
The Iconic Búcaro Fountains of Antigua Guatemala
This type of half fountain embedded on a wall are known as búcaro and they are everywhere in Antigua Guatemala. So much …
This type of half fountain embedded on a wall are known as búcaro and they are everywhere in Antigua Guatemala. So much …
A búcaro fountain is half fountain normally embedded in a wall, usually near an inside patio, but it can be anywhere. Since …
Often the Fuente de Las Sirenas, mermaids fountain, is decorated with flowers. Today I share with you one such vista where the …
Take a photographic tour through different fountains of Antigua Guatemala; there are over 130 fountains thus far. Participate in the Thanksgiving raffle …
As I have mentioned before, it is common practice in and around Antigua Guatemala to decorate windows, entryways, façade and fountains with …
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Búcaro fountain or embedded fountain.
It is common practice in and around La Antigua Guatemala to decorate fountains with flowers, especially during the Flower Festival of Antigua …
I often wonder how many public-access fountains there are in Antigua Guatemala. Also, there’s truly something special about the many and gorgeous …
Did you know that the official name for Antigua Guatemala’s parque central is actually Plaza Mayor? Also the benches around the Fuente …
If you have been following the daily updates of AntiguaDailyPhoto, you guys know I have covered dozen of times the mermaids that …
Your Spanish word of the day: Nicho for niche. We already know that there are over hundred mermaids in La Antigua Guatemala. …
The other day while scouting for new locations for the Artistic Photo Sessions I now offer, I came across a large garden …
Here’s your Spanish word for the day: Callejón or alley. In Antigua Guatemala a callejón is an even narrower street, usually not …
The question should be, when was the last time you visited San Juan del Obispo? If the answer is not recently or …
Birds are quite common around the fountains and water faucets in Antigua Guatemala. I guess coffee plantations are a great places for …
Whoever came up with the idea of pairing the omnipresent bucaro fountain and a vertical garden is pure genius. Imagine a vertical …
I don’t know how many times I have shown flowers inside a fountain in AntiguaDailyPhoto, but certainly it’s more than five. I …
Here’s a follow up to yesterday post so you can see a little more about the surroundings of this lovely little park …
I have not idea why La Escuela de Cristo church is so important in Antigua Guatemala. The two largest processions from Antigua …
This fountain in San Juan del Obispo was my second choice to show tranquility for the theme day of the Photo Daily …
If Antigua Guatemala means the Former Guatemala City, then Ciudad Vieja (Old City) would mean the former former Guatemala City. For a …
A búcaro fountain is half fountain normally embedded in a wall, normally near an inside patio, but it can be anywhere. I’ve …
I have mentioned it a few times, but let me repeat it again. There’s are aesthetic principles which are used and apply …
It’s nice to see colonial pilas and lavaderos (water tanks + washbasins) being used now as fountains and as decoration. If you …
Oftentimes we do things driven by the unconscious mind and that’s why is very difficult to have the coherent answers for them. …
A couple of weeks ago as I checked in at the Plaza Mayor (Main Square) with Foursquare, I mentioned that everyone was …
This fountain is located on the parallel path of Alameda El Calvario. At sunset you can find teenagers and students having atol …
Cool and peaceful are the afternoons in Central Park nowadays, except for the murmurs of the mermaids and the people enjoying the …
Like many fountain’s around Antigua Guatemala, there is always something very soothing about them (oh, and the light was just beautiful), but …