Let’s take a beautiful journey to discover the outskirts of Antigua and the different surrounding villages that hold rich history and traditions. This tour includes, first, a visit to San Felipe de Jesus. This colonial village includes has some pretty amazing picture-taking opportunities for traditional and modern Mayan culture and architecture.

Some highlights of San Felipe de Jesus are:

• A religious figure of which the greatest generation in Guatemala has kept—El Señor Sepultado
• Jocotenango and its renowned colorful church
• Ciudad Vieja, where the city of Santiago de Guatemala was first officially founded

Note: Depending on the time and interest shown, other villages such as Pastores, San Miguel Escobar (neighboring Ciudad Vieja), San Pedro Las Huertas and San Juan El Obispo can be included in the tour.

San Juan de Obispo church

A beautiful journey discovering Antigua in the only way possible to experience and enjoy the city: walking through its streets. During the tour, we will visit different religious buildings that will serve us to learn about the part of history. We will have a taste of Guatemala’s flavors at very special intimate place, the delicious Guatemalan Cacao. Towards the end of the journey, we will see different options to shop for crafts and/or jewelry and learn about how the Mayans crafted unique pieces using the stone known as “jade”. With us you get the best value for your money and opportunity to really know Antigua Guatemala.

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“I am Ricardo Arjona, today I’m in my country, Guatemala. I’ll have some pictures out there, so I send you a hug. Happy holidays and even forever.” – says Grammy award winning Guatemalan singer Ricardo Arjona in his Twitter message couple of days ago. To give you a small idea of his widespread popularity, Arjona has over 1 million Twitter followers and over 5 million Facebook fans.

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The new Guatemalan president will take office January 2012. It’s no secret that this is an important year for Guatemala tourism, because of the end of the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012. And it has been said that Otto Perez Molina considers Guatemala tourism one of the first tasks of the new government.

Perez Molina stated: “We believe that 2012 is an opportunity for Guatemala to become one of the favorite destinations of the world. For that we will work on promoting and improving security conditions.”

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Festival of the Sea turtle or Festival de la Tortuga is an incredible cause-driven event that takes place every year on the Pacific coast of Guatemala in Monterrico and nearby Hawaii. The turtle nesting season runs from July to December, so the Festival comes into swing just as the turtles hatch and are released into the Pacific ocean.

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This amazing natural Guatemala monument is November’s photo of the month. Semuc Champey is an iconic natural monument andone of Guatemala’s many treasures. A large cave complex known as Grutas de Lanquin can also be found in the Alta Verapaz region, attracting outdoor enthusiasts from around the globe!

Holy Week in Antigua, Guatemala is nothing short of a sacred and spectacular national holiday. A trip like this is likely to rank amongst the most memorable experiences of a lifetime and 2012 will be no exception. The bar is sure to be raised, you won’t want to miss it!