Cada año recibimos miles de turistas de cruceros a Puerto Quetzal desde donde viajan a La Antigua Guatemala para visitar Filadelfia Coffee Resort & Tours y disfrutan de la emoción y seguridad de Antigua Canopy Tours

Bailes, folklor, exposiciones, destinos y un delicioso coctail fue lo que se disfrutÓ en una velada donde chapines y cheros compartÍan lo mejor de Guatemala donde tomÓ el protagonismo nuestra querida Solola.

Antigua canopy tours se complace en haber sido uno de los participantes, no solo de la noche chapina, sino tambien de la exposicion del inguat en el gran centro comercial galerias en el escalÓn donde cientos de salvadoreÑos tambien conocieron nuestros tours.

Un saludo a nuestros hermanos de El Salvador!

Our guests enjoyed a day full of exciting activities, flying among the trees, visiting the oldest city in Central America, and of course they had free time for shopping!!

Filadefia Estate is a must if you are thinking of visiting Antigua Guatemala

Coffee Facts

Overall, caffeine stimulates anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activity, inhibits DNA damage, and detoxifies / inhibits chemical carcinogens.

Coffee is the second largest commodity traded worldwide after oil. Over 2 billion cups are consumed daily all over the world. As a natural plant, it offers a number of health benefits.

Caffeine induces mild intestinal water secretion and increases colonic motility. This causes gastrointestinal relief and aids laxation. Those drinking 4+ cups a day have 25-30% lower risk of colorectal cancer.

Studies have shown caffeine to be anti-carcinogenic in animal models. Moderate coffee intake has anti-genotoxic effects in liver cell tests. Those drinking 3-4 cups a day have 80% reduction in risk for liver cirrhosis.

Habitual coffee drinkers have considerably lower chances of developing gall bladder stones than non-drinkers of coffee. Men consuming 2-3 cups a day have 40% reduction in risk of developing gallstones; similar effects in women at 4+ cups a day.

Coffee drinkers have lower probability of developing Alzheimer’s disease, because caffeine stimulates nervous system.

Intake of 3-4 cups a day reduces risk of Parkinson’s disease up to threefold. Recent large observational studies in men and women indicate that long-term consumption of 6 cups a day decreases risk of Type 2 diabetes by nearly 50% in men and about 30% in women.

Coffee has longstanding association with mental alertness, mood enhancement and mental performance. Adults drinking 2-3 cups a day have 25% less asthma.

Our special regards to Ewa Paluch, Shore Excursion manager of Island Princess. Have a great journey!!!

What a beautiful day full of interesting activities

The origins of Finca Filadelfia
By Roberto Dalton Matheu

My great great grandfather Manuel Matheu Sinibaldi, considered as the pioneer of coffee production in Guatemala started planting coffee in 1864 in his farm La Felicidad and in Finca Filadelfia; at the time owned by General José Martin Barrundia, but under my great grandfather´s management.  Upon the death of General Barrundia my great grandfather continued planting coffee in Finca Filadelfia as manager and legal representative of the General´s family who had moved to Mexico.  The Barrundia family sold the farm around 1905 to be later bought in 1930 by my grandfather Manuel Matheu Ariza and the farm has remained in the family ever since.  I inherited part of the farm from my mother Elisa Matheu de Dalton and in addition bought land from my cousins.  Today my share of Finca Filadelfia comprises 750 Acres from the valley at 5200 feet up to the highest mountain 8000 feet.  Of that land 250 Acres are planted with coffee and the balance is planted with forestry trees plus a natural ecological reserve at 8000 feet.  The farm processes coffee through what is known as the wet mill, dry mill and roasting and packing.  For tourists, the farm counts with a restaurant (Cafetenango), bird watching tours, mule rides, coffee tours and we are in the process of building a Canopy in the mountain.

The old plantation house was transformed and enlarged starting in the year 2004 to what it is today the hotel which opened in November 2006.  The hotel is practically completed with the exception of the tennis courts that are under construction and the fitness center which we will start building after Easter week that is temporarily housed in one of the meeting rooms.

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