Thursday, July 28, 2011

EL SALVADOR

LA LIBERTAD
Hotels
Casa de Mar – Carretera del Litoral km 43; 011-503-2-389-6284; www.casademarhotel.com; 11 hilltop rooms; air-conditioning and Pacific Ocean views.
Restaurants
Hotel Mopelia – Carretera del Litoral km 42; 011-503-2-389-6265; www.hotelmopelia-salvador.com; in-house restaurant serves thin-crust pizza and beer.
Sights & Sites
Hacienda San Juan Buena Vista – Huizucar; 011-503-2-249-1919; www.azulmaya.com.sv; indigo-dying factory; hacienda also has 2 rooms that are available to guests who want to stay and take classes or, even, just hang out.

SAN SALVADOR (includes San Juan Opico)
Hotels
Radisson Plaza Hotel – 89 Avenida Norte y 11 Calle Poniente (Colonia Escalón); 011-503-2-257-0700 or 800-395-7046; www.radisson.com/sansalvadores; nice pool, knowledgeable concierge.
Restaurants
Il Buon Gustaio – 327 Calle Loma Linda; 011-503-2-245-1731; authentic Italian food in clean-lined, Neutra-style house.
Sights & Sites
Joya de Ceren – San Juan Opico; whc.unesco.org/en/list/675; pre-Columbian Maya farming village preserved remarkably intact under volcanic ash layers; often referred to as “Pompeii of Americas.”
Museo de Arte de El Salvador (MARTE) – Calle Circunvalacion; 011-503-2243-6099; www.marte.org.sv.

SUCHITOTO
Hotels
Los Almendros de San Lorenzo – 4 Calle Poniente No. 2-B (Contigo a la PNC); 011-503-2-335-1200; www.hotelsalvador.com; 6-room hotel
Services
Boat Rental – at town’s only dock on Lake Suchitlan, open-air boats available for rent; best way to see 10Ks of cormorants, ducks, egrets, and herons that flock here year-round.
Shopping
La Casa del Escultor – 6A Calle Oriente & 3rd Avenida; 011-503-7-836-7940; www.miguelmartino.com; Argentine artist, Miguel Martino’s home and studio; also, informal restaurant on Sundays.

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