The Antigua Guatemala City Guides answer the questions every visitor brings to this old colonial capital ringed by volcanoes: where to find pepián and pupusas without paying tourist prices, which earthquake-ruined convents deserve your morning, where to watch Fuego from a rooftop at sunset and how to reach Lake Atitlán or the Chichicastenango market without overpaying. Every guide is a short, opinionated list with the reason to go, what to order or look for and a practical tip for each place, and it opens in your browser as soon as you pay.
About the Antigua Guatemala City Guides
- 126 places
- 6 guides
- 13 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Antigua guides
Food guide
22 places
Market comedores and street food, Guatemalan classics like pepián, dinners worth dressing up for and the bakeries and cafés for breakfast and coffee.
Things to do guide
22 places
Convents and churches left open to the sky by the 1773 earthquakes, the best volcano viewpoints, jade, coffee and crafts, plus festivals and short outings.
Family guide
21 places
Ruins children can explore, a hilltop park with views, chocolate and coffee workshops, markets, meals kids will eat and two bigger days out.
Nightlife guide
21 places
Mezcal and cocktail bars, wine and local beer, rooftops facing the volcanoes at sunset, places to dance and food after midnight.
Day trips guide
20 places
Volcano hikes and viewpoints, coffee farms and villages next door, Lake Atitlán, the Chichicastenango market, Maya ruins and the Pacific coast.
Budget guide
20 places
Free ruins and viewpoints, museums with a low entry fee, pupusas and set lunches for small change, and the market and chicken buses for getting around.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
La Fonda de la Calle Real
5a Avenida Norte, near the Arco de Santa Catalina
Guatemalan cooking done properly in a courtyard around an open wood-fired kitchen. Mains arrive with rice and tortillas; go for pepián, the deep stew of roasted seeds, or black beans and rice cooked with coconut. From the food guide.
Tanque La Unión
6a Calle Oriente
A 19th-century public laundry of yellow arches and long stone basins whose still water mirrors the clouds and the volcano. It costs nothing, never closes and makes a calm ten-minute detour. From the things to do guide.
Hobbitenango
Aldea El Hato, 20 minutes by tuk-tuk or taxi from Antigua
A hillside village straight out of Tolkien, with round doors, a giant hand and a wide view across the volcanoes around Antigua. Plan a few slow hours, ideally on a weekday. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Antigua
Day one: walk the ruins early while it is cool, from La Merced past the Arco de Santa Catalina to the convents, eat lunch at the market with the food guide and finish on a rooftop as the sun drops behind the volcanoes. Day two: let the day trips guide take you to Lake Atitlán, a coffee farm or up a volcano, then choose dinner from the food guide. For a rainy or slow day, a chocolate workshop and a long café breakfast from the family guide work well, and the budget guide keeps the free museums around Parque Central close at hand.
Questions about the Antigua guides
What is included in the Antigua Guatemala City Guides?
Six guides covering 126 places: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. Each place comes with why it is worth it, the area, notes on opening and a practical tip.
How do I get the guides after I pay?
The links show up on your order page right after payment and in your order confirmation email. They open in any browser on a phone or laptop, with no app and no account.
Do the Antigua guides work offline?
Yes. Open every guide once with a connection and it keeps working offline, with your ticks and notes. Map links need mobile data.
What languages are the guides in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the Antigua Guatemala guides cost?
One guide costs €4.99, two cost €8.99, four cost €15.99 and all six cost €19.99.
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