We finish this week’s mini series on handmade signs of Antigua Guatemala with a wider perspective that includes the sign of Café La Parada and a coffee lover enjoying one of the espressos one can have in our charming town.
We continue our mini series of of handmade signs of Antigua Guatemala with this wooden and metal sign for Helados Cool. How much creativity one can find in the handmade signs of this enchanting town, don’t you agree?
There’s so much diversity in the signs found in Antigua Guatemala. Take a photographic tour through the more than 212 signs I have shared with you thus far. Have fun and let me know which one is your favorite sign.
The handmade wooden sign for Mexico Lindo is simple yet effective with simple hand-writing letters and a Catarina skull with lots of negative space. ¡Qué rico!
We started this week’s mini series with wooden sign, then we continued with metallic and wood sign. Today’s I share with you the handmade ceramic sign of Posada El Antaño; which is one of my favorites signs on 6a avenida. Enjoy!
Today I share with you the handmade sign with wood and metal parts for Donde el Gringo; you can find it right …
I believe this is the wooden sign for a Guatemalan Caribbean-Garífuna restaurant located on 6a avenida norte. I still haven’t try their food, but it is on my list for the Friday’s Foodie Spots. Stay tuned!
The handmade sign of Aruma found on Calle del Arco is the latest addition to the most extensive collection of signs from …
Antigua Guatemala’s signage regulation dictates that all signs have to be hand made and only these materials can be used: wood, metal …
Some streets of Antigua Guatemala still have signs showing the original names of the streets as Calle del Hospital, nowadays 6a calle …
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish words of the day: Doble Vía for two way street.
Most signs in Antigua Guatemala are made by hand using metal, wood or ceramic as it is required by the signage regulation. …
The town of Antigua Guatemala was founded as Santiago de Guatemala on July 25, 1524. The location of Antigua Guatemala was third …
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Alto for Stop.
Here’s another quotidian vista from Antigua Guatemala that includes the classic ladder, wall textures and hand-made sign of Tienda de Doña Gavi, …
La Antigua Guatemala is full of creative signs like this one: A falta de amor, otra cerveza por favor. How would you …
So what differences do you find between the two women?
You can never get bored with the signs you find in Antigua Guatemala. If you don’t believe me, take a photographic tour …
To say that the street signage is deficient in Antigua Guatemala is an understatement. Often times I see tourists and visitors trying …
As shown in the entry Framing Practice During Antigua Photo Walks, the vintage design of these new scooters work really well with …
It’s been a while since I shared a hand-made sign with you guys. As many of you know, I enjoy collecting pictures …
Here’s a creative way to place a business sign on the streets by using a vintage bicycle in front of the doorway. …
A few years ago, our guest writer Arturo Godoy published a post about custom-made boots and shoes made in Pastores, a town …
It’s been a while since I last fed the Signs category, over two months ago to be precise. As many of you …
This is the sign for Segafredo Zanetti in Antigua Guatemala which I covered a few days ago. Obviously, I felt the urge …
You guys and I are very lucky. Let me explain. The other day I was capturing the lighting of the torches and …
Business signs are getting more creative in Antigua Guatemala. If you don’t believe, take a tour through Signs category to sample some …
I have a soft spot for the business hand-made signs found in Antigua Guatemala. Some of my favorites are the Liquor and …
This has to be the most creative business sign I have ever seen. I found this sign in San Juan del Obispo …
Honestly, I can not understand why I took so long to publish the sign of La Casa de los Gigantes since this …
It’s been a while since I posted something to the sign category, today, I break from the hiatus with a very fine …
This signs reads, For Sale: Mangoes with ground roasted pumpkin seeds (pepita o pepitoria), Tangerines (mandarinas) with ground roasted pumpkin seeds (pepita), …
Tiendecitas or tienditas, little convenience stores, have to be the most popular business enterprise in Guatemala. I can not imagine living without …
The other day on my way to the office I came across these interesting signs. The sign that pulled me in was …
This is how maps looked like in colonial times. Can you see the reference to Cerro de la Cruz? You may have …
It seems like most churches and buildings in La Antigua Guatemala have a sign similar to the one above. Another such sign …
This sign can be found in the hallway of the SAT building in La Antigua Guatemala. By the way, SAT is the …
This is a follow up to the Pearls and Pans and Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket posts where I …
I found this colorful sign at the entrance of El Jaulón building, just one block east of Parque Central. I am sure …
I was very impressed to find out many of you knew about the original street name signs and also knew where they …
I can’t believe how slow I am and how little attention I pay to the details that come my way everyday. Can …
This is one more sign style found in La Antigua Guatemala. There are 133 pages in the Signs category, which I believe …
Like the Sanitarios sign, you should also make sure you know how to read this sign. Salida de Emergencia means Emergency Exit. …
I really like the visual effect obtained by raising a metal sign a few inches off the wall and putting some lights …
In La Antigua Guatemala you get so used to certain things, or rather the absence of certain things. For instance, only when …
I like the ceramic “doble vía” signs and metal frames in La Antigua Guatemala. To be honest, I like all the ceramic …
It’s incredible how easily I fall for hand-made rustic signs in La Antigua Guatemala. A tour through the Sign category with over …
“Chunches y Chunchitos” is what a call a creative Guatemalan name for a business. What do you think they sell inside and …
What kind of business do you think corresponds to El Cofre sign? Like every first of the month, today is theme day …
One of the things I enjoy very much of visiting my dear friend Pascu, manager of Antigua Canopy Tours, is having a …
Stucio C took part in the realization of visual effects for more than 350 shots for the movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: …
La esquina means the corner so what a fitting name for this restaurant and shop located on a corner house one block …
Have I told you how much I love the dry season in Guatemala (November through April)? Well, I do for so many …
Trust me, do no trust your nostalgic memories; they will mislead you. 🙁 Today’s sign of al Macarone is a very good …
Last month I shared with you La Antigua Guatemala Sign Ordinances. I will again post the information below to keep fresh. One …
Beautiful, simple and elegant sign made with six ceramic tiles. Now, I wish I knew what they do or sell at Alforja. …
Perhaps the fact that I am a graphic designer is what causes me to stop and take pictures of signs in La …
So, finally I have gotten a copy of La Antigua Guatemala’s sign ordinances. I received two legal-size pages with almost Illegible text …
We continue feeding the sign category with a sign made from ceramic tiles. There are over 106 sign entries thus far. You …
Okay, so I’m going to need some help with this one. I know Rudy has an abundant sign collection and I thought …
I believe the Muni should begin posting these signs all over town. Let licuado lovers be aware!
When he had fished the last fish, poison the last river, and cut down the last tree, man will realize that he …
Continuing with the night photography thread from the Theme Day, we also add number 101 sign to overflowing Sign category. If you …
I am always amazed by the great quantity and quality of the signage in La Antigua Guatemala. Incredible that even though signs …
Just by walking around the streets of La Antigua Guatemala you can learn a whole new vocabulary by reading sings. If you …
Café Barista is the newest hipster kid on the block in La Antigua Guatemala. Café Barista opened its doors the week before …
Okay, here’s a sign of restaurant exploiting the fact that everybody knows all grandmothers prepare the best food and have the most …
Oh I really like the texture and shape of this sign. Do you know what pietra is? It’s not a Spanish word.
This is crap! The four basic principles of graphic design are: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity. It was Robin Williams, the graphic …
With new Municipal government in 2008 came some rather obvious nice things that were missing from the main entrance to La Antigua …
Okay, if you have followed the daily dispatches from La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo for a while, you would remember that back …
Acuario is the Spanish word for aquarium and Don Chobe is the only shop in La Antigua Guatemala that caters exclusively to …
It’s amazing how creative are the sign makers around La Antigua Guatemala. A quick glance at the Signs category can show the …
Some businesses just feel the need to have a sign hanging for every one of their services. 🙁
I really like the naí¯f aspects of this sign. I like how the composition is trying very hard to include all the …
Don’t you ever say I don’t take you deep into the most obscure holes of La Antigua Guatemala in search of the …
La Antigua Guatemala is so full of antique signs that you can find while strolling around the ruins, buildings and parks. Today’s …
I am sure that most people that visit La Antigua Guatemala get to see the fountain at the Main Square; some might …
Believe it or not what you call the Santa Lucía Street is the biggest controversy on this 6-block-long avenue. See, most people …
Here’s a second wooden sign for the Sabe Rico Delicatessen Chocolatería which can be found hanging at the entrance doorway. I really …
Obviously not all the signs are for new business. Sometimes, there are business which did not succeed and their local is taken …
I said it before, but I repeat it now: I could go on forever photographing the never-ending supply of signs around Antigua. …
More than once I have explained my method of taking photographs around La Antigua Guatemala. Back in April 23rd, 207, I explained …
This is another tradition which is disappearing from the façades of La Antigua Guatemala. Having a tiled-sign with the family names on …
The Marimba Orquesta Ave Lira Sign is so small that you may have trouble finding their home-base. I have published a photo …
Somethings or their absence, really, make the lifestyle of La Antigua Guatemala very pleasant. The absence of billboards, banners and large signs …
If I started a series about the NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) headquartered in La Antigua Guatemala, one per day, I could probably …
This is the technical data sign in front of the Esquisuchil Tree or Tree of Santo Hermano Pedro. Come back tomorrow for …
Sometimes just showing a sign can be considered a political act. Today’s photo about one particular architect’s sign falls under the political …
Today we resume the sign fetish series. How do you get this vigorous red color? First you find red wall looking west …
Sol Latino is a band that plays mostly Andean and Latin American music. For a long time Sol Latino wonder around the different venues and bar/restaurant circuit in La Antigua Guatemala. Eventually, they managed to get an investor to open up a restaurant-bar so they could have their own stage where to play every night. La Peña de Sol Latino became their home base; thus, they needed to wonder no more.
No Food, No Cameras, No Guns, No Backpackers and No Private Guards inside, the sign reads. Only in Guatemala you can find this kind of signs (I think). Guns are a big trouble, you know; people do crazy things with them and not only in Guatemala; naked guns are worn in the belts like cellphones or keychains; even banks and offices have an unusual piece of furniture to deposit customers’ guns at the entrance. Certainly Guatemala is not the only gun-crazy country in the world, nevertheless, it sad to see signs like the one above, captured at Angelina’s Doorway.
My condolences to the families and friends of the students who lost their lives yesterday in Illinois. 🙁
Signs: They come with all kinds messages; some with weird information too.
If you’ve been visiting La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo for a month or longer, you will know that the sign category gets a lot of attention from my viewfinder. You can browse the sign category to see 48 samples of the different signs capture thus far.
COLOMBIA SANS FARC, the sign reads.
