Colonial Antigua past and present with Celebrity

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# GQ10 has anyone been on this excursion? Trying to schedule an

excursion for this stop. any recommendations welcom but we perfer to

go on a ship sponsor tour to ensure the ship won't leave us if there are traffic delays.

[Hlitner]

Cannot speak to your specific tour, but we were just in Antiqua about 3 weeks ago on a Veendam cruise and found a lot to like about Antigua. We were part of a group of 12 who did a private excursion, but DW and I jumped off the tour for about an hour (we later met up with our group at the Parque Centrale) and browsed the shops and grabbed a bite to eat. I later mentioned to our guide that if they could somehow move the city of Antigua to a location near the sea (and a decent beach) we would return for a vacation.

 

The US State Department does not seem to have a high opinion of Guatemala when it comes to tourism and says this is a dangerous country. But we did not see anything in the city to cause us any concern.

 

Hank

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Cannot speak to your specific tour, but we were just in Antiqua about 3 weeks ago on a Veendam cruise and found a lot to like about Antigua. We were part of a group of 12 who did a private excursion, but DW and I jumped off the tour for about an hour (we later met up with our group at the Parque Centrale) and browsed the shops and grabbed a bite to eat. I later mentioned to our guide that if they could somehow move the city of Antigua to a location near the sea (and a decent beach) we would return for a vacation.

 

The US State Department does not seem to have a high opinion of Guatemala when it comes to tourism and says this is a dangerous country. But we did not see anything in the city to cause us any concern.

 

Hank

 

That is one of my concerns safety.

[Hlitner]

That is one of my concerns safety.

 

Well, then you might want to simply stay on the ship in most of your ports. Unless you are on a ship like the Costa Concordia you should be very safe on board.

 

Hank