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TOURISM IN EL
SALVADOR
Collaborators
Muñoz Arévalo, Ingris Magdalena
Urbina, María Jose
Fernández Quintanilla, Berta Alicia
Hernández Cruz, Lorena Ivonne
Martínez Martínez, Carlos Alexis
I.Muñoz
Born in 1993 in a small village in Usulután, El Salvador. Muñoz is the first of four youngsters, since she was a child, she loved to read children stories, with the time she eventually realized that she love read and she wanted to write an article like for a magazine.
She graduated from high school on 2009 with a specialization in accounting. Spanish is her native language. In 2010 Muñoz decided to study English and read has helped a lot in the develop of language skills.
U.Maria
Maria José Urbina was born in the Hospital Santa
Teresa in Zacatecoluca, on September 16th in 1988
at 12:40 am. Currently she is twenty five years old.
She is Mario Reynaldo Urbina`s daughter and
Maria Luisa Miranda both are teachers. Her infant
was very special because she is oldest of three
children, and for that reason she always has been taken all that she wants.
Her hobbies are watching TV, listen music, do exercise, but her favorite
hobby is staying home with her family. She decided to study a major in
English Language, because when she traveled to United States she was
excited for the new language that she had learned. She wants to prepare for
give her son and her family the best, a house, a clothing, a food, and son, she
only wants to be a great person.
B. Fernández
B. Fernandez was born in the city of San Rafael Obrajuelo. She
comes from a family of ten member, her mother is a teacher and his
father is a school B. Fernandez or tita as she always refer to
graduated from Institute National Jose Simeon Cañas high school in
Zacatecoluca, La Paz .
H. Lorena
Was born in the city of San Salvador El Salvador, she study English
at university Tecnologica of El Salvador, enjoyed to read and spend
the enough time as possible with her family. Something that really
like to her is help to other specially children or old people.
Carlos Martínez Biography.
At 00:26 a.m on june 25th in 1991, in
San Rafael Hospital located in Santa Tecla.
A four hours of labour, Carlos Martinez
was born; that night it was raining because
Carlos was born in the rainy season in El
Salvador. Moreover, Carlos parents were
so excited to have him in their arms
because he was their first son. The doctor
told his parents that Carlos was a normal baby, larger that the
other babies.
Carlos grew up in a good and humble family. His house is
located in Corinto 2 main highway to La Libertad. Carols’ parents
named Carlos and Elsy Martinez; they were the first teachers that
he had during his life; they taught him how to walk, speak, say
please and thank you and the values that will help him to grow up
as a good citizen and when he has his own family. His parents were
so blessed to have him in their lives.
Carlos started his studies at kindergarden at age of 3 years
old; his first day in the kindergarden wasn´t good to him because
Carlos cried the whole morning because he hadn’t been so far from
his parents. Moreover, during Carlos´ time in the kindergarden he
learnt important things for his life such as respect others, share
with others, help other people. The school became his second
house.
At the age of 5 years old, Carlos had a new experience because his
parents had a new baby girl. Her name was Raquel, Carlos becomes
the oldest brother and Carlos was so happy because he had a new
member in his family. Carlos worked hard to get good grades in his
kindergarden and then he graduated from kindergarden with good
grades.
At the age of eight, Carlos' mother started to work because she
wanted to give a better life to her children. For three years she
worked so hard, but during the year while she worked, Carlos
started to get bad grades and he was close to fail his fifth grade, so
his mom decided to quit her job because she knew that Carlos was
going so bad in his school and he had some bad friends who Carlos
was spending a lot of time with them in the Street and they were
always telling Carlos that school is so boring and that was better to
stay in the street playing soccer or riding his bike and those friends
smoke cigarettes and Carlos tried to smoke, but he couldn't
because he didn't know how to smoke . And until now his mom
knew that was the best decision that she took to quit her job and
spent more time with Carlos.
At the age of ten Carlos received the last member on his family
it was a little baby his name was David; he was so lovely. Carlos´
family was so happy. Carlos, Raquel and David have been growing
up, in a good family because they are Christians and they are
serving in different ministries at church.
When Carlos turned fifteen not everything was good at his
family. Carlos´ father moved to the United States illegally and his
father had an accident and was so close to die. Moreover, at the
same time Carlos used to play as a goalkeeper (the once who can
take the ball with his or her hands in the match) in his school
soccer team, someone hit his mouth with his knee and Carlos
received a surgery in his mouth. After that badness time he
graduated from ninth grade.
The year 2006 was done and 2007 was already and Carlos started
to study in high school. The time in the high school was the best
time to him because he met new friends and new teachers, he
played in the basketball team during the three years that he
studied there he graduates from high school in 2009. In 2010
Carlos started to study B.A in English Teaching at Universidad
Tecnologica. Over the past five years he has been studying in the
university and he used to work in a non-profit organization that is
called Children development program “Nuevo Amanecer” this
program belongs to international compassion. Her, in El Salvador
are more than two hundred programs and every program has no
less than two hundred children. During Carlos was working in the
program he was the tutor of sixty children. He used to teach in four
areas: spiritual, cognitive, socio-emotional and health to children
who live in poor live conditions, those children learnt most of the
things on the Bible and how they need to act as a person and how
to face economical and physical situation in their lives.
AUDIENCE
Gender: Male and female
Age: young adventure people
Nationality: Regional and international people
Religious view: none
PURPOSE: To persuade regional and international people to
know about Salvadoran culture and come to visit the different
tourist places El Salvador has.
Traditions
Beaches
Lakes
Routes
KNOWING EL
SALVADOR
Find the hidden treasures El Salvador has. El Salvador is one of the main Central America tourist destinations
and its popularity is still rising. Tourists love to know the culture and love to visit museums, mountains, volcanoes, archeological places, parks, nightlife, and clean beaches, and the most important is the attention they receive from the people whose play an important role to offer their services
and products.
El Salvador has a lot of places that offer traditions, culture, and history like colonial
churches, gastronomic festivals, craft shops and more. It offers to its visitors a variety of natural places where the tourist can disconnect from the noise of the city, and enjoy the natural beauty of pure water rivers waterfalls, and camping sites.
All visitors can appreciate the natural beauty of pine, coffee plantations, cypresses and flowers of different colors and most importantly they are constantly monitored by the rangers. For example on the Cerro Verde you can see the
complex of volcanoes like Izalco volcano, Ilamatepec, and San Marcelino. The main attractions of these parks are hiking, climbing, camping and most of all, lots of adventure and nature.
It is very important to mention that El Salvador is rich in tourist destinations, is known and recommended by the experts to
make dives in the open sea, it is the start of an ocean adventure where you can
discover and watch fish of all colors, and a coral reef of diverse forms and tonalities for this reason offers a lot of adventure for people who like extreme sports including surfing, rafting, canopy and diving.
Admire the archaeological routes comprehended by archaeological sites like Joya de Ceren, Tazumal, The White House, San Andrés, Cihuatan, all of them contemplate a Mayan legacy that brings a cultural and historical magnificence.
El Salvador is famous for its typical food, the dish per excellence is the pupusa, which it has a national day that is celebrated every second Sunday of November, pupusas are elaborated from corn, at the same time the corn is one of the main ingredients of the typical Salvadoran cuisine. Other popular foods, making of corn is: tortillas, very important in the daily diet of Salvadorans, as tamales, atoles and snacks like riguas and totopostes, and Chicha de maiz as a drink.
Other popular foods making of corn are: tortillas, very important in the daily diet of Salvadorans, as tamales, atoles varieties like, piñuela, shuco or chilate; and snacks like riguas and totopostes, and Chicha de maiz as a drink.
Other traditional dishes are: chicken soup, soup legs, nuégados de yuca, cassava with pork cracklings, squash in honey, and fritters with honey, among others. Popular cold drinks, called frescos are:
horchata, tamarindo, barley, chan, to name a few.
In El Salvador there are intense tourist destinations to discover, El Puerto de la libertad, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, san vicente, San Miguel, San Salvador our beloved Capital.
CARNAVAL DE SAN
MIGUEL
The Carnaval de San Miguel is one of
the most popular and important
festivals of El Salvador, which takes
place every November, during the
festivities of San Miguel. This carnival
is popular among all Salvadorans since
it is a well-recognized internationally
for its carnival joy, colorism, etc. It takes place in the main streets of the city of San
Miguel, and in some places like the stadium, park, etc. Besides, there is live music,
with national and international artists; brings together about 30 or 40 bands
playing live for all visitors to this great carnival. Today with the arrival of Mayor
Will Salgado has gained even more popularity as the distinguished mayor has put
his stamp on the call "de choto."
History
Initially, this carnival was held on May 8 founding
date of the city. In such celebrations dominated
commercial transactions of merchants from
various parts of Central America. In 1939 the City
Council decided to move the celebration to
November 21 in honor of Our Lady of Peace, the patron saint of the population.
During that time local festivals were held in the neighborhoods of the city. As the
years passed, in the resort casinos dancing festivals were taking place, and where
income had a small group of people. Such places include the Casino migueleño .
While this was happening, outside the precincts, the bulk of the population was
content to listen to the music of the bands that gave life to the celebration. Among
the most important sets of those years included the Polio Orchestra, Paquito
Palaviccini and Lito Barrientos with Jiboa orchestra.
In 1959 the celebrations took a different turn. That year he was appointed as
Governor Miguel Felix Charlaix, who, noticing the isolation of the majority during
the celebrations, decided that orchestras have their presentations on the streets of
the city.
Two years after its inception, the carnival had an international character with the
visit of Guatemalan President and the five Central American beauty queens. Over
the years the Carnival popularity
spread throughout El Salvador and
neighboring countries, to the point of
self-proclaimed, in recent times, as the
most important holiday in Central
America. A significant portion of the
audience is made Salvadorans living
abroad, especially the United States.
But it's not just dance, because on
November 21 before starting the carnival, the Virgin
of La Paz, the patron saint of San Miguel, through
the main streets followed by all the faithful. It is
noteworthy
that the
festivities are
held from 4 to
30 November
and every
night there is a carnival in every
neighborhood and colony also for each
district a representative is elected to
participate then occupy the crown of the holidays.
The Cobano beach
peaking of the Cobanos beach is
the highlight its golden or
whitish sand, the rocks, which
make it different to other beaches,
calm and warm waters,
transparent to time as well as the
abundant vegetation that usually
surrounds them, perfect beach for
underwater activities, due to the high
number of coral reefs that possesses, beach Los Cobanos well equipped with
sunbeds, umbrellas, ranches, restaurants, bars, campgrounds and resorts.
Spectacular for water sports or just to sit in the sand and admiring the tides, be
it for whatever, the beach is really special. Swimmers and sunbathers will enjoy
the sea, on the other hand for surfers offers appropriate sport waves for it.
It is actually a nice
beach where tourists
can go for a walk, relax,
have a good time it is
totally different, as can
be seen in the images.El
Salvador, a small
country, but there is a
S
lot for to enjoy. Rich in tourist destinations is known and recommended for open
water dives and enjoy its beautiful beaches.
The Cóbanos comprising 264.6 km ² of marine ecosystem, find one of the reef
areas best known in El Salvador , with a coral reef 157 miles long being the North
Pacific the largest , which contains a great variety of species marinas, including
fish, turtles , mollusks , worms , crustaceans , echinoderms , sponges, providing
shelter and food. Where you can discover and observe fish of all colors, such as
orange, black, yellowness, blue etc. Some of these have two shades because of
their species; a coral reef also structured in various rock formations with green
hues, brown, purple and even black in some cases.
The Cobanos a beach of white sand, only along the Salvadoran coast, is the
beginning of an ocean adventure.
Two wonderful lakes in El Salvador
Ilopango lake Coatepeque
El Salvador has wonderful places for visit it. You would enjoy the
reach natural resources such as: lakes and, rivers, volcanoes, and
beaches, archeological parks and more. Something really amazing is
Salvadoran culture with different kind of celebration which you
would know while you visit the majestic Salvador’s lakes.
One of the most important and visiting lakes is: Ilopango, 9 miles from
San Salvador. Ilopango the access to this lake is very accessible especially
for the people who are living in the capital or near to this. Other
wonderful lake is Coatepeque, you will found beachfront hotels
accommodating visitors-Hotel Torremolinos offers lodging, a restaurant
and they rent water sports equipment. Hotel Amacuilco has an art center
worth checking out and it is a popular spot for younger travelers.
Ilopango Lake. You have to come to El Salvador and visit Ilopango lake.
Because is one of the few lakes around the world which has
an active subacuatic volcanoes. His water with a
temperature of 26°c is excellent if you want to practice to
dive in wherever time of the year. You have to discover the
history of this amazing lake and learn more about
Salvadoran culture. The glorious luster
of the water call the attention of all people who know this
magnificent lake. The lake is surrounded of small hills
whose makes a nice fresh weather around the lake. You
must to visit Ilopango Lake and join to the wonderful
paradise in El Salvador.
Coatepeque Lake.
Coatepeque is a volcanic lake situated about an hour from San
Salvador. It is much older than Ilopango, though created by a
similar catastrophic eruption some five to six thousand years ago.
You can come in to El Salvador and visit this wonderful lake
surrounded of
wonderful green high
and other small hill that
help to the lake look
more natural and
excellent place for
enjoy and feel free
while the fresh wind
touch our skin,
Coatepeque lake is
Consider among the 10
most beautiful lakes in
the world. You can climb one of the hill near to the lake and be
witness of the most wonderful and amazing view of the
Coatepeque Lake. Clouds look like if are touching the water lake,
blue and green are the color reflect on the clearly water of
Coatepeque lake. Has amazing small hill which is in the lake and
look really nice!
The Flowers Route
by Carlos Martinez.
In El Salvador there are many
places where people can go to practice tourism, those places are so pretty
and have a lot of cultural belief that show the Salvadorian costume through
the time. El Salvador offers many tourism destinations and one of the them;
it is called the Flower Route.
The Flower´s Route is located between the Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain, it
has 2,365.07 meters above sea level and this Route possesses a fresh and
pleasant climate, this route includes five interesting destinations full of
cultural tradition, exquisite traditional dishes in their different gastronomic
festivals and a splendid natural appeal. These counties are Nahuizalco,
Salcoatitlan, Juayúa, Apaneca and Concepcion de Ataco.
Nahuizalco
The way to the Flower´s Route starts in the county of Nahuizalco and it is
located 70 Kms from San Salvador. There are two versions about the origins
of this town:
The first version is contained in a brief and true history, a Franciscan chronic
of 1586. According to this document, Nahuizalco retains this name because
formerly had four times the population size of Izalco town. The second
version is reflected in a report from the main hall in Nahuizalco in October
15th 1859, in the following terms "The Single tradition that preserves the
origin of this population is that after the Spaniards conquest, four families
from Izalco stood at a point immediately to Sonzacate, which is still called
Nahuizalquio, and when the neighbors visiting or passing through this point
was called the four Izalco’s" that in Nahuatl language mean Nahuizalco.
"Naui" means "four".
This town maintains its indigenous and artisanal costumes. Here you will find
their night market, workshops and handicraft stores in the entire county. The
Patron Saint Day festivities are held in honor of "San Juan Bautista", from
June 17th to June 24th each year, and in the third week of October is held
the celebration in honor of "La Virgen del Rosario". The main economic
activity is the agriculture and in second places the handicraft production, a
very recognized tourist attraction of Nahuizalco; its night market, illuminated
with oil lamps, lanterns or candles is another reason to visit Nahuizalco in
your tour across the route of the flowers.
Salcoatitlan
"Salcoatitán" is a Nahuatl word that means "Place between snakes and
quetzals". If you love plants, at the main entrance of the town you can visit
the Maquilishuatl Nursery, which besides flowers accounts with a mini zoo,
which has two sympathetic capuchin monkeys, a peacock and a "tigrillo". It
also has spaces where you can enjoy a coffee and dessert. If you are
interested in archaeology, you have the opportunity to look at the ceramic
pieces exposure that the county has, some of them are from 400 B.C. and
300 A.C.
In Salcoatitán Park, in front of the colonial church of "San Miguel Arcángel",
every weekend you can enjoy a wide variety of dishes, as seafood, Mexican
food, desserts, grilled beef, pork ribs, tamales, riguas, "Sopa de pata", Indian
hen, fried yucca and more!
There is no lack the neither typical candies nor juice cane, whether looking
sausage or natural medicine then you are not going with empty hands.
Located in Sonsonate, a thousand 40 meters above the sea level, Salcoatitán
offers you a fresh and pleasant climate.
Juayúa
Juayúa is a town with an attractive
coffee tradition; it has a fresh
climate and cold waterfalls.
"Juayúa" comes from the Nahuatl,
which means “Purple Orchids River
The 103 km² of Juayúa seem to have been perfectly placed in a path that
remains adorned throughout the year by the floral diversity in the area. One
place that you need to visit is “La Iglesia Santa Lucía" and you will find the
famous image of the Juayúa Black Christ. This place has been definitely a
cultural center among Catholic religion for more than 500 years. The
awesome building has real artistic treasures, starting with the miraculous
image of The Black Christ, their stained glass placed in the high altar,
illuminated with Italian marble lamps, its magnificent bells that can be heard
miles away and an electric chime, which can interpret different melodies and
Christian praise to the bells.
On weekends you can enjoy with exquisite traditional dishes in the
gastronomic festival. Once year , a worldwide gastronomic festival is
organized, with typical dishes from other countries. If you love nature, Juayúa
invites you to visit "Los Chorros de La Calera" (La Calera Waterfalls), one of
the most interesting tourist attractions of Juayúa. You will enjoy the beautiful
crystalline waterfalls and the cool weather. You must also visit "La Laguna de
las Ranas" (Frogs Lagoon), during winter this lagoon is visited by a lot of frogs
and it is a fine place to camp.
Another gorgeous place to visit is "Laguna Verde" (Green Lagoon), created by
a volcanic eruption and located among Apaneca and Juayúa at 1,600 meters
above the sea level. Juayúa is located 80 kilometers from San Salvador, in the
Department of Sonsonate; just take the CA-12N highway.
Apaneca
This town it has been dedicated to coffee growing, it has two lagoons,
"Laguna Verde" (Green Lagoon) and "Laguna de Las Ninfas" (Nymphs
Lagoon). Apaneca is a place in which you will find gorgeous landscapes and
the heritage of an ancient civilization.
Apaneca is located 16 km southwest from Ahuachapán City, in a picturesque
and exuberant high plateau between the hill of Apaneca and the volcano of
"Laguna Verde". Another attraction of Apaneca is its wide variety of flowers,
which can be found in nurseries and farms.
In Apaneca you will find a rich gastronomy, with a great variety of
international food restaurants and places where you can taste desserts and
coffee in a natural environment. And this is a good place for the ones that are
coffee lovers, and it is a good place to go camping.
Concepción de Ataco.
Concepción de Ataco is 5 km from Apaneca, 1275 meter above sea level.
Concepción de Ataco is a precolumbian town, founded by Pipil tribes in the
heart of the hill; their main product it has been the cultivation of coffee,
there is also the textile industry with rustic methods, as well as artisans of
religious pictures in wood. Among the tourist attractions of Concepción de
Ataco it is one pool that is called Atzumpa and it is located at 1.5 kms. From
Concepcion de Ataco; other places to visit are La Cruz de Cielito Lindo is a
view point from where you can observe all the town and its surroundings. La
Cruz Del Shico is another lookout located 30 minutes from Ataco. Another
tourist attractions are "La Ceiba del Parque Central", "La Poza del Perol",
"Cascadas de Tiapán" and "Cerro de las Flores".
The feasts in Ataco are very pleasant, which are held from December 10th to
December 15th in honor of "La Inmaculada Concepción de María", there are
historical representations and dances.