Iglesia de San Francisco

Lonely Planet review

Little of the original 16th-century Iglesia de San Francisco remains, but reconstruction and restoration over the centuries have produced a handsome structure. In the north transept is the tomb of Santo Hermano Pedro de San José de Betancurt (1626-67), a Franciscan monk who founded a hospital for the poor in Antigua and earned the gratitude of generations. He's Guatemala's most venerated local Christian figure, and was made a saint in 2002 when Pope John Paul II visited Guatemala.

His intercession is still sought by the ill, who pray fervently by the tomb. On the south side of the church are the Museo del Hermano Pedro and the ruins of the adjoining monastery.