Antigua Guatemala is a magical destination, famous for its great atmosphere and culinary traditions. You can enjoy a simple or an elaborated fine gourmet meal. Antigua Guatemala is very well known for its candy and its original flavor, elaborated with many local ingredients like fruits, nuts, seeds, condensed milk, honey and sweeteners. There are even some famous stores in Antigua who keep the secret of this exotic meal, created by the very own antigueños more than a hundred years ago.

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If going by El Calvario Church on Sundays and at the Alameda Santa Rosa Street you can find small food stands were you try Guatemala’s ethnic food like enchiladas, rellenitos,chuchitos, tacos and more. If you’d like something to warm up you can try a cup of white atol, corn atol, rice with milk, rice with chocolate and more.

When the afternoon arrives and the weather cools down, you can go out for a sample of Guatemala’s best cuisine. You will find a variety of restaurants with a different concept to ease your hunger and when the night falls some sites gain new life and become the places for gathering and partying, there you can eat and drink to the rhythm of salsa, jazz, hip-hop, reggae, pop and alternative music.