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