Jade Maya

Lots of jade to choose from. Great service. You can visit the factory and there’s a small museum. Almost only options in silver. Almost no options in gold. And only 1-2 under $1k. Most gold choices cost a lot more than compared to market. Prices are in usd. You can pay in cash or with card. There’s an atm inside.

We shopped around for jade and found jade Maya to have a large selection and lower prices for jade. However, compared to casa del jade my opinion was that they sold more nephrite jade, which is why the prices were lower. This is a great place for buying gifts for friends and family

This place is very informative. I enjoyed all of the jade and its varieties. Geology is my major so I thoroughly enjoyed the walk through. I can’t remember the lady’s name that gave us to much history but she has been in Antigua since the 70’s. You can see her in my photos. They have cutting machines there and sometimes you can see them at work. If you have money, buy some awesome jade pieces.

This place is huge and has a wonderful selection. The lady helping me was very sweet and helped me pick out the perfect ring for myself and bracelet for my daughter.

Jade Maya offers a free tour of their production, the importance of jade in Mayan history, some Mayan artifacts, and more info about the stones. The tours can be done in both english and Spanish and will be offered when you arrive. At the end, you can look around at their store and you can look up your nahual (Mayan kind of zodiac sign).

We enjoyed our visit here. Learned all about Jade and how they make jewelry out ot it. The owner was there to talk to us and show us various things that they maje. A lot of items are for sale, pricey of course but one of a kind in most cases.We spent an hour here and enjoyed it.

Had the opportunity to visit this interesting art museum, educational center, jewelry store during a city tour. Wish I would’ve taken more photos. They do a very good job in the education portion of teaching you about Jade, the importance of it, types, where it came from. You could also see a workshop where they’re actually cutting raw jade, and make it into jewelry. Finally they have a very nice jewelry store that offers all sorts of items in the substance, at all price levels. Definitely make it a stop, because this stone is a great importance to the region and the indigenous peoples.

It was amazing. We got to learn more about Jade and the different types of jade, how it's environment can effect the color and hardness. You could see the work shop where people were working on jade. They had a nice display of jade objects, and showed you how to tell the difference between real jade and substitutes. Nice experience and the jewelry was lovely.