La Libertad Sights

  1. Iglesia

    La Libertad's church has a sad corrugated cement exterior surrounded by a high steel fence and is surprisingly easy to miss. The inside is a slight improvement (albeit varnished plywood sealing the nave) with some wooden pews and small statues adorning the walls. As far as La Libertad's sights go, this is it. Sigh.

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  2. Parque Nacional Walter T Deininger

    Named after the German settler who donated his land to El Salvador, this national park has two types of forest: caducifolio , which sheds its leaves in summer, and galerĂ­a , which retains its foliage year-round. An 18km (11.2mi) trail skirts the park - stay close to the ranger and keep your eyes peeled for a torogoz (blue-crowned mot-mot), the national bird.

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  3. Playa San Diego

    This beach is a long, broad swath of flat, gray sand. Next to the water you'll find La Bocana, where two rivers empty into the ocean and form the San Diego estuary - it's popular for swimming, though God knows what's dumped in the water upstream. Here, a gaggle of restaurants compete mightily for your business, offering cheap beer and fish plates.

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