6 hours 30 minutes (Approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Good for avoiding crowds
Keeping you safe during COVID-19
What you can expect during your visit
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Overview
Find out what’s brewing in Antigua during this 6.5-hour immersion in Guatemala’s world-famous coffee industry. Discover the entire coffee process from farm field to cup as you visit coffee plantations, experience the harvesting process and stop by the home of a local coffee farmer to share some freshly-made joe. You’ll finish the day back at Antigua’s market, where you can sample some the ‘comedores’ (food stands).
- Learn about all things caffeinated on this coffee tour from Antigua
- Visit coffee plantations in the region near Antigua
- Get a look at the coffee growing, harvesting, roasting and brewing process
- Share a freshly-brewed cup of joe in the home of a local coffee farmer
- Discover the history of coffee cultivation in Guatemala
- Explore the produce and 'comedores' (food stands) of Antigua's market
- Trip includes snacks and a pound of coffee to take home
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Depart from Antigua’s ‘Calle del Arco’ in the morning, transferring with your guide by bus to the nearby town of San Miguel Escobar. After meeting up with a member of a local farmers’ cooperative, you’ll begin an in-depth exploration of Guatemalan coffee culture.
Learn about coffee’s history in Central America as you get a closer look at the beans’ growing, harvesting, roasting and brewing process. You’ll stop by local coffee plantations to see how the beans are cultivated. You might even get to plant a few coffee tree seedlings yourself. After learning about the harvesting process, stop by the home of a local coffee farmer, who will share some local hospitality along with a freshly-brewed cup of his product.
Continue back to Antigua and on to the city market, where you can wander through the aisles of fruits and vegetables to sample some of the best seasonal products. Finish by stopping at the ‘comedores’ (food stands) section to taste some of Guatemala’s most famous regional dishes.
Learn about coffee’s history in Central America as you get a closer look at the beans’ growing, harvesting, roasting and brewing process. You’ll stop by local coffee plantations to see how the beans are cultivated. You might even get to plant a few coffee tree seedlings yourself. After learning about the harvesting process, stop by the home of a local coffee farmer, who will share some local hospitality along with a freshly-brewed cup of his product.
Continue back to Antigua and on to the city market, where you can wander through the aisles of fruits and vegetables to sample some of the best seasonal products. Finish by stopping at the ‘comedores’ (food stands) section to taste some of Guatemala’s most famous regional dishes.
Itinerary
Coffee isn’t just a drink in Guatemala — it’s a way of life! Since coffee was first introduced to Guatemala in the 18th century, it has rapidly grown to become the country’s main export, as well as a big part of local traditions. On this Antigua Guatemala tour, you’re going to dig into the history of the bean and get a full hands-on coffee culture experience.
Your Antigua Guatemala tour will start with a short bus ride to the town of San Miguel Escobar, where you’ll meet with a representative of the Farmers Cooperative. From that point on, you’ll be diving into Guatemalan coffee culture, learning about the whole process from bean to brew, as well as the history of coffee in this corner of the globe. You may even get your own hands dirty, helping to plant coffee seedlings or harvesting the beans. You’ll also visit the home of a local coffee farmer and sip a cup of homemade brew with the family.
From there, you’ll take a bus back to Antigua, where you’ll get dropped off at the local market. You’ll wander through the market and visit some of the many fresh fruit and vegetable stands, so you can sample a variety of local produce. You’ll then head to the tasty “comedores” section of the market (food stands) and try some of the most popular regional dishes of Guatemala.
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