Today I share with you how the world-famous Arco de Santa Catalina looks like with the fleeting stars Christmas lights surrounding the arch. This is a follow up post to the Fleeting Stars Christmas Lights at Calle del Arco I posted on December 4th. I hope you enjoy both vistas from Calle del Arco.
The theme for the Christmas lights decorations through out Antigua Guatemala is fleeting stars; especially Calle del Arco with its repeating estrellas fugaces. Every night during the December and first weeks of January the Parque Central will be glowing with Christmas lights, as well as the Calle del Arco and main streets of Antigua Guatemala. … Read more
If there’s something I have learned from my Antigua Photo Shoots is that if you want to find the emblematic arch and Calle del Arco you must be there as early as possible. I know for a fact after so many photo shoots that by 9am arch street is crowded with people, parked cars and … Read more
I much prefer the early morning for walks, photo walks and photo shoots in Antigua Guatemala and elsewhere when everything is more quite and there are less crowds and traffic. The light is also quite gorgeous in the early morning. I recommend to give morning walks a try at least once if you are not … Read more
The best time to take photos of Calle del Arco without pedestrians and traffic is early in the morning, around 7am. That’s how you can showcase the colorful houses on this avenue.
Smartphone cameras are the most common cameras people use during the photo walks I lead in and around Antigua Guatemala. Of course, it is very gratifying to me teach people how to best use their smartphone cameras and all the features they offer to be able to capture daily life vistas during their travels…
Yesterday I noticed how the municipal transit police closed completely the one block where the Arco de Santa Catalina is located. Honestly, they should have turned the entire strip of 5a avenida, from Parque Central to Iglesia de La Merced, into a pedestrian pathway, don’t your agree?
The last week of November municipal employees were busy installing the Christmas light decorations through out the city. The angel wings illuminate Calle del Arco from Parque Central to Iglesia de La Merced… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
As I mention every year at the beginning of the Fall season: you better start making your way towards Antigua Guatemala to enjoy the Fall and Winter light and colors and our temperate weather. Don’t get caught in the long, cold, harsh Winter…
If you don’t know what Macondo is, follow the white rabbit into the rabbit hole of magic realism… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
I would venture to say that these two colors are the most often used to paint the façades of houses and buildings through out this enchanting town… TAP to see the full photo and the official Cartilla del Color of La Antigua Guatemala.
Back on May Day 2006 I set out to share with you daily life vistas and something else from Antigua Guatemala, a tiny town with 8×8 street grid, more or less. So, today I am happy to share with you some interesting window decoration and something else I found at Calle del Arco. Enjoy!
Actually in five days we will be celebrating the 15th anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto.com. You know, I will be stopping the daily updates on May 1st, 2021; the site will live on and I will post updates from time to time, but not daily. It has been a wild ride, 5,479 days by the time we … Read more
I have been contacted by quite a few people with interesting in traveling to Guatemala in the coming months and wanted to know how is life in Antigua Guatemala, how are we coping with the pandemic. This is what I told them… KEEP READING.
Well, it looks like in 2021 the Christmas decorations will put away much sooner than under normal circumstances. Just yesterday I shared what the Christmas lights in the shape of wings looked like and today they are gone.