Also known as the Plaza de la Constitución, this large (and now quite bland square ) was originally laid out as the city’s central focus of power, with the cathedral and government buildings around its edges. A brass plaque in front of the Palacio Nacional marks the country's ground zero, the...
Guatemala City’s cathedral is not particularly attractive, but it was built to survive earthquakes - and it has. Indeed, it is one of the only buildings around the square that survived the city's major earthquake in 1917. Inside the cathedral are many colonial paintings, some brought here from...
Every day, except Sunday, 30-minute guided tours of the former presidential palace are available. This National Palace, built by prisoners during the despotic reign of dictator Jorge Ubico, is a fascinating blend of colonial, neoclassical and indigenous elements including stain glass windows and...