Market

Visitors must experience shopping at the open air markets in Antigua. These markets are colorful, chaotic and lively especially on fridays and saturdays. Vendors offer a huge array of tropical fruits, vegetables and meats produced in the region.

Casa Popenoe

It is a beautifully restored colonial mansion built in 1636. It was destroyed by the 1773 earthquake and remained in ruins until it was purchased in 1931 by Dr Wilson and Dorothy Popenoe. The couple’s authentic restoration yields a fascinating glimpse of how an Antiguan royal official’s family lived in the 17th century.

Casa K’ojom

The Casa K’ojom Music Museum is one of Antigua’s most fascinating attractions. It has an interesting collection of pre-Hispanic and post-conquest musical instruments like gourd marimbas, wooden flutes and violins. A part of the museum is dedicated to Mayan music and the traditional ceremonies in which they were used. Videos, photographs, paintings, tools and sculptures are also on display including an effigy of Maximon, the comical cigar-smoking Mayan god of luck and lust. There is a superlative audio visual show and a live demonstration of the instruments in the collection.

Monumento a Landívar

Rafael Landívar, a Jesuit priest and poet, was one of the country's important literary figures of the 18th century. Some of his most famous poems praising the natural beauty of Central America, were written while Landívar was in exile in Italy. Dedicated to him is the Landívar Monument, a structure of five baroque-style arches set in a little park.

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