Top Guatemala Art Tours

Sit alongside local women and learn the art of Maya beading with this hands-on workshop in Santa Cruz la Laguna. Not only is this socially responsible tour a great way to learn about the Maya cultures found on Lake Atitlan, but it also directly benefits local communities. Upgrade to include lunch at Lake Atitlan’s top restaurant—also run by a social enterprise—or a community-led tour of the village.

Uncover the highlights of Guatemala City on a private tailor-made tour with a local guide. A great way to ensure you’re focusing on what interests you, your support team will help put together your dream itinerary for exploring Guatemala’s capital city. Customized to your group, you can choose from half-day or full-day tours, evening pub crawls, historical walking tours, food tours, or even shopping tours around the city’s different malls.

The gem of Guatemala, Lake Atitlan is a crater lake surrounded by volcanoes and a living hub of Mayan cultures. Visiting on a day trip from Guatemala City simplifies transportation to this highland destination and lets you see the best of the lake in just a day—a difficult feat to accomplish on your own. This tour includes stops at top Lake Atitlan sites including the busy town of Panajachel and small villages like San Juan.

An orientation walk through the Antigua Market to experience and meet the community. Lead by an English speaking guide who lives in Antigua. This is not your average walking tour. While not led by someone born in the market, your guide is deeply connected to the people who were — offering an insider-style introduction to one of Antigua’s most vibrant communities. The market is more than buying and selling; it’s daily life in motion from before sunrise. This experience explores areas that bring the market to life: meats, seafood, fruits and vegetables, chicken buses, clothing, incense, floral stalls, hardware, kitchenware, artisan goods, food courts, ceviche spots, and more. Meet vendors, learn local rhythms, and experience the culture behind the stalls.

Chichicastenango, popularly called “Chichi” by locals, is an indigenous town in the Guatemalan Highlands where a kaleidoscope of colors, shapes, traditions and tastes, takes place. Its market days predates the Spanish arrival and still draws people from far and wide to trade fresh products, handcrafted goods, vibrant textiles and local recipes. This experience walking through lively streets, visiting the cemetery, a traditional mask workshop, and the historic Santo Tomás Church, guided by experts and passioned local friends. Our visit includes one on one time with a local costume factory called Morería, where generation after generation the family has dedicated their passion and art to the creation of traditional customes worn or dressed at festive dances, step inside of Santo Tomás Church to appreciate how Maya and Catholicism Ideology has blended together.

This experience aims to preserve the textile art of Guatemala, the highest expression of the Mayan worldview. We will travel to the community of Santo Domingo Xenacoj, located 37km from Guatemala City. Upon arrival in the community, you will meet with the Council of Weavers of town and together you will start learning about the importance of the National Council of Weavers in Guatemala, their effort in the preservation and conservation of Guatemala weaving art. You will finish the day eating a traditional lunch prepared by the community.

Antigua was built on a fault line, and its colonial builders learned the hard way what stands up and what falls down. Major earthquakes in 1717, 1751, and finally 1773 brought the great churches down one by one, and in between the builders worked out a structural language now called Barroco Antigueno, or Earthquake Baroque. This self-guided audio walk teaches you to read it across nine stops: the cathedral whose tall slim columns did not survive, the arcade that spreads its load across many small spans, the Santa Catalina Arch and its lesson in compression, La Merced with its two-metre walls and stucco skin, the circular tower of Capuchinas built with no corners for the shaking, and Santa Clara, where half the cloister fell and half still stands. Because it is self-guided, the walk is yours. Start whenever you like, go at your own pace, skip a stop or replay one. No group, no fixed departure, no tip pressure. Narrated in English and Spanish, it works offline and is yours to keep.