Guatemala
City overview
Guatemala packs volcanoes, Maya cities and colonial streets into a country you can cross in a day. Antigua's cobbled centre sits beneath three volcanoes, Lake Atitlan fills a crater ringed by Maya villages, and Tikal's temples rise out of the Peten rainforest. The Jewish community numbers under a thousand people, almost all of them in Guatemala City, where an Orthodox congregation and a Sephardi society have both been established for a century. Three Chabad houses serve travellers - one in the capital, one in Antigua and one on the shore of Lake Atitlan - and each of them cooks. Kosher food, Shabbos meals and a minyan are all reachable on the standard Guatemala route.
Antigua · Free
The 17th-century convent arch framing Volcán de Agua is the single most photographed spot in Guatemala and the landmark everything in Antigua is navigated from.
Time needed
15 minutes
Hours
Open daily 24 hours
Tips
The volcano is clearest early - by mid-morning cloud usually covers the cone and the street fills with traffic. The arch is lit at night.
Neighborhood
Antigua Guatemala
Activity providers
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.