The colonial city of Antigua Guatemala was the old capital of Guatemala before it was struck by a series of deadly earthquakes in the 1700. Since then it seems the city's architecture has been frozen in time as the development of new buildings were assigned only to the new capital of Guatemala City. Today Antigua hosts the Criterium de Antigua, a race with a circuit throughout the colonial pebbled streets,through the Santa Cat...
Read moreThe colonial city of Antigua Guatemala was the old capital of Guatemala before it was struck by a series of deadly earthquakes in the 1700. Since then it seems the city's architecture has been frozen in time as the development of new buildings were assigned only to the new capital of Guatemala City. Today Antigua hosts the Criterium de Antigua, a race with a circuit throughout the colonial pebbled streets,through the Santa Catalina Arch and to the base of the Volcan de Agua (Water Volcano) with the Acatenango volcano and Fire Volcano close by.