El Convento Hotel

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El Convento Hotel

Situated on one of Antigua’s famed cobblestone streets, in front of the superb 18th century Capuchin convent, El Convento is a sanctuary from which to discover the city’s magnificent sites.

The all-suite El Convento gracefully marries the ancient with the modern, combining artisanal brick vaulted ceilings, exposed stone walls and hand-crafted doors with the simple elegance of contemporary design.  Serene and private, each of the 19 suites flows from a central courtyard graced by a hundred year old Tempixque tree.

Most of the Suites offer private gardens, cedar-beamed ceilings, sumptuous linens and enough space to waltz in.  Whether unwinding in the deep-set living room sofas or stopping by for a glass of wine beneath the domed cupula of the bar, staying in can be just as tempting.

The real essence of El Convento is the superb personalized-service.  For the staff, no request is too small or too big.  Whether the request is for a thimble or a private jet, every member of the El Convento group is committed to delivering the highest quality of service.

Palacio de Doña Leonor Hotel

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Hotel de Doña Leonor Hotel

Hotel Palacio de Doña Leonor luxury boutique hotel in Antigua Guatemala.  Experience the history of Antigua Guatemala in just one place.  Travel 500 years in the past and enjoy the decoration and details of each room, that was named after a character of the Conquest of Guatemala.  If you’re looking for quality and excellent service for your vacations we recommend you this magical hotel.  Palacio de Doña Leonor is a 16th century mansion that was built and occupied by the daughter of the Spanish conqueror Don Pedro de Alvarado. Doña Leonor, the first mestiza born in Guatemala, was well known for her inner strength and resolve during a very tumultuous time in history. Once you step behind the heavy oak doors of the Palacio you will enter a time 500 years past and experience the splendor of Doña Leonor’s home. Palacio de Doña Leonor is a magnificent hotel with central garden, warm fires, and sumptuous bedchambers. Its excellent location in the city’s cultural center places its visitors only half a block from the first structures in Antigua Guatemala: The Cathedral, Palace of the Captain’s General, Main Plaza and the Palacio itself.

Posada del Angel Hotel

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Posada del Angel Hotel

Posada del Angel, pioneer of the boutique hotel concept in Antigua Guatemala, is a colonial inn par excellence. This elegant boutique hotel, winner of the 2007 Andrew Harper Hideaway Report, is recognized worldwide not only by its high quality and first class service, but also by its selected guests such as:

William Jefferson Clinton, Former President of the United States (this was the first time that a US President spent the night on Guatemalan soil);

HRH Prince Alexander Prinz von Sachsen of Saxe-Gessaphe and his wife Princess Gisela of Baviera;

Pierre Trudeau, Former Prime Minister of Canada;
Former President of El Salvador, Francisco Flores,

Former President of Guatemala, Alvaro Arzu, among others.
The Posada is a romantic hideaway with the splendor of a Mediterranean villa, captivating architecture and beautiful landscaping. Posada del Angel is set within the Panchoy Valley in historic Antigua Guatemala which is said by many to be the most beautiful city in Central America — others call it the loveliest spanish colonial town in the world.

Casa Santo Domingo Hotel

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Casa Santo Domingo Hotel

OVERVIEW

Since its genesis, Casa Santo Domingo was the bastion of one of the most grandest convents of America: the one that sheltered the followers of the order of Santo Domingo de Guzmán.

Casa Santo Domingo is an important part of the beautiful colonial reliquary that preserves in its bowels the treasures from the baroque period of ancestral America. Each corner of this house, each stone, each image and each piece that composes this unequalled whole of works becomes a lost page in time, which one by one is joined forming a beautiful chapter of the grand book of our history.

Today, as the Phoenix bird, these treasures are resurfaced so that locals and foreign can appreciate and understand the stories that its textures, forms and colours tell us, ones you will admire at Hotel Museum Casa Santo Domingo.

ABOUT THE HOTEL

Casa Santo Domingo opened its doors in June 1989. It ’s located 45 km. from the capital city (50 minutes by car) and barely 10 minutes walking distance from the center of the city of La Antigua Guatemala. It has a tropical climate with an average annual temperature between 55° y 75°F. The warm months are from January up to April and from May up to October is the rainy season.

CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY

According to what writers assure “it was the most beautiful in America” . The notorious historian Fuentes y Guzmán said: “That the Virgin was in a place as much as capable and refined Chapel…” Another historian calls it “the magnificent …for its grandeur and singular adornments…being an admirable wonder, worthy of the saintly image”.