The Hotel Convento Santa Catalina is located in the most popular part of La Antigua Guatemala, and just beside it’s most known landmark: The Arch. The building was a nuns monastery during the Colonial period, and the famous arch served as a passage for the cloistered nuns.
Now days, you can find Wi-Fi internet, restaurant, […]
Archive for May, 2007
Hotel Convento Santa Catalina
Published at May 16th, 2007 in Hotels and Antigua.No CommentsCasa Madeleine
Published at May 14th, 2007 in Hotels and Antigua.2 CommentsThe Casa Madeleine Hotel is designed to pamper it’s guests in a relaxing atmosphere. This boutique hotel offers several Spa services to it’s guests, including deep tissue massages, reflexology, manicure, pedicure, paraffin, facials and deep exfoliating therapies to rejuvenate your body and your mind
Casa Madeleine provides a perfect peaceful environment for couples. […]
Resources for adoptions in Guatemala
Published at May 11th, 2007 in Adoption.One CommentThe adoption issue has brought the attention of many people, inside and outside Guatemala. Several resources are continuously updated to keep people informed of the most important changes in the adoption legislation.
The Asociacion Defensores de la Adopción provides extensive information of the main changes being made by the government and the congress regarding the adoption […]
La Casona de Antigua
Published at May 10th, 2007 in Hotels and Antigua.One CommentThis beautiful hotel is located on the outskirts of La Antigua Guatemala, in a very peaceful residential area. La Casona de Antigua Hotel was built in a colonial style, with luxuriant gardens and peaceful fountains. It provides it’s guests with 11 spacious rooms exquisitely decorated.
Services provided by La Casona de Antigua include breakfast, internet connection […]
National Anthem of Guatemala
Published at May 7th, 2007 in Videos.4 Comments
The video includes several images from Guatemala with music of the National Anthem of Guatemala.
Guatemalan National Anthem is the second most beautiful Anthem in the world after the French one.
The Anthem was written by Jose Joaquin Palma, born in Cuba in 1844. In 1873 moves to Guatemala and writes the lyrics as a gratitude […]
Current Status of Guatemalan Adoptions
Published at May 4th, 2007 in Adoption.2 CommentsThe adoption process in Guatemala is about to change due to the new legislation that will implement the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in respect of Inter-Country Adoptions (HCICA). Although Guatemala acceded the Convention in 2002, the government didn’t create an implementing legislation. As a result the implementation of the HCICA could […]
Airlines in Guatemala
Published at May 3rd, 2007 in Transportation.2 CommentsSeveral airlines have regular flights to Guatemala from US Cities: Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Fourt Lauderdale, Los Angeles and Miami, New York and San Francisco . Other International routes are Belize City, Cancun, La Habana, Madrid, Managua, México City, Panama City, San Jose, San Pedro Sula and San Salvador.
The country has two international airports: La […]