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Travel guides to El Salvador: the Ruta de las Flores, the Santa Ana volcano, the Pacific surf breaks of Surf City and pupusas. Routes, prices and practical advice.
Surf City 2: El Cuco, Las Flores and eastern El Salvador
If El Tunco feels too busy, the answer is three and a half hours east. The stretch El…
El Tunco: a guide to El Salvador’s best-known beach
El Tunco is a village of two dirt streets, black sand and a rock in the water shaped…
Surf City El Salvador: a complete guide to the surf coast
Surf City is the name El Salvador gave its coastline in 2019, when the country decided to build…
Salvadoran food: pupusas and 15 dishes worth trying
Salvadoran cooking is a fusion of Pipil and Maya tradition with Spanish influence, built around maize. The famous…
Ruta de las Flores, El Salvador: a guide to the five towns
The Ruta de las Flores is one of the most charming drives in Central America. This 36-kilometre circuit…
What to do in Suchitoto, El Salvador’s finest colonial town
Suchitoto — “place of the flower bird” in Nahuatl — is the cultural capital and the colonial jewel…
Santa Ana volcano (Ilamatepec): a complete guide to the hike
Santa Ana volcano, also known as Ilamatepec — “old woman’s hill” in Nahuatl — is the highest volcano…
The 12 best beaches in El Salvador for surfing and for doing nothing
El Salvador has become the surfing centre of Central America thanks to its Surf City programme. With more…
El Salvador travel guide 2026: what to see, do and know before you go
El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America and, over the past few years, one of its…