It's five o'clock in the afternoon; I am resting in a bench in the park surrounded by kids that run near me. In the bench that is in front of mine an indigenous woman insists on trying to sell some handicrafts to a couple of foreigners, and far away, I watch a wagon pull by two horses.

In spite of the hour, La Antigua is a very restful place, and with that peacefulness I continue reading with the company of the blowing wind that starts refreshing the area. A few minutes later, the idea of a cup of Antigua coffee makes me stand up and walk around its cobblestone streets until arriving to El Sitio. After tasting my yearning beverage, in Le Café des Artistes, I wait for a few minutes to enjoy a movie on that cultural center.

When I get out the moon is already looking at me, I stop in front of one of the illuminated ruins and I continue my trip looking for a place where I can pass a nice evening.

The next day, La Antigua still has for me an anxiety essence; the morning passes by between visits to ruins and churches, waiting to taste a luscious lunch in any of the many places that this city has to offer.

When the afternoon arrives, it is not difficult to find what to do, since there are plenty of options.

A visit to Casa del Jade is a suggesting and instructive alternative, cause I get to know the different variations of this stone and recognize its value. Besides, the samples of all the things you can do with it are amazing and together with a group of foreign tourists, that are doing the visit, I enjoy watching how an artisan models one of the stones.

When we get out, I have a craving for something different, so I go to Café Flor, which is one block behind the Cathedral, where I found something different: a ginger tea with milk. The place is very cozy, the cushions in the floor and the smell of incense relaxes you completely, to the point that when I get out to the street again the calmed city seems even more relaxed.

I walk to one of the many internet places and then I walk to La Merced, the yellow church that stands on the landscape at the end of the street of el Arco. In its atrium the stands of tostadas, chuchitos and roasted corn attract the tourists in an explicable form, the afternoon is finishing and a guitar concert that I saw announced in some posters is the best option for the night.

After a few days walking around the city, I discover that the afternoons are more enchanting, every day the sky is a different work of art that invites to observe the pastel tones of the landscape and I also found out that in here I have plenty of options for entire days in different places.

That is why, it is worthwhile wait to see a sunset in La Antigua. At nights, life awakes in other forms, and the streetlights start shining and illuminating the cobblestone streets, that at this time start to rest.

La Antigua Guatemala more than being a Patrimony of Humanity, and a real colonial jewel is also a place to enrich your culture.

Some of the cultural activities that will help enhance your spirit are the Festival de la Cultura Paiz, organized by the Paiz Foundation; the Mosaico Cultural realized by Casa Santo Domingo; the activities of Colegio de Santo Tomás and of the Cultural Center El Sitio.

And this is just the beginning, because according to the authorities of this lustrous city, its streets and parks will also be scenery of cultural activities.