Santo Domingo Church and Monastery, with two towers containing ten bells, can be traced back to 1538 when the Dominicans arrived in Guatemala. The Iglesia de La Merced is a yellow and white ...

La Merced Church, with its yellow facade, is also worth a look, although tourists have to pay around Q15 (just under $2) to enter. Guatemala is well known for its jade, and Casa del Jade on 4a ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreAntigua, the capital of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, was founded in the early 16th century. Built 1,500 m above sea-level, in an earthquake-prone region, it was ...