El Salvador Sightseeing

OVERVIEW
Enjoy an enlightening driving tour that offers different perspectives of western El Salvador, including its volcanic landscape and colonial towns. You will first have a Photo Stop alongside the road to admire the majestic Cerro Verde National Park from a distance, a natural wonderland between three lushly landscaped volcanoes. The youngest volcano is Izalco, which began erupting in the late 18th century and continued for more than 150 years. The town of Izalco now lies on the volcano’s slope. The harvesting of cocoa once fueled the economy, although Izalco was known more as a mystical setting, as its indigenous Nahuatl people practiced traditional healing. Following a driving tour of its landmarks, you will stop for photos in the colonial town of Nahuizalco, which translates to “four Izalcos” in the Nahuatl language. The name refers to the town once having four times the population of Izalco. Nahuizalco lies along El Salvador’s beautiful Flowers Route, a byway bordered by fields of wildflowers that you will surely find enchanting.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Take in the stunning natural beauty of Cerro Verde National Park and its nearby volcanoes.
• Drive through the town of Izalco, which lies on the slope of its namesake volcano.
• Admire the colonial town of Nahuizalco along the colorful, aptly named Flowers Route.

HELPFUL HINTS
• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.
• Wear flat comfortable walking shoes.