Flower Festival

Antigua Guatemala’s Flower Festival 2021

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Antigua Guatemala's Flower Festival 2021

This past weekend Antigua Guatemala dressed up many of its façades, fountains and parks with flower arrangements. The photograph above show the flower arrangements donned on the fountain of the Plazuela de La Escuela de Cristo. This is the fifth Flower Festival of Antigua Guatemala and quite possibly the most successful; in fact too successful … Read more

Fountain Decorated with Gerbera Flowers During the Festival de Flores of Antigua Guatemala

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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 flowers, especially during the Flower Festival of Antigua Guatemala. Follow the white rabbit [the links] to see all the different flower decorations described above. Participate in the Thanksgiving raffle for a chance to win … Read more

The Flower Festival of Antigua Guatemala is Happening this Weekend

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Exotic Flower Arrangement from Antigua Guatemala

If you like flowers and especially exotic flowers, don’t miss the Flower Festival being held through out Antigua Guatemala this weekend. I will go out to take some photographs tomorrow morning when there’s less people on the streets. Stay tuned! Below you can watch the live coverage.

Antigua Guatemala’s Flower Festival at Night

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Antigua Guatemala's Flower Festival at Night BY RUDY GIRON

The awesome positive feedback I received of the night photographs of the 2nd Flower Festival of Antigua Guatemala confirmed my initial thoughts: I could share a new perspective by photographing at night with a different light and atmosphere. Also, by shooting long exposures, I was abled to capture interesting lights moving through the streets or … Read more

Antigua Guatemala’s Façade Decorated with Flowers

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Bakery and Restaurant San Martin's Façade Decorated with Flowers BY RUDY GIRON

Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Fachada for façade. The flower decoration of façades in Antigua Guatemala was one of the most photogenic parts of the 2nd Flower of Festival this past weekend. Because I was leading photo walks since Wednesday, I didn’t get a chance to make photos in the early mornings, … Read more

Flowers are everywhere in La Antigua Guatemala

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Thanks to the First Flower Festival of Antigua Guatemala we now have flowers everywhere in Antigua Guatemala. What a wonderful initiative and I hope some of the business and entities keep it up all year long. You know, this is something we CAN do in Antigua Guatemala since we have flowers blooming the entire year. … Read more

Yellow is the most popular color in Antigua Guatemala

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If you have been following the daily posts of AntiguaDailyPhoto for nearly 12 years you would come to the conclusion that yellow is the most popular color in Antigua Guatemala. Well, it’s one of my favorite colors in town besides being the color most often shows in the official color palette suggested by the Consejo … Read more

First Flower Festival of Antigua Guatemala

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The first Flower Festival of Antigua Guatemala took place this past weekend, November 18 and 19, with hundreds of flowers on display on public plazas, streets, hotels, restaurants, etc. It was an amazing opportunity to see the full range of colors and flowers found in the gardens and markets of Antigua Guatemala. Here’s one of … Read more