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Centro Cultural La Azotea

TIME : 2016/2/18 15:48:38

A sprawling coffee plantation outside Jocotenango, La Azotea features a complex of three museums. The Museo del Café covers the history and process of coffee cultivation; the Casa K'ojom holds a superb collection of traditional Maya musical instruments, masks, paintings and other artifacts; and the Rincón de Sacatepéquez displays the multicolored outfits and crafts of the Antigua valley.

Afterward, you can roam the coffee plantation itself, which is crisscrossed by nature trails. A shop sells quality coffee, local crafts and Maya instruments, and a restaurant offers good, moderately priced Guatemalan food. There is also the Establo La Ronda, where you can take a one-hour morning horse ride round the grounds (minimum two persons; ring the museum two days ahead).

Free minibuses to La Azotea leave from Antigua's Parque Central hourly from 9am to 3pm, with the last one returning at 4:40pm.