- Delta, United Airlines and American Airlines fly regularly.

      - The San Salvador International Airport is located 45 km from the capital. Shortly it will undergo an expansion process, which once again will convert it in the largest, most modern and secure of Central America.

      - Due to the small size of the country, and the short distances between destinations, there is no airline that makes regular domestic flights, but customers can rent helicopters or aircrafts to meet their needs.

      - By boat:

      - The main ports are La Unión (which is under construction and will be the largest and most modern in Central America), La Libertad and Acajutla.

      - By road:

      - El Salvador has the most modern road network in Central America, which allows tourist to move among destinations pleasantly, easy and fast. In 2008 began the construction of the “Carretera Longitudinal del Norte”, in the area near the border with Honduras, that will allow the inclusion of the inhabitants and communities of the area into the national development.

PLACES OF INTEREST:

      - San Salvador (capital), San Vicente, Santa Ana (Western city with traditional families dedicated to the harvest of coffee) San Miguel (the largest city in the east, with an annual carnival that receives a million visitors in November), Puerto de la Libertad (where there are two of the best, newly-classified, surfing beaches in the world), Flower’s Trail (coffee villages in the mountains), Suchitoto (colonial town on the shore of a lake that provides habitat for hundreds of birds), Ilopango and Coatepeque Lakes (extinct volcanic craters now with crystalline waters, where you can go diving, fishing, sailing, swimming, and in its banks there are golf courses), Volcanoes’ trail (climbing in the middle of coffee plantations ), North Zone of Chalatenango (among pine trees there are colonial towns, typical handcrafts, water springs, waterfalls, horses, cabins, hostels and hotels, where you can enjoy exquisite sunrises, sunsets, walking among exotic plants, birds, coffee and local food .)

GASTRONOMY:

      - The most popular food is a kind of tortilla known as pupusas, made of corn meal or flour, filled with cheese, beans or ground pork, also mixed (a combination of all of them), in recent years have been adding new fillings (shrimp, vegetables, tuna fish, squash, ham, potato, blackberry, etc.).

      - A typical dish can be accompanied by beans (ground or whole), cheese, cream, eggs (scrambled, hard or crashed), fried bananas, meat or grilled chorizo, tortillas and for drinks: coffee, horchata, barley or salads (from fruit), keeping in mind that this can change depending on the area where you are.

FESTIVALS:

      - August 6, Day of the Divine Savior of the World (national patron).

      - September 15th, Independence Day.

      - November 21, Day of the Virgin of La Paz (Co-national patron).

      - Christmas and New Year, among others.

TYPICAL PRODUCTS AND DESTINATIONS:

      - In Archaeology is necessary to emphasize Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site, World Heritage, since it is the only site in the Maya world that shows how the homes, crops and form of life of those ancestors was. Remains have been found where you can see: the rooms, kitchens, utensils, animals, human footprints and cellars, (which were preserved for thousands of years under volcanic ash); Sihuatán, with two Mayan ball game sites; Tazumal Ruins, Casa Blanca and others. Since the last years, skeletons of animals that inhabited the earth 2.2 million years ago have been discovered on the banks of the River Tomayate. Excavations continue and access is limited.

      - Nature and Adventure: Montecristo National Park on the border between Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. The Cloud Forest covering 1,200 hectares is one of the most visited in the Park. It is characterized by its high humidity and temperatures ranging from 10° C to 15º C.. In its belly shelters tree species with broad and bushy tops, reaching heights of up to 30 mts., as well as ferns, palms and 70% of the orchid species found in El Salvador. Among the mammals that inhabit the area are the jaguar, puma, gray fox, raccoon, howler monkey, spider monkey and the red deer. Green quetzals and toucans have also been observed. There are specialized guides, tourist information centers and campgrounds.

      - Congresses and Conventions: the capital San Salvador is a modern city with a large number of recent constructions. The streets offer visitors many stalls selling all sorts of items, from shirts with tourist motifs to typical handcrafts of the region, as well as the most modern hotels and shopping complexes. Among the main tourist attractions are the National Palace, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the National Library, ample nightlife, international restaurants, cafes, bars, clubs and more.