Visiting Casa del Tejido Antiguo

About Casa del Tejido Antiguo

This small textile museum explains how the huipiles of different highland towns are woven, with displays of regional patterns and backstrap loom demonstrations. It also has a shop of woven pieces, useful for learning to tell hand-loomed textiles from machine-made copies.

Tip: Ask about the patterns of a specific village, such as Santiago Atitlán or San Antonio Aguas Calientes, before you visit those markets.

Plan your visit

• Time needed: 45 minutes.
• Cost: Low cost.
• Book ahead: not usually needed; buy on arrival.
• Where: Centro around Parque Central, the main square, cathedral and arcaded colonial palaces at the centre of the grid.

Best time to visit Casa del Tejido Antiguo

Casa del Tejido Antiguo is indoors, which makes it a good plan for the wettest months:

• September: 24°C (75°F) highs, about 21 rainy days, quiet crowds.
• June: 25°C (77°F) highs, about 20 rainy days, quiet crowds.
• August: 24°C (75°F) highs, about 19 rainy days, moderate crowds.

When to visit Antigua has the full month-by-month picture.

Fit it into your trip

Casa del Tejido Antiguo is not on our short itineraries, so plan it as an extra once you have seen Parque Central and Antigua Cathedral.

• No. 12 of the 14 sights in our Antigua things-to-do list.
• Day 1 of the 1-day plan.
• Day 1 of the 2-day plan.
• Day 5 of the 5-day plan.

Near Casa del Tejido Antiguo

Also in Centro around Parque Central, so you can walk between them:

• ChocoMuseo — 2 hours for a workshop, mid-priced
• Casa Santo Domingo — 1.5–2 hours, low cost
• Antigua Cathedral — 45 minutes, low cost

If you like Casa del Tejido Antiguo

• Iglesia de San Francisco — San Francisco and El Calvario, 1 hour

Staying near Casa del Tejido Antiguo

Stay in Centro around Parque Central ($$$) to walk here: the main square, cathedral and arcaded colonial palaces at the centre of the grid. All areas to stay in Antigua.

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