DAY 1: Departure from USA, Arrive Guatemala City, Antigua
- Board your international flight to start your journey to Guatemala
- Arrival at Guatemala City international airport, Welcome by your guide and transfer to Antigua.
- Arrival in Antigua. This colonial town keeps the charm of a baroque style city, with chessboard like coble streets, surrounded by mountains and volcanoes. Overnight at the hotel.
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DAY 2: Antigua City
- Continental breakfast at the hotel.
- Leisurely walk around Antigua to enjoy its ambiance and discover the history.
- Visit of the Dominicans convent, now a days a cultural center with its museums, the best way to understand the life during the colony and the changes in this town through the earthquakes that shaped this city.
- Free time for lunch.
- From the Main Plaza you can have a great view of the Spaniard traditional town, with the square plaza surrounded by the Cathedral, the remains of the Archbishops palace, City Hall and the Governor Palace, where the whole region was rein.
- Time to enjoy while discovering the best rum in Guatemala, awarded as the best rum in the world four times. You will use all your senses while you undercover the secrets to get the best of the sugar cane transform in a maple colored drink full of parfums.
- Overnight at the hotel.
- Meal: Breakfast
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DAY 3: Antigua, Chichicastenango, Panajachel
- Continental breakfast at the hotel.
- Transfer to the highlands, to Chichicastenango.
- Arrival at Chichicastenango Visit of this traditional town where you will enjoy the market day where locals come to buy products for everyday living. In front of the church you will see the ceremonies and offerings that local Mayan priest do.
- Free time for lunch.
- Transfer to lake Atitlan.
- Overnight at the hotel.
- Meal: Breakfast
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DAY 4: Panajachel, San Antonio Palopo, San Juan la Laguna, Antigua
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Transfer to Panajachel. From the dock you will take a boat ride to visit the Mayan villages of San Antonio Palopo and San Juan la Laguna.
- At San Antonio you will explore a small traditional village where all the women wear the traditional clothes, a long blue skirt, and a combination of blue, green, and white for the blouse. In this town you will see how the locals works with clay to create different artifacts then they hand paint each piece with the palette of colors you will see around the lake Atitlan.
- Continue to San Juan la Laguna. A small town where locals thanks to small coops had manage to bring development to all. Thanks to the long tradition of using natural dyes from plants and the weaving this cotton colored threads to create beautiful and useful pieces. Also, the midwifes that heal locals with plants and follow the pregnancy of each woman. San Juan it is know too thanks to local artist that have decorated different streets with paintings depicting their traditions and beliefs.
- Return to Panajachel then drive to Antigua.
- Overnight at the hotel.
- Meal: Breakfast
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DAY 5: Antigua, Guatemala City, Departure
- Continental breakfast at the hotel.
- Free morning.
- According to your flight, transfer to the City.
- Meal: Breakfast
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