El Salvador Travel Guide - An Amazing Adventure
El Salvador Travel Guide - An Amazing Adventure
El Salvador is a country in Central America and, geographically, is part of continental North America. It is bordered on the southwest by the Pacific Ocean, and lies between Guatemala and Honduras. It is divided into 14 sections called Departments. It has 25 volcanoes, 14 lakes, and three large cities and is divided in to East, Central and West with the the capital San Salvador in the central region, Santa Ana in the west and San Miguel the largest city in the east.
The civilization of El Salvador dates from the pre-Columbian time, around 1500 BC, according to evidence provided by the ancient structures of Tazumal in Chalchuapa. El Salvador has a tropical climate with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Temperatures vary primarily with elevation and show little seasonal change. The Pacific lowlands are uniformly hot; the central plateau and mountain areas are more moderate.
Departments and Cities of El Salvador :
Ahuachapán (Ahuachapán)
Santa Ana (Santa Ana)
Sonsonate (Sonsonate)
La Libertad (Santa Tecla)
Chalatenango (Chalatenango)
Cuscatlán (Cojutepeque)
San Salvador (San Salvador)
La Paz (Zacatecoluca)
Cabañas (Sensuntepeque)
San Vicente (San Vicente)
Usulután (Usulután)
San Miguel (San Miguel)
Morazán (San Francisco Gotera)
La Unión (La Unión)
San Salvador - national capital; San Salvador department
San Miguel, San Miguel department
Acajutla
La Libertad
Puerto Cutuco (La Union)
San Francisco Gotera, Morazán department
Santa Ana
Santa Tecla
Suchitoto
The countryside of El Salvador is breathtaking, with volcanoes and mountains offering green adventurers exactly what they are looking for. Many of environmentally-oriented community-based organizations promote eco-tourism, and there are a number of beautiful and secluded beaches and forests scattered throughout the country.
A well-maintained and sparsely populated national park is found in the west at Bosque El Imposible. Additionally, there is Montecristo Cloud Forest, and a quaint fishing village with incredible local hospitality and remote coconut islands in La Isla de Méndez. Isla de Olomega in the department of San Miguel is an excellent eco-tourism destination, as are the beautiful Isla El Cajete in Sonsonate, Isla San Sebastian, Conchagua, Conchaguita, Isla Conejo, Isla Teopan, and Isla Meanguera.
One should also visit the colonial towns of Ataco, Apaneca, Juayua, Panchimalco, and Suchitoto as well as the Mayan sites of San Andrés, Joya de Cerén (The Pompeii of Central America and an UNESCO World Heritage Site), and Tazumal, whose main pyramid rises some 75 feet into the air. The on-site museum showcases artifacts from the Pipil culture (the builders of Tazumal), as well as paintings that illustrate life in pre-Hispanic El Salvador. Souvenir hunters will find some of the best artisans in San Juan el Espino and in La Palma (the artisan capital of El Salvador).
The capital, San Salvador, is a cosmopolitan city with good restaurants highlighting the country’s fresh seafood, as well as plenty of shopping, entertainment and nightlife. San Miguel in the East offers tourists a more authentic way to see El Salvador by getting off the beaten track to see its countryside, coastline and lakes
A lot to see in El Salvador such as :
El Tunco
Coatepeque Caldera
Santa Ana Volcano
San Salvador
Joya de Cerén
Tazumal
Ruta de las Flores
Los Volcanes National Park
Izalco
El Boqueron National Park
El Imposible National Park
Lake Ilopango
Puerta del Diablo
San Andrés, El Salvador
Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo
San Salvador Cathedral
Conchagua
Plan de la Laguna Botanical Garden
Lake Suchitlán
Montecristo National Park
National Palace
Museum of Art of El Salvador
San Vicente
San Miguel
Playa Costa del Sol
Playa El Cuco
Playa El Espino
El Rosario Church
Laguna de Alegria
Termos del Río
Chorros De La Calera
Playa Los Cobanos
Museum of Children's Tin Marin
Playa El Cuco
Cihuatán
Playa San Diego
Walter Thilo Deininger National Park
Cathedral of Santa Ana
Playa El Majahual
Atami
Paseo El Carmen
Furesa
Santa Teresa hot springs.
Guazapa
Teatro Nacional de El Salvador
Libertad Plaza
Punta Mango
Parque Nacional Cerro Verde
Playa El Tunco
Playa El Sunzal
El Salvador is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting El Salvador. Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in El Salvador.
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Viaje a Playa El Cuco El Salvador - VIDEO SV
La playa de El Cuco se encuentra en el este de El Salvador,
específicamente en el departamento de San Miguel y es una playa ideal pasar un día compartiendo con familiares y amigos
desconectado de todo el ajetreo y el bullicio de la ciudad.
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Playa La Puntilla, Costa del Sol, El Salvador
La puntilla es un hermoso lugar para visitar y esta ubicado entre los departamentos de La Paz, Usulután y San Vicente, su playa es hermosa y cuenta con una pequeña isla dentro del mar, también se encuentran los mejores lugares para comer en grande
Multiplaza Shopping Mall, San Salvador, El Salvador, Nov 2016
Multiplaza Shopping Mall, San Salvador, El Salvador, Nov 2016
This is another shopping mall in San Salvador, El Salvador.
In San Salvador, I noticed many stores and businesses use English, and try to emulate the USA. I didn't really try to speak English with people though. So I don't know how many English speakers there are. The very last clip of the video is actually in a coffee shop in a different shopping mall called Multicentro.
Camera: Samsung S7 phone.
Santa Cruz del Quiché - PICSPORADIC PLACES - Guatemala
Short video from my trip to Quiche this past week - even on a Monday the markets were bustling and full off activity!
Originally founded in the fifteenth century as the K’iche’ capital of K’umarcaaj Santa Cruz del Quiché was one of the first major cities and department heads of Guatemala. The city lies in the southwestern Chuacús Mountains at an elevation of 6,631 feet (2,021m). The town also functions as a market center for the Indian villages in the vicinity.
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300 sitios prehispánicos
Un recuento de 300 sitios prehispánicos visitados en 6 países: México con 230, Perú con 36, Guatemala con 24, Belice con 5, El Salvador con 3 y Honduras con 2; distribuídos en 31 estados o departamentos diferentes de los cuales los 10 con más sitios visitados son:
1.-Yucatán, México con 55
2.-Campeche, México con 40
3.-Quintana Roo, México con 30
4.-Chiapas, México con 26
5.-Lima, Perú con 20
6.-Petén, Guatemala con 19
7.-Cusco, Perú con 16
8.-Estado de México, México con 13
9.-Ciudad de México, México con 12
10.-Puebla, México con 11
Casi todos éstos sitios los pueden encontrar en video en éste canal en las listas de reproducción Sitios mayas, Sitios mayas 2, Sitios prehispánicos no mayas y Sitios prehispánicos andinos
Street Food in Japan: Giant Clam
Another seafood in Okinawa. Giant Clam - rather chewy texture (as Sashimi, also cooked), prepared Geoduck clam makes a better dish -
Rural school band - El Salvador 2007
July 2007 - A rural school's band and drill team practice for the September 15 Independence Day celebration. Morazán department, El Salvador. Interestingly, there are academic classes going on right next to the practice area; the teachers insisted the kids learn to block it out, but as a teacher myself, I have my doubts.
This is one of my favorite videos from that trip -- would that it were longer! No comments on the quality, though; taken with a very basic still camera and no knowledge of video.
Texas Travel And Tourism: Kemah Tx Boardwalk And Galveston Bay
As seen from a long pier over the bay. You can also see a yacht and container ships in the distance. LAST.
The Western Highlands of Guatemala Greg-adrienne's photos around Huehuetenango, Guatemala
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Entry Title: The Western Highlands of Guatemala
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Before leaving on our trip we had envisioned Mexico and Central America to be full of markets where we could buy exquisite handicrafts at dirt cheap prices. Not so. Or at least not in the places we had been so far. Most of the markets we had visited were stocked with cheap imported goods from Asia. But Guatemala's Western Highlands were different, as they are populated by various Mayan groups that have lived there for over 2000 years and managed to hold on to their ancient languages, dress and traditions. And it was the Mayan presence and their bedazzling markets that made our 9 days here the most interesting leg of the entire trip from a we are experiencing another culture perspective. We had left La Libertad, El Salvador early in the morning on September 29 which allowed us to arrive in Antigua, Guatemala's former capital, by mid afternoon. With cobblestone streets, beautifully restored colonial-era buildings and towering volcanoes flanking it on 3 sides, Antigua was easy to like and we immediately placed it on our top 3 of cities we had been to on the trip. The area around El Arco (The Arch) de Santa Catalina in particular had enough charm to rival Europe's finest neighborhoods, and is no doubt one of the reasons why Antigua was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. The number of tourists in Antigua also rivals that found in Europe's great cities, with the year-round spring climate (we wore sweaters at night-a first in 8 months of travel) and abundance of Spanish schools (Guatemalans are known for speaking Spanish with a particularly clear accent) also adding to its appeal. Although the influx of foreigners has led to the opening of things that cater to them - upscale hotels, restaurants and stores - Antigua is still home to a large Mayan population, as is most evident on market days (Mondays and Thursdays) when the vendors come armed with big baskets full of fruits, vegetables and other goods to sell. The mixing of these two worlds - Mayan and foreign - provided us with some wonderfully incongruent images: like standing in line at a McDonalds behind a Mayan family that was in its traditional dress and speaking an unrecognizable tongue. Although Antigua was largely spared from the horrific violence that rocked Guatemala in recent decades (leaving 100,000 dead and creating, by some estimates, about 1 million refugees), and although the peace agreement that ended Guatemala's civil war was signed over 10 years ago, there was a more vigilant approach to security in western Guatemala than in any of the other countries we had visited. For example, there was a strong military/police presence on the streets, no one left their car on the streets at night, and many businesses, including our hotel, kept their front door locked at all times. Because of this, we followed our guide book's advice and opted for the escorted (2 police officers) 20-minute walk that took us from the centre of town up to Cerro de la Cruz, a small hill with a cross that overlooks the city. After 4 nights in Antigua we made our way northwest to Panajachel, a small but growing town on the north side of Lago Atitlan, Guatemala's largest lake. Panajachel is one of the few towns on the lake that can be accessed by vehicle, albeit by way of a windy and very steep road that hugs the side of a cliff and that ...
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Photos from this trip:
1. . View over Antigua from Cerro de la Cruz
2. . View Of Main Plaza & Church, Antigua
3. . Artist & His Buddy, Antigua
4. . Arco de Santa Catalina, Antigua
5. . Street Scene, Antigua
6. . Street Vendor Enjoying An Ice Cream, Antigua
7. . Market, Antigua
8. . Guatemalan Masks
9. . Mountain Summit, Pacaya
10. . Pacaya Volcano & Recent Lava Flow
11. ...My Shoes Are Melting
12. . Lone Campers At Lago de Atitlan
13. . Night Watchman, Campsite On Lago de Atitlan
14. . I Swear This Wasn't My idea
15. . Celebrations in Panajachel
16. . Bailo de la Conquistadores
17. .Two Men from Solola
18. . Waldo's Not Hiding
19. . Tortilla-Making, Solola Market
20. . Mother with Son, Solola Market
21. . Vendor with his Woven Mats, Solola Market
22. . Our Evening At the Campsite, Lago de Atitlan
23. . Religious Procession Behind Flower Vendors
24. . Offerings to Ancestors, Front Steps of Church
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