iglesia del Carmen (Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) in Antigua Guatemala is a historic 18th-century ruined church famous for its ornate Spanish Baroque façade
Duration: 10 mins
3. Casa Del Jade
Connect with ancient Mayan wisdom and find the perfect gemstone to guide your path. Uncover your guardian animal with the Mayan calendar and shop custom jade pieces.
Duration: 15 mins
4. Tanque de la Union
La Union tank is one of the most representative laundries in this city, only the big houses had a place where they could be washed. For this reason, most of the inhabitants - housewives - went to public laundries. This was inaugurated on February 3, 1853.
Duration: 20 mins
5. The Plaza Central Park
Central Park surrounded by the traditional grid pattern used frequently in urban planning in the Spanish colonies. The park is surrounded by the Palace of the General Captains, the Town Hall, the Cathedral of San Jose and the Trade Portal. Here in the park, we will also find the Las Sirenas fountain. This fountain has a traditional oral where the Count of La Gomera ordered to build the fountain in memory of his daughters, who in giving birth did not want to breastfeed their children for what the count ordered To tie his daughters to a trunk in the center of a waterhole, where they died of thirst and hunger.
Duration: 70 mins
6. Arco de Santa Catalina
Santa Catalina Arch, built to connect the nuns between cloisters to avoid being seen due to the votes that the religious who belonged to that Order took, After the earthquakes of 1773, the arch became important due to the arrangements that were made. These arrangements included the construction of a turret and the inclusion of a Lamy Amp Lacroix watch of French origin.
Duration: 15 mins
7. Iglesia de La Merced
La Merced Church of Guatemalan Ultrabaroque style, this temple has two bell towers. On the facade of the church, in its upper part is a sculpture of San Pedro Nolasco, founder of the Mercedarian Order.
Duration: 45 mins
8. Gray Line Guatemala
End of our walking.

Inclusion

Local guide

Exclusion

Food and drinks

Gratuities

Cancellation Policy

Check mark icon Refundable tickets

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
  • 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date

Additional Info

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults

May be operated by a multi-lingual guide

Minimum of 2 passengers (adults) is required for the tour to run. If the minimum size is not reached, the tour is subject to cancellation and all tickets are refunded or rescheduled.

Please contact local provider if you need a guide in any other language. French, German and Italian in private services, subject to additional costs and guide availability.

For groups of 10 persons or more, please contact local provider to arrange.

To find pictures of our experiences, search us on Instagram as @graylineguatemala

Supplied by Gray Line Guatemala

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