Convento de las Capuchinas
One of the best-preserved colonial convent ruins, featuring a circular 'hermitage tower' surrounded by eighteen nuns' cells.
The convent was completed in 1736 and was the last convent built in Antigua. It partly collapsed in the 1773 earthquake, but its cloisters, courtyard fountain, kitchens and laundry basins are relatively well preserved. Most distinctive is the 'hermitage tower': a circular cloister wraps around a central stone column, with eighteen nuns' cells arranged on the upper level, and the echo in the basement is remarkable. Admission is about 40 quetzales for foreign visitors, and the rooftop terrace offers views of Volcán de Agua. It lies in the northeast of the old town, about a 3-minute walk from Santa Catalina Arch.
Opening hours
09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Iglesia de El Carmen
- Santa Catalina Arch
- Iglesia de La Merced
- Museo de Arte Colonial
- Casa Popenoe
- Parque Central & Cathedral
- Cerro de la Cruz
- Palacio de los Capitanes Generales