Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala

Where Life Remains Old-Fashioned

FROM Guatemala City, I headed a short distance westward to Antigua Guatemala: the capital of colonial Guatemala from 1543 to 1773.

Political Map of Guatemala generated by the United Nations. Public domain, 2004, via Wikimedia Commons. North at top.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Antigua Guatemala — Antigua, for short — vies with the Mayan monuments of Tikal for the title of number one tourist must-see in Guatemala. This is because its long service…