OUR SUN & BEACH PLUS ARCHEOLOGY, NATURE & SAN SALVADOR CITY TOUR
PACKAGE 1
Day 01 Travel from Canada to El Salvador
| 08:50 | Departure Regina to San Salvador via Toronto. |
| 12:29 | Arrive Toronto |
| 15:30 | Departure Toronto |
| 19:35 | Arrive San Salvador |
| 19:30 | Welcome by your guide at the Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez International Airport. |
| 20:15 | Check in and welcome cocktail at the Club Joya del Pacifico Hotel, Playa Costa del Sol. |
COSTA DEL SOL BEACH
Costa del Sol Beach. It presents natural conditions of great beauty. The beaches of San Marcelino, Los Blancos, La Puntilla are part of this area, the latter is where the beautiful Lempa River flows, which connects with the Jaltepec estuary that borders the blue zone of the department of La Paz. In this beautiful place the visitor could navigate its canals, reach the mouth of the Lempa River, and visit Los Negritos beach, still virgin. The Costa del Sol It has the beach of the same name considered one of the best and most famous beaches in El Salvador. This extraordinary Salvadoran beach has a wide extension that ranges from 12 to 15 kilometers, considering it the longest beach in El Salvador.
In this place the great majority of Salvadoran coastal marine birds converge, serving as a nesting site for many of them, it also houses a great diversity of terrestrial species associated with bodies of water and lowlands in general. The Costa del Sol is home to a great variety of mammals, reptiles, local and migratory birds, and a marine fauna that makes it a unique tourist attraction.
It is the beach area with the greatest hotel development in Salvadoran tourism, in recent years the beach of the Costa del Sol has been modernized by leaps and bounds, offering a varied hotel infrastructure, much visited by national and foreign tourists who enjoy a place attractive and unforgettable.
Day 02 On your own at Costa del Sol. Relaxing at the beach
Club Joya del Pacifico features a restaurant, outdoor swimming pool, a bar and garden in La Herrera. Featuring family rooms, this property also provides guests with a terrace. At the hotel, all rooms include a balcony. At Club Joya del Pacifico all rooms are equipped with air.
Day 02 On your own at Costa del Sol. Relaxing at the beach
Club Joya del Pacifico features a restaurant, outdoor swimming pool, a bar and garden in La Herrera. Featuring family rooms, this property also provides guests with a terrace. At the hotel, all rooms include a balcony. At Club Joya del Pacifico all rooms are equipped with air.
Day 03 On your own at Costa del Sol. Relaxing at the beach
Day 04 On your own at Costa del Sol. Relaxing at the beach
Day 05 On your own at Costa del Sol. Relaxing at the beach
| 07:00 |
After breakfast departure to Joya de Cerén Archaeological Park, a World Heritage Site. |
| 09:00 |
Visit Joya de Cerén, which was a pre- Columbian agricultural village, buried by ashes by a volcanic eruption 1400 years ago, preserving history to this day. |
Joya de Cerén has an early settlement history that dates to the Late Pre-Classic (300 B.C.-200 A.D.). This early settlement was abandoned, and ash covered by the massive volcanic eruption of Ilopango in 536 A.D. This event had a disastrous effect on El Salvador, and disrupted trade routes throughout the Pacific Slope and the Highlands. It was originally thought that the eruption took place c.260 A.D. New evidence has demonstrated that this eruption took place centuries later, and was responsible for a global cooling event, with failed crops and famines as noted in Chinese, Irish, Byzantine, and Roman historical accounts. It has been proposed that this event was the immediate cause for the Early Classic hiatus, and the decline of Teotihuacan
| 10:30 |
Transfer to San Andres Archaeological Park (formerly Campana San Andrés) was a pre-Columbian Mayan settlement. This settlement began around 900 BC, it was an agricultural town, it became the regional capital between 600 to 900 A.D., (Late Classic Period) |
| 12:30 | Transfer to Coatepeque volcanic lake. In 2013 he participated in the “8th Wonder of the World” contest, obtaining Second Place. Accommodation at Equinoccio Hotel, free afternoon to enjoy the lake (B, L, D) |
| 11:00 |
Transfer to Chalchuapa “Río de Jadeitas” en Nahuat. It was the most remarkable emporium of the po’omames civilization, people of the Mayan family. |
| 12:00 | Lunch at a restaurant in Chalchuapa to taste the traditional dish “Yuca con chicharron” pork meat and “Toasted pepescas” olominas. |
| 13.30 | Visit El Tazumal, the first archaeological park in El Salvador, and it is among the oldest in the Central América region. El Tazumal it is the unique site that highlights the traces of the indigenous civilization that dominated our country before the colonial area, its meaning “place where souls are consumed” in the before the colonial area its meaning “place where souls are consumed” in the Nahuat – Quiché language. Its first reference dates from the year 1892, formally registered in 1940 until today, 13 structures have been discovered. |
Day 07 Concepción de Ataco (Free morning)
| 12:30 | Lunch at Tayúa Bosque Restaurant, it is a restaurant with special outdoors service. |
| 15:00 | Coffee tour in a coffee mill founded in 1930 on the other side of the city of Ataco learning about the about the process of transforming a little red fruit into coffee you taste every morning. Then return to the hotel. |
Day 08 Ruta Túristica de las Flores ” Touristic of the Flowers Route”
| 08:00 |
Visit the Ruta Túristica de las Flores crossing Apaneca and Salcoatitán. Visit Juayúa Gastronomic Festival. Continue to Nahuizalco town, one of the strongest and oldest indigenous nuclei in El Salvador, known for its beautiful wicker handicrafts and the public night market. |
| 20:30 |
Transfer to the Agape Hotel in the city of Sonsonate. The Agape Hotel belongs to the Agape Association, which was founded to help the most vulnerable people. With the income from the hotel and the restaurant, the Open Agape Hotel programs belongs to the Agape Association, which was founded to help the most vulnerable people. |
Day 09 Sonsonate – Playa el Sunzal
| 08:00 | After breakfast, tour to the facilities of the AGAPE assistance center. Visit dinning room, nursing home, health clinic, clinical laboratory and the hemodialysis center are financed among other beautiful and loving charity activities. |
| 10:00 |
Transfer to El Zonte Beach. During the trip you will have the opportunity to appreciate the reed beds and the shores of the sea at times, you will pass through tunnels under the hills. |
| 13:00 | Arrive Puro Surf Hotel or Roca Sunzal Hotel (3 Nights) (B L D). |
Day 10 On your own at Playa El Sunzal and relaxing at the beach.
Day 11 On your own at Playa El Sunzal and relaxing at the beach.
Day 12 Transfer from Playa El Sunzal to San Salvador.
| 11:00 | Departure to El Malecón Puerto la Libertad. Lunch and walk through the Tourist center |
| 14:00 | Continue to the Capital San Salvador. |
| 15:00 | Visit the artisan market, time for shopping. Walk through to the Historic Center where you will enjoy delicious sacks, visit the Metropolitan Cathedral the National Palace, appreciate the beautiful lighting of the plaza Gerardo Barrios. |
| 20:30 | We continue to check up to the Barcelo Hotel or Mirador Plaza Inn. |
Day 13 Tour Parque Nacional volcán El Boquerón San Salvador.
| 08:30 | Leave to El Boquerón National Park at the San Salvador Volcano. |
| 12:30 | Lunch at Las Brumas restaurant with wonderful views of the capital city. |
| 14:30 | Return to the city of San Salvador for a tour of the International handicraft market, your last chance, and the right place to shop for your souvenirs from your experiences in El Salvador. |
| 17:00 |
Departure to Olocuilta, the city of rice pupusas, where you will have the last opportunity to enjoy the typical national dish. Today you will end up at the Quality Inn Hotel near the airport (B, L, C). |
Day 14 Return to Canada
| 06:00 | Depart to the Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez International Airport. And flight to Canada. |
HAVE A GREAT AND SAFE RETURN HOME.