Good place to spend an hour or so exploring, not a lot of information about the history or ruins. Avoid going on weekend as it will be full of guatemalans crowding the place. Thought the admission was quite expensive.

Church and convent of Las Capuchinas was abandoned after being destroyed in the earthquake of 1773. It restoration began in 1943 and it is still under repair today. The convent’s foundation dates to 1726, an art work from architect Diego de Porres. There are beautiful...More

This is a cool place to visit. The architecture is wonderful and there are a lot of interesting spots to visit there.

My friends and I thoroughly enjoyed walking around these ruins. What made the experience was using the tour guide we met in the very first room. At first we were not interested in a tour guide, but he was very friendly and offered some initial...More

It is an amazing place but this last time we were told we cannot take pictures of ourselves or we would be charged which we considered to be rude since you usually wanna take pictures of yourself when you visit a place right?

This is a nice place to get away and explore something that is rife with history. All sorts of fun nooks and crannies to explore.

I really enjoyed these ruins. They have been rehabilitated with a joint partnership with the government of Taiwan. These ruins have recreations of rooms (you can see how the nuns lived), nice grounds and a museum with original artwork and religious pieces from the original...More

The best thing we did was pay for a guided tour. I was $20 and worth so much more. He told us all kinds of secrets that we could have never learned on our own. Man could he sing too.

We had become used to having Antigua's sights pretty much to ourselves during our April and May visits. Unfortunately our visit to Convento Capuchinas coincided with its use for an art class in the main courtyard (many of the students now feature in my holiday...More

I'm not Catholic, or even Christian, but this place is gorgeous. There is a room you can walk down into that is perfect for singing! I will be going back just do that again lol