Antigua and Western Highlands Features

Experience Antigua and Western Highlands

When to Go

A distinct division between rainy (November to April) and dry (May to October) seasons makes winter and...

Antigua, Antigüeno Style

The city packs a plethora of monuments into a compact area, but we recommend savoring the city leisurely...

A Bell-Ringing Saint

Guatemala points with pride and reverence to its very own saint, Pedro de San José Betancur (1626-1667)......

Burning the Devil

The night of each December 7, Guatemalan communities engage in the traditional Quema del Diablo ritual...

Something Old, Something New

Antigua's colonial magnificence disappeared in one day in 1773 following a massive earthquake. With the...

Antigua's Volcanoes

Four volcanoes make up this region's sector of a seismic spine that runs the width of Guatemala from...

All That Glitters

Several jade shops and factories populate the streets east of Antigua's Parque Central. Although Guatemala's...

It is said that the Mayan goddess Ixchel gave the art of weaving to her people. Today's Mayan descendents...

In 1992 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Guatemalan writer Rigoberta Menchú, raised in the...

Oklahoma native Father Stanley Rother (1935-1981) arrived as a missionary in Santiago Atitlán...

Arguably Guatemala's most curious object of veneration is the cigar-smoking, rum-swilling deity Maximón...

Market Days in the Highlands

Believe it or not, highland markets mean more than Thursday and Sunday in Chichicastenango. Most towns...

Dancing with the Dead

Colorful cemeteries, with their turquoises and pinks, mauves and sky blues, play an integral part in...

Coffee? Macadamia Nuts?

The northern Las Verapaces is the country's area most culturally and historically tied to coffee, but...

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