One day in Antigua 🇬🇹 Guatemala's most BEAUTIFUL city!

nestled in Guatemala's Central Highlands lies what many say is the country's most beautiful city Antigua and with views of multiple volcanoes including one towering right over town plus cobblestone streets colorful buildings and interesting ruins it is easy to see why Antigua is a city loaded with character charm and history around every corner and today we're going to be exploring as much of its vibrant streets and Local eats as we can [Music] [Music] [Music] we've been walking around this morning exploring some of the city's iconic sits in the early morning light like the Arco they s caralina and the par Central de Antigua and it is difficult to express just how beautiful it is here not only are the buildings so colorful but there are trees covered in these beautiful purple flowers and you just casually have views of a massive volcano towering right over town we have spent 2 days here so far and already love it so much and we cannot wait to explore more of the city today but first we're off to get a traditional Guatemalan breakfast [Music] Guatemala's typical breakfast is called desayuno typico or sometimes desayuno Chapin and Chapin is a term used to describe someone from Guatemala it consists of reffed black beans eggs and fried plantains plus corn tortillas which we got to watch them hand make in-house using local corn we got some regular ones but we also got this one that is absolutely stuffed with cheese oh baby and we added some grilled steak to Beef It Up Get It All Right we've built the perfect bite little bit of salsa [Music] baby spectacular oh my God it's so simple but it's the perfect mix of savoriness sweetness and spiciness these are some of our favorite food so put them all together and it's probably our Dream breakfast and I think out of all the countries we've been to this is our favorite traditional breakfast that we've ever [Music] had the cheese has a little bit of a Tang to it we also got a chuchito which is a Guatemalan Tali and I saw photos of these online and they kind of looked like little balls and then they brought this one to us it is huge it is just very thick I believe they typically have pork or chicken inside and they have the this red sauce on it as well oh wow oh there's red sauce in it too okay I think it's chicken this is one hearty tamale M it has such a thick layer of that Masa in there and it's so moist I like that there's sauce in it as well cuz just moistens it up even more this thing I think it weighs like 2 lb it is huge [Music] Antigua was founded in the early 16th century and was the third capital of the captaincy general of Guatemala which was an area ruled by the Spanish that encompassed present day Guatemala plus Costa Rica Nicaragua Honduras El Salvador and the Mexican state of chapas however the city has been impacted by many earthquakes over the years including in 1773 when much of the City was destroyed and prompted the capital to be moved to Guatemala City today some of the original Spanish colonial buildings have been restored while only the ruins of others remain there are quite a few places to see the ruins and we're heading to convento Santa CLA [Music] [Music] convento Santa Clara was founded by three nuns from Mexico and was used as a religious retreat with bedroom cells a kitchen workrooms and an infirmary and while it was designed to withstand an earthquake it did succumb to multiple in the 1700s leaving a mix of its original stonework and facade plus the ruins you can now explore today [Music] [Music] there's just so much to see even just standing in one spot you look up and you see all these arches and you can see the different materials that were used maybe some of the original materials and then where they reconstructed over it and then you can also see this area over here looks like it was maybe burned at some point I just love how they've kept this part of the city's history alive [Music] another interesting structure here in Antigua is tank De La Union which was built in 1853 after the major earthquake it's a large Plaza and underneath the Arches there are 22 washing tanks that were used by locals to do laundry and socialize and I have to say they had a pretty amazing view while doing their laundry and I think more people would enjoy doing laundry if they could just see volcanoes while doing it [Music] we're taking a quick break from guatemal and food to visit Coba Farm's restaurant for lunch this is an organic farm that's located a little bit out of town but it was a super easy walk it's known for its Farm to Table food so our goal was to get as many veggie heavy dishes as possible and I think we succeeded we got this massive Pizza that they make in their woodf fired oven and we got the vegetable pizza but we got it on a corn sauce base which I'm very intrigued to see what that is like and then we also got the world's most beautiful salad just look at how colorful and fresh and gorgeous the salad is I don't even want to eat it because it's so pretty and we're eating in this magical little Nook surrounded by plants it feels like we're in our own little jungle this is incredible we also made a friend here his name is gate crawled in my lap crawled on the table crawled on the table now he's sitting right next to me [Music] this cat has this entire farm and really the entire city he can go wherever he wants and he chose to sit next to me how special is that oh look at this wow chees so much cheese we have really missed vegetables on this trip it's been very bean and just heavy foods which we do love but we miss vegetables so cheesy M that corn sauce is delicious it is so creamy the Kay has a really nice crunch on it too M I don't think I've ever had a fresher tasting Pizza this just feels like I'm eating a garden but in the best way possible I don't even know where to begin on this thing I feel like if I try to mix it up it's just going to go everywhere so we're just going to waa stab it it they cut up the vegetables so pretty too it's like crinkle cut that is fresh to death Everything feels and tastes like they literally just picked it out of the garden and we got a Japanese lemon vinegret to go on top of this salad and it is the perfect partner in crime for all these Fresh Veggies they are two fresh buddies having a good time in the garden just like you just like you cat wow that is really good the cheese is intense but in the best way [Music] budy not only is the food here delicious but the property is also gorgeous it used to be a coffee and Rose farm and now it's this stunning complex with so much to see there are colorful murals all around and you can wander through the farm and the nursery plus see all all of the items they grow and there is a market where you can buy produce and other items this is such a great green Escape just minutes from the bustling [Music] City all right we found a Guatemalan drink we've been looking for this is at De alote which is a hot corn drink that is flavored with either vanilla or cinnamon it's um not very hot out but when you're standing in the Sun and walking around all day a hot drink doesn't sound all that appetizing but we wanted to try gu win Guatemala oh it's very good though it's super good it's like it's like corn soup almost like very thick like lightly sweet yeah it's like creamed corn oh yeah that's thick and sweet and yeah it just tastes like cream corn but without the chunks of corn in it M oh that is delicious we had trouble finding it because it was it's in like a big you know jug but they have like a a blanket over it so I guess to help keep it warm so it was like hidden in plain sight yeah we were wandering around we were about to give up and then we finally asked someone and they they they showed us the way compared to all the little towns around like atian where they're all super Steep and tigua is pretty dang flat until now climbing up this hill it's veryy tough It's pretty steep it's good practice for tomorrow's activity oh hello hi you're cute [Music] this is cro De La Cruz a beautiful Viewpoint that overlooks the city of Antigua and just after a short time here it has quickly become one of our favorite Latin American cities the scenery is phenomenal the weather is excellent and it's just a lively City especially on a Sunday with tons of locals and Street vendors out and since we were visiting during Lent we even got to witness their weekly procession through town which was an unexpected surprise [Music] pretty impressive they're carrying that heavy wooden thing and one of the women is carrying a baby at the same time [Music] wow when researching what some of the mustt try Foods were here in Guatemala we noticed that many of them were soup so tonight for dinner we came to laasa de la sopas to try two of them so first up we got the pep pan de poo which is the national dish of Guatemala and it's a chicken stew made with tomatoes roasted seeds and pepper M wo man that is like a really deep flavor yeah it kind of has a bit of like a a Nutty and you can taste those roasted seeds in there it is so Savory and salty look at how huge this piece of chicken is in the soup oh my gosh m m that was unlike any soup I've ever had but yeah like Adam said just deep deep flavor and we also got hon de poo which is a chicken stew with a tomao and cilantro base that one's a little bit more of a brighter like lighter flavor slight little Tang to it we make a lot of tomao based soups in the van and this reminds me of a a better and like thicker version of that it just has more flavor than the ones we made more love put but maybe we'll feel inspired after this to take ours to the next level we'll find a recipe for this specific soup both of them to make in the van that's one of our favorite things to do actually is after we travel internationally we try to recreate the dishes that we loved in the van so we can just feel like we're traveling internationally everywhere to end our amazing day here in Antigua we're grabbing some hugos at Antigua cesa which is a brewery with different restaurants located in a lush beautiful park right in the city we came here last night and we loved it so much we had to come [Music] back this is one of the coolest places we have been to in all of our travels Cheers Cheers [Music] [Music] while here in Antigua we've been staying at a hostel called Maya papaya which has not only been rated one of the best hostels in the country but in all of the Americas it is super beautifully designed and decorated with different hangout areas and a bar free breakfast and coffee plus even a small gym we booked a private bedroom but unfortunately by the time we booked all the private bedrooms the private bathrooms were gone so we ended up getting a room with a shared bathroom which honestly has not been bad at all but tonight we need a rest up because tomorrow we are tackling one of our bucket list hikes in the entire world aat Tango [Music]