Antigua’s Flower-decorated Doorways and Façades
Honestly, I don’t know why we don’t have more flower-decorated doorways and façades all year long. I mean, flowers are always in …
Antigua Fragments: Corner Doorway
As you take strolls around Antigua Guatemala you may encounter corner doors and windows; have you seen them? If so, which is …
Entrance Doorway to Casa Pensativo
There is something that I find attractive in this entrance gateway. Perhaps it is the metal jade plant blossom decoration, the lamps, …
Architectonic Details of Antigua Guatemala — Colonial Style Wooden Doorway
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Portón or large doorway. This is one of better looking portones in Antigua Guatemala. …
Architectonic Details of Antigua Guatemala — Baroque Doorway
Let’s continue with the discovery game of this week. Each day I will share an architectonic detail from Antigua Guatemala and you …
Doorway for Casa de los Abuelitos
How many enchanting places can we find in Antigua Guatemala if we dare to explore every little corner and alley. Do you …
Arches and Rectangular Doorway at Capuchinas
The more time I spend at Capuchinas the more I find this building to be very beautiful and enchanting. In case you …
Luxurious Doorway from Antigua Guatemala
Honest, I am making justice to the beauty and elegance of this doorway, but I want to share with you simplicity of …
Doorway into the Raw Past
This week I felt through a rabbit hole, a doorway into the raw textured past of Convento Las Capuchinas. Come back tomorrow …
Beyond the doorway of house in San Miguel Escobar
Here’s sneak peak at what’s inside a house in the village of San Pedro Escobar. As you can see, there’s a horse …
Cathedral’s Arched Doorways
It’s been a while since I shared with you a shot of a doorway. For a long time, doorways and windows used …
Lent Decorations over Doorways
I really like the Lent decorations you find over doorways and windows in La Antigua Guatemala. Lent or Cuaresma in Spanish is …
Doorway Beam Texture Wallpaper
Not only in walls can you find textures in La Antigua Guatemala; sometimes even wooden beams can provide moth-eaten textures. If you …
Narrow Arched-doorway in Antigua
Sure, La Antigua Guatemala is a nearly-quincentennial city and you may be inclined to believe after some strolls around Antigua that nothing …
Corner Doorway at La Casa Amarilla
If you can have a corner window, why not have a corner door, really why not? Can you tell me why doorways …
Casa del Conde Doorway at Night
The Casa del Conde doorway is bound to bring some tears and sweet nostalgic memories to many of LAGDP visitors. See, La …
Hotel Arizona Doorway
The La Antigua Guatemala city ordinances requires that the name of businesses be in Spanish. Some business have dual names like Rainbow Cafe which was forced to change to Café Arcoiris (although they kept Rainbow Cafe at a smaller size within the sign). Backpackers Hotel became Mochileros Hotel and so on. For the most part, I agree with this city ordinance because the La Antigua Guatemala is protected by national and international laws since it was declared by UNESCO as World Heritage.
Arched Doorway in Calle de Chipilapa
A simple old and weathered arched doorway in Calle de Chipilapa. Believe it or not, there’s a matching window photo belonging to the same house… can you tell us under what name or date was published?
Entrance Doorway to the Compañía de Jesús Building
I am sucker for shots with contrast. I like to show all the different contrasting vistas that come into my viewfinder in …
Big Doorway #5 and Shadow Casting Lamp
Boy oh boy, I enjoy breaking the rules. For today we are breaking the photographic rule that says you should avoid taking …
Angelina’s Doorway
I am sure this doorway will fit perfectly in MarieMC‘s Doorways Around the World. Well, I may be wrong because since she …
Arched metal doorway and two knockers
Here is the other leaf of the door I posted yesterday. The owner of Juaréz Hnos. is framed by the arched metal …
Gothic doorway
September started with Daily Photo Theme of Doorways. I am closing the door to September 2006 with another doorway. This is the …
Daily Photo Theme: Doorways (framed shadow)
When Nuno declared on August 1st that the theme for September 1st was going to be doorways I was determined to win, …
Antigua’s doorways: Typical arched door
Here is a typical arched doorway. You can all see the plants are growing wild. Often you see as you walk around …
Antigua’s doorways: why are the doors so big
If you have paid any attention to doors that have appeared on this site, you might have asked yourself, are Guatemalans giants? …
Lent 2022 Decorations
Wednesday March 2nd is the beginning of Lent 2022 or Cuaresma as we call it in the Spanish-speaking world. Purple banners and …
Three Nuns on the streets of Antigua Guatemala
I was leading a photo walk on 7a avenida, I saw a nun came out of through this doorway and I sensed …
Side Door of the former Cathedral Building
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Portón for large doorway. Just when I think I have shared with you every nook …
Antique Doors of Antigua Guatemala
As I have said before, “every block of Antigua Guatemala provides opportunities to capture stylish doors. I was already hook on doorways …