Top 10 – Easter Week Quetzaltenango
Wednesday – April 5th
Gastronomic Tour: This activity is focused on learning and experience local dishes in Quetzaltenango.
Tour Details:
Availability: April 5th
Duration: 3 hours
Hora: 10:00 am y 15:00pm
Includes: Guide and tasting
Point of meeting: Parque Central
Price: Q120.00
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Wednesday – April 5th
Ruta I-9 Tour: This is a city tour, walking around the main points, buildings and destinations in Xela.
Tour Details:
Availability: April 5th
Duration: 3.5 hours
Hora: 03:00 pm
Includes: guide and entrance fee
Point of meeting: Parque Central
Price: Q50.00
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Thursday – April 6th
Terapia sensorial de plantas medicinales: A unique experience to learn more about local medical plants to awake your senses.
Tour Details:
Availability: April 6th
Duration: 3.5 hours
Hora: 08:00 am
Includes: Transport, guide and entrance fee.
Point of meeting: Infront of Cathedral church.
Price: Q100.00
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Thursday – April 6th
Bike tour – Ruta I-9: This is a very special city tour, biking around the main points, sites and bildings around Xela.
Tour Details:
Dificulty level: Low
Availability: April 6th
Duration: 3.5 hours
Time: 2:00pm
Includes: Guide and entrance fee.
Do not includes: Bike but you can rent one with us.
Point of meeting: Parque Central
Price: Q50.00
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Thursday – April 6th
Tabernacle tour: This is a unique opportunity to explore the different tabernacles of the different Catholic churches in Guatemala.
Tour Details:
Availability: April 6th
Duration: 3 hours
Time: 07:45pm
Includes: Guide, transport and entrance fee.
Point of meeting: Infront of Catheral Church
Price: Q120.00
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Friday – April 7th
The board of directors of the brotherhood of the Lord Buried del Templo La Transfiguracion cordially invites people who wish to collaborate in the elaboration of the largest Holy Week carpet in Quetzaltenango.
Event details:
Availability: Thursday and Friday
Duration: 2 days
Time: From Thursday at 11:30 p.m. to Friday at 10 a.m.
Includes: Materials
Point of meeting: Cuesta de La Transfiguración
Price: Free
Saturday – April 8th
Wellness tour: This one-day trip will take you to find yourself, you will be guided to calm your mind, let go of your stress and dedicate this moment of internal connection just for you, exercising your body in a harmonic way, connecting with your whole being.
You will become aware of everything that surrounds you, while you will enhance your senses by coming into contact with nature, increasing your presence in your surroundings.
Tour Details:
Availability: April 8th
Duration: 8 hours
Time: 7:45 am
Includes: Private transportation, local guide, yoga instructore, entrance fee, lunch.
What to bring: Yoga Matt, rain jacket, good shoes for walking, hat, water and fruits.
Point of meeting:THGuatemala offices
Price: Q325.00
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Saturday – April 8th
Hike Chicabal lagoon and volcano: A small volcano located an hour far from Xela, it´s a half day tour where you will see the mysticism of the Mayan culture.
Tour Details:
Dificulty level: Medium
Availability: April 8th
Duration: 5 hours
Time: 6:00 am
Includes: Private transportation, local guide, entrance fee for Guatemalans, if you are a foreigner, you need to pay the entrance fee at the reserve Q60.00
What to bring: Rain jacket, good shoes for walking, hat, water and fruits.
Point of meeting: The Cathedral church
Price: Q150.00
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Saturday – April 8th
Necro Tour: A night visit to the local Cementery in Xela, where you will be able to learn about history, culture and interesting facts of the European migration during XIX century that impact and influenced the sociatiy of quetzaltenango.
Tour Details:
Availability: April 8th
Duration: 2.5 hours
Time: 7:30pm
Includes: Guide and entrance fee
What to bring: Rain jacket, good shoes for walking, hat.
Point of meeting: The entrance of the Cementery
Price: Q50.00
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Sunday – April 9th
Hike to Santa Maria or Santiaguito volcano: You may have to chose one of this two hikes. Santa María is a hard one, takes around 5 hours to go up and 4 hours to go down. Santiaguito it´s easier, we only visit the point of view, where you will see the eruptions of this active volcanoes. To go up to Santiaguito es only 2.5 hours and down 1.5 hour.
Tour Details:
Availability: April 9th
Dificulty level for Santa María: very high
Dificulty level for Santiaguito: medium
Duration Santa María: 8 hours
Duration Santa María: 4 hours
Time: 5:30am
Includes: Transport, guide and entrance fee.
What to bring: Rain jacket, good shoes for walking, hat, suncream, water, fruits.
Point of meeting: In front of Cathedral, parque Central.
Price: Q150.00
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