The "Hill of the Cross" is at the north end of the city. You can walk to the base of the hill from anywhere in Antigua within 10-20 minutes. Regularly scheduled police escort to the top of the hill are scheduled frequently. The schedule can be obtained from any tourist police found everywhere in the city and near Parque Central. They will tell you to walk to the police station at the southwest end of town about a block north and a block west of the Iglesia de Santa Lucia. This simply will allow you to sign in the log book and hike an extra 20 minutes to the hill. If you prefer, wait at the bottom of the hill about 20 minutes after the scheduled tour, and you can tag along with the main police escorted tour, and saving yourself a 20 minute walk. Robberies have taken place on the walk up the hill. The walk lasts less than 10 minutes, but is tough if you are out of shape and cannot keep up. Explain this to the cop and tip her a little, and she will slow down for you. They too have a time constraints and want to let you have a full 20 minutes on top of the hill. Robberies have occurred on this hill without police escort, and resulted in the death of one tourist who refused to give up his valuable (locals say "don't be afraid, just be safe"). Poor people live up on the hillside, and will not let anyone take you up the steps, unless they are uniformed police.