Contact
Hotel Casa Rustica
Has a small bar and internet cafe inside its doors located just 1 block west of the central park @ 6th ave norte #8. the wi/fi signal is fast and strong. for hotel guest, this service is free. for walk-in customers, it is q5/hr, q20/day or q70/wk. check your emails sitting in the garden, terrace or a hammock, while sipping on a cool one or eating a snack. also, if you are a dog lover, pet one of the 3 hotel mascots.
There are many internet cafes and long-distance phone shops in Antigua. Internet time costs from Q5-10 per hour. Internet shops often have video phones for Skype calls. Many phone shops uses voice over internet protocol, and not all area codes will work. The phone shop at the town center will not reach certain cell phones and certain newer area codes. But just around the northwest corner is another phone shop that reached most USA area codes. Just ask as they will reluctantly point you to their competitor. Cellphones from the US will work but will charge $2 a minute for use, for receiving voicemail or for reaching customer service. Some people ask their carrier to turn off the voice mail function to avoid charges for voice mail.
Rainbow Restaurant and Bookshop
Includes internet access in its cornucopia of tourist-friendly offerings price unknown as of dec 2005. if you spend more than q20 in the bookstore, you get 25 minutes of internet time as a bonus. 7a ave sur #8 at 6a calle. tel +502-7832-1919.
Funky Monkey Net - Now Known as BambooNet
5a ave sur l-2, paseo de los corregedores #6. tel +502-7832-4195. email [email protected]. a tourist-oriented cafe just south of parque central, offering good machines and a fairly low q6/hour as of jul 2007. upstairs is bamboo group, s.a. a real estate and business consulting office. around the same atrium paseo de los corregedores there are several other tourist-oriented services including the kinky afro hair salon. their website (http://www.bamboogroupsa.com), offers useful information like a tourist map.
The Bagel Barn
5a calle poniente #2, offers free wifi internet for those travelling with laptop computers. enjoy a nice cup of coffee or a freshly toasted bagel while you browse the net. you are two steps away from central park.
Enlaces
Is a large, well-run outlet that is perhaps the best value for price. they have internet access on dozens of consistent, fast, reliable machines on two stories for q6/hour, domestic phone calls at q2, international calls price unknown. they offer packages like an "internet value card" at 10.5 hours for q54 or 25 hours for q100. they also have a travel agent and bar on the premises. it is at 6a avenida norte, between 5a and 4a calle poniente, one block due west from parque central.
Escuela Español International Calls
Has about a dozen machines with internet access for q5/hour as of dec 2005. the price is great, but the machines are not quite as fast and reliable as those at enlaces. 6a calle pte #8, one block south and 1 block west of parque central.
Laundry
can be done by various lavanderias around town. You drop off your laundry, they weigh it and charge you a price per pound not per kilogram, interestingly. The laundry is dried and available for pickup in 2-4 h. Locals advise that you inventory your laundry, to be sure that none is lost or exchanged with another load. Two full backpacks of clothes weighed about 16 lb. Rapi Lavado, 6a Calle Pte No. 14, between 5a and 6a Ave Sur. As of December 2005, charged Q5/lb. Colonial Laundry, 4th Ave North #42, all the way to the end. Spring Laundry, Primera Avenida Sur near Iglesia de San Francisco. LavanderÃa Los Nazarenos, south side of Calle de Los Nazarenos north of 1a Calle, between 6a and 7a Ave. As of May 2012, Q4/lb.