Guatemala City Private Tour: Explore History, Culture & Mayan Mysteries with a Native Guide
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Guatemala City
Embark on a private tour of Guatemala City with a native guide, delving into its rich history, vibrant culture, and intriguing Mayan mysteries. Discover historical landmarks and immerse yourself in the mystical Mayan civilization.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Museo Nacional De Arqueologia & Etnologia - A visit through all the pieces that conforms the history of Guatemala, explained by our best native travel guide.

  • Avenida La Reforma - A drive through the historical monuments of Guatemala City

  • Palacio Nacional - A visit inside the National Palace

  • Catedral Metropolitana - A visit to the Cathedral and Museum.

  • Plaza de la Constitucion - Our travel guide will show you the surroundings of the Plaza La Constitución, while explaining the history of Guatemala City.

  • Mercado Central - A visit to the Central Market where you can see all kind of handcraft, paintngs and typical clothes.

  • Paseo de la Sexta - Walk around the most famous avenue of the historical center.

What's Included
  • On-board WiFi
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

The most secure way to explore Guatemala City is through our native guide-led tour. Our guide takes you on a comprehensive journey through the city’s iconic and historical sites in a comfortable vehicle.

Dive deep into the enigmatic Mayan culture with a one-of-a-kind tour of The Archaeological Museum, where you’ll gain insight into the numerous significant artifacts that tell the story of Guatemala’s history. Following that, we’ll navigate the city’s popular avenues and districts before making a pitstop at Guatemala City’s Historical Center. Here, you’ll spend two hours exploring the Market, Main Cathedral, The National Palace, Constitution Plaza, and 6th avenue.

Location
Museo Nacional De Arqueologia & Etnologia
7ta Avenida 6a
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Vanja_m
Mar 6, 2024
I would go again with the same guide! He also drives and knows all about Guatemala! - Excellent guide!!! Very passionate, very precise, motivated and we'll organized! He made me choose but also added his own flavour and suggestions.
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Dan_p
Feb 17, 2024
Our Best City Tour Ever! - The entire tour was enlightening. Pamela was probably the best guide we have ever done a tour with. She was knowledgeable as well as insightful, and we got the impression that she really enjoyed showing us her town. We especially enjoyed her explanations of the symbolism of the details and structural forms of the Presidential Palace, as well as her explanations of how Mayan traditions still influence the practice of Catholicism in Guatemala. We went away from this tour with a much deeper cultural understanding. If that's not something that interests you, you will still love the incredibly beautiful historic buildings and streetscapes.
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James_k
Feb 17, 2024
Great half day in Guatemala City - Excellent itinerary - Highlights of town center and tour of incredible Mayan museum. The half day exclusion allowed us to visit the other two museums in the afternoon. Our guide, Pamela Lopez, was terrific. Full of knowledge about her home city. Excellent personality.
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Carlo_p
Feb 16, 2024
A Great Way to See Guatemala City - Our tour of Guatemala City was amazing. Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly. We visited the Mayan ruins, the Presidential Palace and central market before having a wonderful mid afternoon lunch at a restaurant she recommended. Communications was excellent and the value received was excellent.
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Gail_l
Feb 13, 2024
Guatemala trip - Guatemala tour was excellent and highly recommended. The city is beautiful and so glad we took the tour. Thank you!!
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Andrew_m
Feb 8, 2024
Worth it - Great tour. Very personalized experience from Pamella. Excellent guide. All entrance fees were included. Very good intro into Guatemala City.
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Ralr99
Jan 9, 2024
Awesome introduction to Guatemala - This was a very personized tour conducted by a very knowledgeable tour guide, Esteban. He was very passionate about the Mayan culture and provided a lot of information about the history of the Mayans, Central America and Guatemala. Overall the tour was very professionally organized, and I highly recommend it!
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Aparna_k
Jan 3, 2024
Well worth the price and totally safe! - This was a very enjoyable city tour. Pamella, our guide was outstanding and went out of the way to accommodate our needs. We had booked this tour on one of the busiest days of the year and so the traffic was very daunting but Pamella was amazing and picked us up from Antigua, took us around and showed us most of the sights and then dropped us back to our hotel in Antigua even though it took her almost the entire day instead of the planned half a day!
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Heather
Dec 31, 2023
If you have time - this is worth the trip. - My tour guide Esteban was very knowledgeable and informative. It was a private tour so just the two of us. It was really nice to get a tour of the city and learn about the Mayan culture and ceremonies. It’s neat because our indigenous people (though different countries and cultures) are actually very Similar which I didn’t know until my tour with him. I appreciate the time he took to explain everything clearly and his English was great! Thank you for the wonderful experience
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Sumika_k
Dec 17, 2023
Picked up from Antigua, sight-seeing in Guatemala city then drop off at the airport. - Esteban is a great guide. The tour includes high-lights of the Guatemala city. I got to know the major sights as well as culture, and Esteban explains well the history and how Guatemala is today. Very interesting tour, highly recommend it! Thank you very much Esteban
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