Where do you recomend...Guatemala City or Antigua?

Question

Hey, I am off to visit Guatemala in a few months, I planned to stay in Guatemala city upon my arrival for a few nights and then go to Antigua. But in my little research so far, it says that Guatemala city is very dangerous etc....begining to freak me out! So would I be better off just going straight to Antigua and ignore Guatemala City? Please bear in mind that I will be a lone female! Cheers

Answer 1

O WOW UR A GIRL AND UR GONNA GO BY YOURSELF!?!?! I REALLY DONT RECOMMEND THAT!! THE CRIME LEVEL THERE IS VERY HIGH! I JUST WENT LIKE A MONTH AGO AND ITS VERY BAD! IF I WERE YOU I WOULD EITHER GO WITH A GUY THAT CAN PROTECT ME OR NOT GO AT ALL. BUT IF YOU REALLY WANNA GO, NO PART OF  GUATEMALA IS SAFE BUT SOME PARTS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS ANTIGUA IS BETTER THAN THE CAPITAL. TAKE A GUN IF YOU CAN! I REALLY SUGGEST THAT IF YOU GO OUT PUT YOUR MONEY IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET IT QUICK (EX: BRA) DONT WEAR JEWELRY CUS THEY WONT ASK YOU FOR IT THEY WILL JUST RIP IT OFF!!! UMM IM  NOT TRYING TO SCARE YOU OR,  SAY ANYTHING BAD OF GUATEMALA ITS MY COUNTRY I LOVE IT AND ITS VERY BEAUTIFUL! YOU WILL ENJOY IT VERY MUCH JUST BE VERY CAREFUL! IF YOU HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONS EMAIL ME!

Answer 2

Skip the city it's dangerous and dirty.   If you must stay visit Museum Popul Vuh or Museum Ixchel.   Antigua is way cleaner and safer, and also could serve as a base city for travel to other parts of Guatemala.   Check out Chichicastenango on a Thursday morning with their market or go to Lake Atitalan, it's beautiful.

Answer 3

City of guatemala is not dangerous when you can where to be.

Guatemala is a small country but it has a lot of thinghs:

GUATEMALA CITY:

ZONA VIVA

CUATRO GRADOS NORTE

HISTORIC CENTER (NORTH)

HANDICRAFTS HISTORIC CENTER

HANDICRAFTS  ZONE 13

TECNOLOGY AND SCIENCE MUSEUM ZONE 13

ART MUSEUM CARLOS MERIDA ZONE 13

MAYAN MUSEUM ZONE 13

HISTORY MUSEUM ZONE 1

IXCHEL MUSEUM "TIPIC DRESS" ZONE 10 UFM

MAYAN MUSEUM MIRAFLORES ZONE 11

HOLLYWEEK MUSEUM ZONE 1

NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM ZONE 13

CASA MIMA MUSEUM ZONA 1

TRAIN MUSEUM ZONE 1

USAC MUSEUM ZONE 1

WEAPON MUSEUM ZONE 1

:I RECOMMEND TO YOU GUATEMALA FOOD IN:

-KAKAO ZONA VIVA

-CASA CHAPINA ZONA VIVA

-ARRIN QUAN ZONA 10 Y ZONA 1

-ALTUNA ZONA 10

-KATOK BOHEMIO ZONA 9

-PUERTO BARRIOS

MALLS YOU CAN GO TO:

-GALERIA MIRAFLORES zone 11

-GALERIAS PRIMMA zone 11

-PLAZAS OUTLET zone 11

-VIA MAJADAS zone 11

-PLAZA MAJADAS zone 11

-GALERIAS LA PRADERA zone 10

-GALERIAS PRADERA CONCEPCION COUNTY

-UNICENTRO Zone 10

-PLAZA CEMACO zone 10

-PLAZA OBELISCO zone 10

-LOS PROCERES zone viva

-GALERIAS OAKLAND zone 10 (from july 2008)

BARS, PUBS AND DISCOTEQUES

American and European music

KALUHA zona viva

BUDA BAR zona viva´

ZEPHIA zona viva

SUAE cuatro grados norte

LA PLAYA cuatro grados norte y zona 14

THE BOX zona viva

GABBANA Zona Viva

LIQUIT zona viva

SAND BAR zona viva

NO MANCHES zona viva

ATLANTIDA THE CLUB carr. al salvador

SALSA

MI GUAJIRA zona viva

LA CLAVE zona viva

ROCK

EDGAR ALLAN PUB zona viva

ELECTRONIC

ALFRED zona viva

TEXOCO zona viva

g*y

GENETIC MAJESTIC Zona 4

TOURIST SITES

COLONIAL PART IN THE HISTORIC CENTER

REAL MAP ZONE 2

MIRAFLORES RUINS  ZONE 11

KAMINAL JUYU RUINS ZONE 7

CALDERAS NATIONAL PARK

PACAYA VOLCANO (NEW 7 NATURAL WONDERS)

You can go to the volcanic beaches in the pacific coast (gray and black sand) 1-2 hours to the capital city

Monterrico

Juan Gaviota

Lindamar

Chulamar

las lisas

el jiote

chaperico

ocos

Sipacate

IZABAL CARIBBEAN BEACHES ( 4 TO 5 hours to the capital)

Livingston

Puerto Barrios

Playa dorada

playa blanca

Amatique bay

green bay

punta manabique

punta palma

cayos zapotillos

cayos del diablo

playas san salvador gaviota

rio dulce

ATITLAN LAKE (a 4 horas de la capital) NEW 7 NATUT¡RAL WONDERS

Panajachel

Santiago Atitlan

el lago atitlan esta nominado a las 7 maravillas naturales

CULTURE (4 - 6 hours to the capital)

quetzaltenango

chichicastenango

12 little counties in the atitlan lake

COLONIAL CITIES (35 min de la capital)

antigua guatemala (all city is beautiful)

Ciudad Vieja

PETEN MAYANS RUINS (12 hoURS to the capital, 45 minutes in plane)

Tikal

yaxha

el mirador

piedras negras

cancuen

las pilas

aguateca

ceibal

quirigua (izabal)

Bueno hay muchas mas cosa por descubrir en guatemala pero las que te deje son las mas importantes, de antemano vienvenido a guatemala.

RECOMENDACION DE SEGURIDAD: Usar taxis amarillos, verdes o de hotel nunca los blancos, al igual que cualquier pais globalizado existe la inseguriadad y guatemala no es la exepcion pero los lugares peligrosos estan muyyyyyy lejos de las zonas turisticas del pais.

Good there are many mas sew for discovering in guatemala but those that it(he,she) leaves him(her) are the important mas, in advance welcomly to guatemala.

SECURITY RECOMMENDATION: use yellow, green taxis or of hotel taxis, don´t use a white taxies, as any included country exists the dangeruos and guatemala is not the exepcion but the dangerous places are sooooooo far from the tourist zones of the country.

GUATEMALA PICTURES

http://www.guatemalaphotostock.com

http://www.guatemalaenvivo.com

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread...

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread...

GUATEMALA BEACHES PICTS

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread...

VIDEO GUATEMALA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6UJPX5CN...

INGUAT GUATEMALA OFFICIAL WEB

http://www.visitguatemala.com

I´m Guatemalan

GUATEMALA

Soul of the earth

Answer 4

Guatemala is a very beautiful country. I went there for 2 days about 2 years ago and it is a very beautiful city. In places like Trebol the crime rate is very high and I suggest that you travel in Taxis but always a licensed one. I recommend to stay in an area by the Obelisco of Guatemala City as I know of a great place to stay called the Xamanek Student Inn and believe me it is a very good place to be at especially if you go by yourself. It is a very big place kind of and it has like 7 rooms and showers and bathrooms and the place is CLEAN!! Since you are going by yourself I recommend you go there as it is very safe and close to a shopping center as well as accessible transportation (Taxis and buses can be found maybe two blocks down) and has excellent dining nearby. The rooms are kind of like regular rooms with like 2 or 3 bunk beds and it is very clean. You will share a room but i am sure you wont mind as there is plenty of space and it only costs $18 (at least when I went) a night. Besides there is various Americans and Europeans there so you will be safe.Try to go to Antigua in a private bus as they are safer and generally arrive faster. Good luck, be safe and have a nice trip.

P.S. Here is the link for it http://www.mayaworld.net/xamanek/

Answer 5

Antigua make sure you do not speak english or else people are going to know and steal form you

Answer 6

It's true that parts of Guatemala City can be dangerous especially after dark but other sections are certainly worth a visit.There is a very active club scene after dark in the city.It depends on what your interests are.To me,it is not all that interesting in the city since so many of the historic buildings have been damaged or destroyed by the many earthquakes over the years.I like the smaller more indigenous towns and cities.

You will find many more English speaking tourists in and around places such as Antigua,Panajachel,Quetzaltenango  

and the ruins of Tikal.

Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions or concerns.I've lived in Xela,Livingston and Lake Izabal in the past.

Buena Suerte y Buen Viaje

juan23

Answer 7

Guatemala city is kind of dangerous but.......every big city is dangerous and Guatemala city its just one more,.....dont be scare just be carefull..but go to both places theyre both beautiful....have fun....