Two Hours Private Backstrap Weaving Workshop in Antigua
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Private tour
Highlights
Take a morning to learn the Maya art of backstrap weaving in a beautiful central Antigua courtyard, surrounded by plants. Sit alongside a master weaver and learn her story. Guatemala is a country rich in its textile tradition, with lots of colors everywhere. But do you know what it really takes to create a weaving? Beginners can gain appreciation of this tradition, and advanced weavers can dive into the nitty gritty details of single-sided or even double-sided brocade. Stitch by stitch, learn to weave a traditional motif.
Inclusions
What's included
- Snacks
- Backstrap loom during class
- PDF guide with pre-recorded videos
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 40 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- We are located at 1a Avenida Sur #4B in Antigua. Find us on Google Maps as "Kakaw Designs." Feel free to arrive a few minutes before your class to choose your loom. We offer 20% off all our products for in-person studio visits, so please allow some time after your class for browsing :)
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Kakaw Designs
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Antigua
- Its from-price is 44% below the median of the 411 experiences we list in Antigua.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 73 of 411.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Antigua
Antigua Guatemala is a colonial city of cobbled streets, ruined churches and pastel façades, ringed by three volcanoes in the Guatemalan highlands.
Antigua was the capital of Spanish Guatemala until earthquakes in 1773 led to the move of the government to the present capital. The grid of cobbled streets and low colonial houses survived, together with the ruins of grand churches and convents, and the town is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The yellow Santa Catalina Arch, with its clock tower, frames Volcán de Agua at the end of a street.
Top-ranked sights in Antigua: Antigua Central Park (Parque Central), Cerro de la Cruz (Hill of the Cross), La Merced Church (Iglesia de la Merced).
Special offers in Antigua
Was/now prices come from the operator, never from us.
10% offFree cancellation
