Zona 1 is about a twenty minute taxi ride from the more upscale Zona 10 where we are staying at the Hyatt Centric, which has been very accommodating. (I’m still trying to figure out the conversion rate for USD.) I’m traveling with Carol Estes and Mike Schroeder who are on our tour that starts tonight in Antigua. We came three days early to explore this city, which is magnificent.
The Guatemala Cathedral and the Central Market, two blocks away, were our destinations. Not as impressive as Templo Santo Domingo in Oaxaca, the Cathedral nevertheless demonstrates the power of the Conquest, massive and containing images of European saints.
The market is a vast, packed, dense warren of aisles packed with food stalls, comedors, and artisan craft and textiles from around the country.
We may return to Guatemala in 2026 IF there are enough people interesting in traveling with us here. Please send an email to express your interest.
After our meander, we had lunch at El Adobe, a delicious and traditional restaurant three blocks from the Cathedral. The day before, we ate at their sister restaurant in Zona 10. We had no trouble going back since the food was so delicious and reasonably priced.
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