Discover the Best of San Salvador with Dave

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Let´s discover the new El Salvador, now considered one of the most secured countries in the western hesmisphere. — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Let´s walk into downtown San Salvador, in the meantime lets enjoy some of the salvadorean drinks: Frescos de horchata or any seasonal fruits. — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

We will discover the best of San Salvador landmarks including the Parque Cuscatlán, a University Campus, visit the Basilica of el Sagrado Corazón, get into the different plazas, get to know Monseñor Romero in the metropolitan Cathedral, and see the new library. While we walk and discover these spots we will laugh, talk and taste some Salvadorean gastronomic beverages and snacks like pupusas, empanadas or quesadillas and Horchata.

Our team has grown! You will be guided by Dave, Marcela and/or Marielos for Spanish tours or one of our other team members.

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At a glance

Duration: 3 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 18 people
People per booking: 1–18
Guide: English, Spanish
Operated by: Dave Mendez

Ages: Children (4–11 years) · Youth (12–17 years) · Adults (18–59 years) · Seniors (60–80 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Entries to some churches, parks, and plazas.
Included: Walking tour to all the stops

Not included

Not included: Sometimes we have some Cafe Horchata, some quesadillas and some pupusas these drinks and snacks are excluded in the price.
Not included: Tips (Propinas)

Itinerary

Cuscatlan Park

30 min

We will see how the new salvadorean culture is acquiring the interest for art, sports, orchestra, music, etc.

This is the beginning of everything when Bukele began in 2017, and converted San Salvador a nicer place to visit.

On Mondays this park is closed so we will meet in the entrance of the park, which is in Alameda Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Basilica Sagrado Corazon de Jesus

20 min

We will pass by the hospital area, then we encounter an University campus before we get into the story of our civil war and get to the basilica of Sagrado corazon de Jesus.
Stop 3

10 min Admission not included

We will see where the street vendors were place to and the recent changes around the streets of the historic center then ready to enter to the kilometer 0, the street vendors that used to pay extorchions now have a place to sell their goods with secure ness, parking lots and even food courts.
Plaza Barrios

20 min

We come to the the Gerrardo barrios plaza and explain the reason why it is called like that and at the same time we can take pictures of the different buildings surrounding it.

We see the national palace, the metropolitan cathedral and the national library. .
Stop 5

10 min

We find out when this palace was built, who built it and what was held here in the 1900s

Nowadays is the place where president Bukele makes his swearing ceremonysince 2019, and in 2024.
Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador

20 min

We admire the Cathedral and find out where the Cript of Monsenor Romero is.

At this point we understand why we are called El Salvador, where we get that name for our country. We also explain about the massacre that occurred in March 30th 1980.
Stop 7

10 min

We come to the Morazan plaza and we can admire the beautifulness of our National palace, it was a building built because of the coffee exportations back in the 1900s and now we can enjoy the beautiful shows they hold right there.
Stop 8

5 min

We get to the heart of Centro Historico and explain why we call it kilometro 0, of course every street and avenue depends from this spot, this is a nice place to take pictures from, because before we avoided to get here because of the dangerous streets and now we enjoy visiting them.
Stop 9

30 min

we end up the walking tour in the nicest library in Latin America, with fresh Air conditioning and having a look at the different books and games with an spectacular view of the historical center.

Next to this library we will see the new Central american garden that was built in just a week with a beautiful water fountain.

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End point is 3 kilometers away from Starting point.

You can either park at Mercado Cuscatlán in starting point if you bring a car. Or you can park at Estacionamiento Morazán at ending point.

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Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

We are in the roundabout of parque Cuscatlan, right in the center of the park, in front of Museo de exposiciones Salarrue, on Mondays we are on the entrance of the park in the same address.