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Guatemala City became the capital in 1776, after an earthquake finished Antigua, and it remains where the flights land rather than where anyone lingers. Antigua is forty-five minutes away: a colonial capital abandoned after an earthquake in 1773, ringed by three volcanoes and World Heritage since 1979.

Acatenango is climbed overnight to camp opposite Fuego, which erupts every few minutes through the dark. Lake Atitlán and its Maya villages are three hours further west.

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Top 10 sights in Guatemala City

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Kaminaljuyu
A Maya city occupied from about 1500 BC to AD 1200, once spreading over some five square kilometres with around 200 platforms and mounds. Guatemala City has swallowed nearly all of it; half a square kilometre of the Classic-period centre survives as a park.
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Cathedral of Guatemala City
The cathedral of the archdiocese of Guatemala, facing the central park of Guatemala City. Its heavy structure, mixing baroque with classical elements, has carried it through repeated earthquakes.
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Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
A Latter-day Saints temple opened in Guatemala City in 1984. It was the first temple of that church in Central America and is small in scale.
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Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"
The national museum of modern art in Guatemala City, opened in 1934. It is named after the Guatemalan painter Carlos Mérida and holds the country's art of the twentieth century.
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Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología
The national museum of archaeology and ethnology in Guatemala City, opened in 1898. It is the largest in the country, holding jade masks and stelae from the Maya sites.
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Naciones Unidas National Park
A national park at Villa Nueva south of Guatemala City, made up of pine forest and ravines, and used as a weekend refuge by the people of the capital.
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Santo Domingo Church in Guatemala City
The church of the old Dominican convent, rebuilt after the earthquakes that drove the capital to this valley and finished in the 18th century. It holds the Virgin of the Rosary, an image crowned in silver and gold that is carried through the streets each October.
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Obelisco
A commemorative obelisk raised in Guatemala City in 1935. It marks the independence of the country and stands in a roundabout on one of the main avenues.
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Templo de Minerva (Guatemala)
A temple-shaped building raised in Guatemala City in 1901. It honours Minerva, goddess of wisdom, and was built as an emblem of public education.
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Carrera Theater
A theatre built in Guatemala City in 1859. It was the first opera house in the country; it collapsed in the earthquake of 1917 and a new theatre was raised on the site.
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Casa de Dios
A neo-Pentecostal megachurch founded on 11 September 1994 by the preacher Cash Luna and his wife Sonia. Its auditorium outside Guatemala City holds a congregation of many thousands, and its services are broadcast across Latin America.
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Museo Miraflores
An archaeological museum in Guatemala City. It stands beside the remains of Kaminaljuyú, the Maya city surviving in the middle of the modern one, and displays the finds from it.
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Fraternidad Cristiana de Guatemala
A large Protestant church at Mixco outside Guatemala City. It began in the 1970s and is an example of the growth of the evangelical churches in the country.
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San José Castle
A fort outside Guatemala City. The Spanish built it in the eighteenth century; it now serves as a military museum and keeps its old gun positions.
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Top 10 sights in Guatemala City

Ranked by Wikipedia language editions — proven fame.

Kaminaljuyu

A Maya city occupied from about 1500 BC to AD 1200, once spreading over some five square kilometres with around 200 platforms and mounds. Guatemala City has swallowed nearly all of it; half a square kilometre of the Classic-period centre survives as a park.

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Cathedral of Guatemala City

The cathedral of the archdiocese of Guatemala, facing the central park of Guatemala City. Its heavy structure, mixing baroque with classical elements, has carried it through repeated earthquakes.

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Guatemala City Guatemala Temple

A Latter-day Saints temple opened in Guatemala City in 1984. It was the first temple of that church in Central America and is small in scale.

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Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"

The national museum of modern art in Guatemala City, opened in 1934. It is named after the Guatemalan painter Carlos Mérida and holds the country's art of the twentieth century.

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Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología

The national museum of archaeology and ethnology in Guatemala City, opened in 1898. It is the largest in the country, holding jade masks and stelae from the Maya sites.

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Naciones Unidas National Park

A national park at Villa Nueva south of Guatemala City, made up of pine forest and ravines, and used as a weekend refuge by the people of the capital.

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Santo Domingo Church in Guatemala City

The church of the old Dominican convent, rebuilt after the earthquakes that drove the capital to this valley and finished in the 18th century. It holds the Virgin of the Rosary, an image crowned in silver and gold that is carried through the streets each October.

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Obelisco

A commemorative obelisk raised in Guatemala City in 1935. It marks the independence of the country and stands in a roundabout on one of the main avenues.

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Templo de Minerva (Guatemala)

A temple-shaped building raised in Guatemala City in 1901. It honours Minerva, goddess of wisdom, and was built as an emblem of public education.

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Carrera Theater

A theatre built in Guatemala City in 1859. It was the first opera house in the country; it collapsed in the earthquake of 1917 and a new theatre was raised on the site.

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Trending now

Based on 2025 Wikipedia pageviews — popular places beyond the top 10.

Casa de Dios

A neo-Pentecostal megachurch founded on 11 September 1994 by the preacher Cash Luna and his wife Sonia. Its auditorium outside Guatemala City holds a congregation of many thousands, and its services are broadcast across Latin America.

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Museo Miraflores

An archaeological museum in Guatemala City. It stands beside the remains of Kaminaljuyú, the Maya city surviving in the middle of the modern one, and displays the finds from it.

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Fraternidad Cristiana de Guatemala

A large Protestant church at Mixco outside Guatemala City. It began in the 1970s and is an example of the growth of the evangelical churches in the country.

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San José Castle

A fort outside Guatemala City. The Spanish built it in the eighteenth century; it now serves as a military museum and keeps its old gun positions.

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