After our cooking class we popped over to our next hotel, El Convento. Our room wasn’t ready as we were three hours early. We were anxious to see the place after the reviews I had read. The hotel is set on the quiet northeast corner of the city and is across the street from Las Cappuchinas, a historic convent and church from the 1700s.
Once a mansion for one of Antigua’s elite, El Convento opened this past year as a small 12 room luxe inn and gourmet restaurant. They had every little detail nailed down to a tee; hand carved wood doors, cascading flowering vines hanging over ornate wood columns, rooftop patio with fireplace and sitting area, exposed brick, hardwood walkways and lush tropical-like landscaping. Kristen was ecstatic.
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