A playful journey through colonial streets, cuisine, and color

Food, Markets & Living Culture

When to Go

Year-Round

Trip Length

8 days/7 nights

Price Guide

from $2,525 pp

Experience Guatemala through your family’s eyes on this 7-night journey shaped by colonial history, highland culture, and daily life. Walk Antigua’s cobbled streets, taste your way through local cuisine, and slow down beside Lake Atitlán, framed by volcanoes and tradition.

Trip Highlights

Cook and share a Mayan-style meal beside Lake Atitlán using local ingredients

Taste traditional street foods and everyday flavors shaped by Maya and Spanish roots

Browse the vibrant stalls of Chichicastenango Market, rich with color and ritual

Wander Antigua’s cobbled streets, plazas, and colonial ruins

Day by Day

Cobblestones and distant cones

Antigua

Day 1: Arrival beneath the volcanoes
Arrive in Guatemala City and transfer privately to Antigua. Cobblestone streets, pastel façades, and distant volcanic silhouettes mark your arrival. Settle into your boutique hotel and ease into the evening at your own pace.

Day 2: Walking through history
Explore Antigua on a guided walking tour, tracing its colonial past through ruined convents, quiet courtyards, and landmark plazas. Pause for coffee, conversation, and unhurried observation. The afternoon is free to wander or rest.

Day 3: Street food and everyday Guatemala
Taste your way through Antigua on a guided street food tour, sampling local snacks and traditional bites while learning how Maya and Spanish influences shape everyday cuisine. Evening at leisure.
Market paths and mountain roads

Lake Atitlán

Day 4: Highlands & market traditions
Depart Antigua and travel west into the highlands, stopping at the vibrant Chichicastenango market. Wander stalls filled with textiles, flowers, and incense before continuing to Lake Atitlán. Arrive lakeside as the light softens across the water.

Day 5: Still waters, soaring peaks
Enjoy a full free day at Lake Atitlán. Relax at your hotel, take a private boat into nearby villages, or simply sit with a book as volcanoes rise quietly above the lake.

Day 6: Stillness by the lake
Another unhurried day to explore or rest. Optional activities might include kayaking, spa time, or a scenic boat ride, though doing very little here is equally rewarding.
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