City of Antigua Guatemala

The Pan American Highway from Guatemala City	Antigua Guatemala is 12 km off the Panamericana	Billboards at the exit for Antigua Guatemala	Commercial Exhibition for the People's Republic of China, Guatemala 2011
The first view of Volcan de Fuego (3763m/12,345ft)	Entering the old colonial city of Antigua Guatemala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site	Antigua Guatemala is easy to navigate with it's square grid and prominent volcanoes	Casa Florencia, Antigua Guatemala - recommended
My guesthouse in Antigua - Casa Florencia, 7a Avenida Norte	Casa Florencia, Antigua Guatemala	My room at Casa Florencia	Painting of Antigua Guatemala at the Casa Florencia
A fountain dated 1756, Calle de los Nazarenos	Casa de los Búcaros, Antigua Guatemala	VW Beetle parked across from one of Antigua Guatemala's Spanish schools	Los Arcos Reds Bar y Restaurante, Antigua
The shuttles are all the same, you can book with any agency	Map of the Spanish colonial city of Antigua Guatemala	El Reino Del Jade, 5a Avenida Norte, near the arch	La Cenicienta Pasteles-Café, 2a Calle Poniente (Pte/West)
Antigua Guatemala was founded by the Spanish in 1543 and served as capital until 1776	An old VW Beetle, Antigua Guatemala	Flowers blooming in January, Antigua Guatemala	Creativo Spa Salon & Restaurante El Papaturro, 2a Calle Ote
Inguat - Guatemala Tourism Office	"Calles" run east/west. From Parque Central east the names are "Oriente" (Ote) and west are "Poniente" (Pte)	"Avenidas" run north/south. From Parque Central north they are called Norte (Nte) and south, Sur	4a Calle Ote, Antigua Guatemala
Casa Antigua El Jaulon, 16th C.	Corner shop on Av 7a Nte	Cute tile stop and one way signs, Antigua Guatemala	Bar y Restaurante La Chimenea, 7a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala
Jardin Bavaria, 7a Avenida Norte, Antigua	The beer garden of Jardin Bavaria	Jardin Bavaria is nice, but nowhere as friendly and personal as the German restaurant/brewery Sol de Copan in Honduras	Gallo de Barril, Jardin Bavaria
German platter, Jardin Bavaria	A nice cold beer, Jardin Bavaria	Jardin Bavaria's homebrew	Jardin Bavaria, Antigua Guatemala
Boys from the Jardin Bavaria out looking to drum up some business	Old American school busses find new life south of the border	Municipalidad de La Antigua Guatemala	1a Calle Pte, Antigua Guatemala
Restaurante Los Nazarenos, 1a Calle Pte	Hotel Casa Shalom, Antigua Guatemala	Corner travel agency, Antigua Guatemala	Club de los Viajeros, Antigua Guatemala
Colorful houses of Antigua Guatemala	Academia Antigueña de Español, Antigua Guatemala	Calle de la Inquisicion, Antigua Guatemala	Jades Imperio Maya, Antigua Guatemala
Roy.com Internet Café, Antigua Guatemala	View from the terrace of Café Sky, 1a Av Sur, a great place for a late afternoon beverage	The sky at Café Sky, Antigua Guatemala	Big clouds over Antigua's volcanoes
The clouds sort of blocked the nice sunset	Café Sky, Antigua Guatemala	Frida's Cocina Mexicana, 5a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala	Centro de textiles tradicionales Nim Po't, 5a Av Nte
Large selection of souvenirs at Nim Po't, Antigua Guatemala	Guatemalan handicrafts - crucifixes, Nim Po't	Maximón overlooking the commerce at Nim Po't	Guatemalan handicrafts - woodcarvings, Nim Po't
Guatemalan handicrafts - masks, Nim Po't	Guatemalan t-shirts, Nim Po't - Antigua Guatemala	Guatemalan handicrafts - religious sculptures, Nim Po't	5a Av Norte at night, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala's Arabic shisha bar, 5a Av Norte	Arabic shisha bar, Antigua Guatemala	Note the "No Smoking" sign on the wall behind the narghile pipe	A bright clear morning with a fine view of the conic Volcán de Agua (3760m/12,336ft)
For orientation, Volcán de Agua is directly south of the city of Antigua Guatemala	The Volcán de Agua last erupted in the mid-16th Century	Early morning with blue sky and just a touch of cloud	Panaderia La Merced
Typical view of Antigua Guatemala looking south, 5a Av Nte	Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala	5a Av Norte is also called Avenida del Reformador	Volcán de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
2a Calle Pte, Antigua Guatemala	An interesting chimney, Antigua Guatemala	Templo Evangelico El Cordero de Dios, 2a Calle Ote	Volcan de Agua rising over 7300 feet above the city
Antigua Guatemala is a highland city with an elevation of just over 5,000 feet	Graceful entrance to an old building now housing a number of galleries	Casa de los Milagros, Antigua Guatemala	Coat-of-Arms of Spain over the entrance to 1a Av Nte, 12
The streets of Antigua look much better without parked cars	Volcán de Agua destroyed the original settlement, the Ciudad Vieja, in 1541	The laher flow that destroyed the Ciudad Vieja lead to the name Volcán de Agua	1a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala
Café Sky, 1a Av Sur, Antigua Guatemala	The terrace bar of Café Sky, Antigua Guatemala	Looking north from Café Sky along 1a Av Nte to the Cerro de la Cruz	Breakfast at the Café Sky with a clearer view of Volcán de Agua and the Iglesia de San Francisco
Iglesia de San Francisco & Volcán de Agua	Looking west along 6a Calle Ote to twin peaks of Volcán Acatenango, 3976m (13,045ft)	Alto - Antigua Guatemala's tile stop sign, 1a Av Nte	1a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala
Y tu Piña tambien, Antigua Guatemala	6a Calle Ote, Antigua Guatemala	Micronegocio Banco Azteca, Antigua Guatemala	Casa de los Gigantes - carnival shop
In 1760 the Archbishop granted 90 days of indulgences for something	6a Calle Ote, Antigua Guatemala	One of the many painted up old school buses plying the route between Antigua and Guatemala City	Old public laundry facilities at the east end of Plaza La Union
Sundial "Ave Maria Pur", Plaza Union (6a Calle Ote)	A two-story building rises above its neighbors	Antigua Guatemala's cinema	5a Calle Pte, Antigua Guatemala
Ri Kech, Arte y Tradición de Guatemala	Clothing shop on the corner of 5a Calle Pte and 6a Av Nte	A line of motorbikes, 5a Calle Pte, Antigua Guatemala	More motorbikes, 5a Calle Pte, Antigua Guatemala
A red house typical of Antigua Guatemala, 1a Calle Ote	Corner of 1a Calle Ote and 4a Av Nte	An old house with a strange octagonal feature	I often rent cars when I travel, but I managed El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala by public transport and tourist shuttles
Jades Imperio Maya, Antigua Guatemala	Antigua Guatemala is compact, but I still did a whole lot of walking	Alto & Una Via, Antigua Guatemala	Casa Antigua El Jaulon, 4a Calle Ote
Antigua Guatemala	Café La Escudilla and Riki's Bar, Antigua Guatemala	A painting of St. Sebastian at Café La Escudilla	In the passage beyond Café La Escudilla is Riki's Bar
Past Riki's you reach the Paris Bar	Lava Gourmet Burgers and Scenic Terrace, Antigua Guatemala	Mural at the Whiskey Den, Antigua Guatemala	La Cuevita de los Urquizú, a good place for Guatemalan food, but not the cheapest
Menu of La Cuevita de los Urquizú	Terrace of La Cuevita de los Urquizú	Guatemalan vegetable dishes - La Cuevita de los Urquizú	Guatemalan meat dishes - La Cuevita de los Urquizú
Tile house number, Antigua Guatemala	Hostal El Caminante, 1a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala	Salsa School, 1a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala	Salsa Dreams, Antigua Guatemala
Dominoes delivers in Antigua Guatemala	Panaderia y Pasteleria Doña Luisa Xicotencatl	An interesting baroque window on one of Antigua's old colonial buildings	Shopping in Antigua Guatemala
Tile stop sign in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Antigua Guatemala	Café Flor - Thai food in Antigua Guatemala	It would be nice if they could banish cars from the town center in Antigua Guatemala	Antigua Guatemala was mostly abandoned after the 1773 earthquake
Door knocker - Antigua Guatemala	Paper maché animals in a window	Volcán de Agua, Antigua Guatemala	A nearly perfect circular cloud over Volcán de Agua
Another visit to Café Sky hoping for that perfect sunset	Clouds move in almost completely obscuring the summit of Volcán de Agua	Evening at Antigua Guatemala	As night falls, Volcán de Agua is changed into a dark conical silhouette
Mono Loco - the Crazy Monkey - the biggest bar in Antigua Guatemala hugely popular with foreigners	Moza, a dark Guatemalan bock beer	Cabro Extra, an alternative to the omnipresent Gallo	Marcel Dingemans and his sister, two Dutch tourists I met on the terrace at Sky Café
Out at Mono Loco, Antigua Guatemala	The Crazy Monkey	Bad Monkey! Antigua Guatemala	Back on the Panamericana, it's 327 km to the Mexican border
Former public laundry	Sun Dial	Former public laundry	GuatemalaJan12 0791.jpg