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The original free local craft tour in the villages around Antigua

Duration: 2h and 30min
Languages: English, Spanish
Guru: Pablo
Quality Verified Registered on December 28, 2019

Hello everyone!! My name is Pablo I am a professional tour guide in Antigua Guatemala and its surrounding villages. I speak Spanish and English, I am 28 years old and I have been working in this industry for 6 years, doing historical walking tours that include visiting important monuments, ruins, and beautiful villages in the City of Antigua Guatemala. My experience doing these tours have been truly amazing and unforgettable because I have met a lot of people from all over the world, from different cultural and language backgrounds. So please join me and take a personalized and affordable walking tour that will be the experience of a lifetime for you and your friends!! I am looking forward to showing you why I love what I do! I'm so proud to be a Tour Guide in the most beautiful country: Guatemala, I'm in love with my country and all its beautiful places, art and history.

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  • Free booking and cancellation
    Free payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

During this incredible experience , get to know the colorful towns of Antigua Guatemala, and visit the Chocolate and Wine workshop where you will be given an explanation of how they work in the colorful city of San Juan del Obispo. As well as a tasting of different artisanal wines and cocoa. In both places it is necessary to leave a tip to help the artisans of these picturesque places, and the growth of the community, to encourage them to move forward and contribute to their economy. In both places there is a store to buy wine and cocoa, artisanal is not mandatory but it is suggested to give tips to the small artisans! Thanks 🙂

Then we will visit the colorful city of San Pedro. Las Huertas, known for its ultra-baroque church from the 16th century and its water tank, which is the largest in Antigua Guatemala. You will also visit a jade workshop where an expert will give you all the information about jade, which was very important for the Mayan civilization. D uring the tour we will travel by "Chicken Bus" so we will have to take public transportation from the bus terminal to get to these towns. It is really worth taking this tour because you will live a unique and unforgettable experience.


Places to visit during our village tour:
1) San Juan del Obispo
, its church, its chapels, the Francisco Marroquín Palace, Wine and Chocolate workshop.


2) San Pedro las huertas , its church, its huge water tank and a wonderful jade tour where an expert explains the entire jade production process.



IT IS A TOUR that is really worth it ! It is truly a unique experience ; beautiful that you will never forget! And you're going to value the only thing I need from you is time and the will to do it!

- Important! Put your correct phone number so that you can easily recognize me, for example your area code (your country) + your phone number, and that's it I can send you a WhatsApp,

- It is necessary that you confirm your participation in the tour in advance. This is a tour on the outskirts of Antigua.

THIS IS A VISIT OF WHAT THE ARTISAN PREPARATION OF COCOA WINE AND JADE IS AND AT THE SAME TIME THE ARTISANS OFFER YOU THEIR PRODUCTS AND IT IS UP TO YOU TO BUY THEM, IT IS NOT MANDATORY.!!


THIS IS NOT A "SHOPPING TOUR" AS MANY SAY IF I TAKE YOU TO THOSE PLACES IT IS TO LEARN THE WORK OF THE ARTISANS, IT IS NOT TO BUY OR BENEFIT ANYONE...


Meeting point: ✅ in front of the Macdonals Antigua Guatemala Restaurant I wear a green jade necklace on my neck and a cap and my guide license, certified I will be outside, I only ask that you confirm your participation in advance. Thank you so much........


https://maps.app.goo.gl/nq6MLsvf7C1iL23VA


THE MAJORITY OF GUATEMALAN, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS, ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND WANT TO RECEIVE THE SAME TREATMENT FROM TOURISTS,




DEPARTURE IS AT 1:15 PM PLEASE BOOK ME IN ADVANCE!!!!






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Highlights

What will we visit on this tour?

  • Meeting point:
    Poniente 21, Antigua Guatemala, Guate...
    Poniente 21, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
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    In front of the Macdonals Antigua Guatemala restaurant, I wore a cap, and a jade necklace, and my certified certified guide license. I will be outside the Macdonals Antigua Guatemala restaurant! https://maps.app.goo.gl/nq6MLsvf7C1iL23VA

  • 1
    Outside visit
    Saint John of the Bishop
  • 2
    Outside visit
    Las Huertas Antigua Portal

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).

Tour opinions

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Jemma 24 Apr 2024
Liverpool

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Travelled in couple - Apr 2024
Cannot recommend this tour enough, Pablo is fun, enthusiastic and very knowledgeable. A really authentic tour and was great to get out of the city centre and see how chocolate and wine is made. Such a fun day! Thanks Pablo 😀
Rafael 21 Apr 2024

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Travelled in couple - Apr 2024
Great tour! Pablo is a very nice and warm guide. During all tour he was attentious and clarifying topics to us. It was one of the best I already had. He took us to visit various neighborhoods, different places and really nice people! We knew beautiful and very local places that wouldn't be possible alone. Before the tour start, earlier, we had a incident with another tourist that decided not to enroll the tour with us, because we decided to wait for another tourists. Apparently she also left a negative reviews for Pablo. I believe this in totally unfair, because is normal waiting some minutes to start, and Pablo was very professional and tried to habdle in the best possible way. Also you can't leave a review on something you didn't take. So reinforcing, we had a great tour and Pablo is a great guide. I highly recommend it and hope we can do another soon.
SUNNI 21 Apr 2024
Playa del Carmen

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Travelled alone - Apr 2024
I was very disappointed with the way Pablo handled other participants. Pablo messaged saying we had to be on time (twice!), and we waited for 3 girls to arrive, then they wanted to go to the toilet and we waited for over 20 minutes, and with no communication from them we waited and waited. When they eventually came I said politely that we had waited, the girls were very rude to me and others in the group, and myself and three other participants decided not to go on the tour because of their rudeness, then Pablo decided to take them and not the polite, respectful and on time people (us!). I was very disappointed and really upset. He made the respectful people loose out on the tour and the rude, impolite and late people enjoy the tour. Pablo needs training on how to handle forceful and impolite people. He then lied to me saying he canceled the tour out of respect to me, but then I found out through this app he didn’t, then he denied saying he cancelled the tour! He kept saying it wasn’t his fault, but he needs to learn responsibility and his part in creating this awful afternoon for all of us. It was the only tour I could go on, and I’m really disappointed I missed out. Pablo needs to do better.
K.T 20 Apr 2024
Charlotte

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Travelled in group - Apr 2024
Pablo was very professional and helpful. He was patient answered every message and even provided other areas for us to go and enjoy ourselves even in the face of adversity. He had very rude. He was still very nice in hospital to the ones that remained with him. I would recommend this tour for anyone especially a solo female. I came with a group, but he makes me feel very safe and he’s very helpful and respectful very kind hearted and earned every bit of what Overall it was a group of 5 and we enjoyed ourselves! this tour was very fun and personable each place. We visited seem like family and they made us feel very welcome. We we ate drink. We learn a lot about Guatemala culture and maya culture. 10/10
Jono 13 Apr 2024
Melbourne

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Travelled alone - Apr 2024
The tour was incredible. One of the best i have been on. Can't reccomend it enough.
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