Malls of Guatemala City

- Oakland Mall, Plaza Fontabella, Plaza Vivar, Paseo Cayala, Pradera Concepcion

You will find a lot of modern roads and malls in Central America's largest city. Oakland Mall, built in 2008, is the newest and most upscale shopping mall, it has 170 stores on 6 floors and is sitauted in Zona 10, right at the East boundary of Zona Viva. The mall features a waterfall (that seemed impossible to find), an aquarium, lost of escalators, atriums with glass enclosed elevators, a merry-go-round, a mobile train for children, large panorama windows, a Siman department store, a Cinépolis, several restaurants and a foodcourt (where we had breakfast). A vintage VW bus can be found at Saul's Café on the upper floors. Plaza Fontabella in Zona Viva resembles a small Italian city, and is mostly situated outdoors, with nice buildings, boutiques and cafés complete with fountains and plazas. Paseo Cayala is the most impressive one, since it is an outdoor shopping center and residential area that is built like a Spanish town, complete with stores, restaurants, cafés, roads, upper floor apartments and a church, all in heritage style! Paseo Cayala is situated a bit away from the city centre, it is very classy, safe and all buildings are white there.

To the southeast of Zona Viva is Zona Pradera, that features the city's largest mall, Pradera Concepción. Plaza Vivar is a colourful 6-storey mall at the 6A Avenida, right in the historical downtown. Pasaje Rubio, also in the historical heart, is a yellow arcade.