Backpacking El Salvador: 10 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in El Salvador, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
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El Tunco
La Libertad
Black-sand surf town.
2
Santa Ana Volcano
Santa Ana
Crater lake summit hike.
3
Ruta de las Flores
Ahuachapán
Flower-town coffee route.
4
Suchitoto
Cuscatlán
Colonial lakeside arts town.
5
Lake Coatepeque
Santa Ana
Blue volcanic crater lake.
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Juayúa
Sonsonate
Weekend food festival town.
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El Zonte
La Libertad
'Bitcoin Beach' surf cove.
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San Salvador
San Salvador
Volcano-backed capital.
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Joya de Cerén
La Libertad
The 'Pompeii of the Americas'.
10
El Boquerón
San Salvador
Crater park above the city.
Backpacking routes through El Salvador
Real trips through El Salvador, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
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