San Salvador
The cosmopolitan center of El Salvador is a city cranking with energy.
The cosmopolitan center of El Salvador is a city cranking with energy.
El Salvador's eastern interior is the least explored of all of its regions.
Western El Salvador is a beautiful part of the country, and a must for an El Salvador itinerary.
A shining star, Santa Ana is the only major city in El Salvador that is overwhelmingly colonial, with a shady plaza, grand old buildings and a striking Gothic cathedral.
San Miguel, one of El Salvador's largest cities, is the main hub for the eastern half of the country.
A short bus ride from San Salvador are the small towns of northern El Salvador and the Chalatenango department.
Sure enough, tell San Salvadorans that you're Suchitoto bound and they give a nostalgic sigh.
Morazán Department, occupying the northeast corner of the country, has always been poor, at least monetarily speaking.
Perquín, at 1117m, was the FMLN headquarters during the war – its leftover bunkers and bomb craters are evidence of the former guerrilla presence.
Juayúa (pronounced 'why-you-uh') is awesome - no two ways around it.
A winding ride through the heart of coffee country, this 36km stretch linking Sonsonate and Ahuachapán is named for the explosion of wildflowers found between October and February.
Many people think of El Salvador as dangerous and chaotic.
Situated at the foot of Volcán de Usulután (1451m), this busy departmental capital is a pleasant enough stop on your way across the country.
At the foot of the twin-peaked Volcán San Vicente in the Jiboa Valley, San Vicente is a small, mellow city worth a short stop.
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