THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Antigua Guatemala

🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Antigua Guatemala

• Santa Catalina Arch — Santa Catalina Arch crosses 5a Avenida Norte and once allowed cloistered nuns to move between convent buildings without going outside.
• Ruins of San Francisco Church — The San Francisco Church complex combines an active church with earthquake-damaged colonial ruins and the shrine of Hermano Pedro.
• Cerro de la Cruz — is a hilltop viewpoint north of Antigua with a stone cross and broad views across the colonial grid toward the surrounding volcanoes.
• La Merced Church — Iglesia de La Merced is an ornate yellow Baroque church whose earthquake-resistant design and former convent fountain are central to Antigua’s colonial heritage.
• Convento de las Capuchinas — Convento de las Capuchinas is a former convent and museum known for its circular cell block, one of Antigua's distinctive surviving colonial structures.