El Salvador
El Salvador is Central America's smallest, most densely populated country, nicknamed the 'Tom Thumb of the Americas.' Long overshadowed by its neighbors, it's now a rising destination thanks to improved security, the world-famous surf breaks of La Libertad, the colonial-and-cool Ruta de las…
Cities & regions
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Ahuachapán is the westernmost department capital in El Salvador, a coffee city in the highlands close to the Guatemalan border and the northern anchor of the…
Open guideChalatenango, known locally as Chalate, is the capital of Chalatenango Department in El Salvador's northern highlands, up against the Honduran border. It is…
Open guideSan Miguel is the capital of eastern El Salvador, a dynamic modern city offering diverse tourism and culinary experiences and the commercial engine of the wh…
Open guideSan Salvador is El Salvador's capital and by some distance its cultural centre, sitting at about 680 metres in a volcanic valley beneath the San Salvador vol…
Open guideSanta Ana is El Salvador's second city, 65 km northwest of San Salvador at 665 metres in the coffee and sugarcane highlands of the west. It is the country's…
Open guideSanta Tecla, formerly Nueva San Salvador, is the capital of the La Libertad Department and sits at the southern foot of the San Salvador Volcano, roughly 12…
Open guideSonsonate is the capital of Sonsonate Department and the second most important city in western El Salvador, sitting inland about 45 km west of San Salvador,…
Open guideUsulután is the capital of Usulután Department in south-eastern El Salvador, set in the lower Lempa River valley beneath the Usulután stratovolcano and about…
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