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viernes, 6 de junio de 2014
Volcanos
Izalco
It is located in Sonsonate, was known as the Lighthouse of the Pacific for its constant eruptions of fire in the recent past, as the sailors used it as a guide during the nights when approaching land. Interestingly, during the sixties the volcano stopped throwing flames and has since been dormant.
This volcano is very distinctive from the others by its gray color, and perfect cone. Today it is a place visited by mountaineers and climbers who enjoy its 1.910 meters of altitude above sea level to spot the far reaches of the country.
From the top of this natural viewpoint, we can see the Santa Ana Volcano or Llamatepec north woodlands and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the mountains of Guatemala to the west. To visit the volcano Izalco reservations are recommended in the Volcanoes National Park (located in the west of the country) in ISTU.
El Boqueron
This beautiful park is situated in the crater of the volcano of San Salvador, which is within the volcanic mountains of the department of La Libertad. This amazing place is 1.6 km in diameter and 558 meters deep, reaching the second crater bottom.
The park offers a walk through demarcated where you can appreciate the beauty of the flora cultivated in place that harmonize with pine forests that stage breathtaking views of the crater trails.
Among the species of flora are identified as ornamentals cartridges, hydrangeas, torches, begonias and wild sultanas. Also find wildlife like armadillos, raccoons, deer, foxes, among others.
Ilamatepec
The Santa Ana
Volcano (Spanish: volcán de Santa Ana)
is a large cinder cone volcano located in the Santa Ana department of El
Salvador. At 2,381 metres above sea level, it is the highest volcano in the
country. It is located immediately west of Coatepeque Caldera.
The volcano
was the inspiration for one of the active volcanoes in Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry's famous French novella (The Little Prince), based on his life
with his Salvadoran wifeConsuelo de Saint Exupéry, who was The Rose in the
story.[citation needed]
The summit of
Santa Ana features four nested calderas and volcanic craters, with the
innermost containing a small crater lake. Collapse of the summit during the
late Pleistocene(inferring from underlying soil samples, the upper age limit is
no more than 57 000 years ago) produced a massive debris avalanche that reached
the Pacific Ocean, forming the Acajutla Peninsula. Subsequent eruptions have
largely rebuilt the edifice.
There have been numerous historical eruptions
since the 16th century, both at the summit and fromcinder cones on the lower
flanks, and also the flank vents of San Marcelino located east of Santa Ana.
The San Marcelino vents erupted in 1722 and flowed eastwards for 11 km,
destroying the village of San Juan Tecpan.
jueves, 5 de junio de 2014
Food!
Salvadoran Cuisine
It is a style of cooking derived from the nation of El Salvador.
The traditional cuisine consists of food from indigenous Lenca, Pipil people and
Spanish peoples. Many of the dishes are made with maiz (corn).
El Salvador's most notable dish is the pupusa, a
thick handmade corn flour or rice flour tortilla stuffed
with cheese, chicharrón (cooked pork meat ground to a paste
consistency), refried beans, and/or loroco (a
vine flower bud native to Central America).
There are also vegetarian options, often with ayote (a type of squash), or
garlic. Some adventurous restaurants even offer pupusas stuffed with shrimp or
spinach which are served with salsa roja, a simple yet flavorful Salvadoran
cooked tomato sauce, often served with curtido.
Pupusas, a Mesoamerican cuisine of Mayan origen,
The oldest direct evidence of pupusas preparations in the world comes from a
1,400-year-old Maya site,Joya de Cerén,
in El Salvador.
Loroco is a Mesoamerican plant widely
used in Salvadoran dishes, like in Pupusas
Pollo Encebollado is another popular Salvadoran dish that contains chicken simmered with onions. Famous Salvadoran cheese is eaten with these meals such as Queso duro (Hard cheese), Queso Fresco (Fresh Cheese) and Cuajada.
Salvadorean Tortillas are a staple of the
Salvadorean diet. These are thicker (5mm) than Mexican tortillas, and are about
10cm in diameter.
Yuca is eaten fride or boiled with
salads as a side dish. The oldest direct evidence of cassava cultivation in the
world comes from a 1,400-year-old Maya site, Joya de Cerén,
in El Salvador.
Two other typical Salvadoran dishes
are yuca frita and panes rellenos. Yuca frita is deep fried cassava root
served with curtido(a
pickled cabbage, onion and carrot topping) and chicharron with pepesca (fried
baby sardines). The Yuca is sometimes served boiled instead of fried. Panes
Rellenos ("Stuffed Bread") are warm submarine sandwiches.
The turkey or chicken is marinated and then roasted with Pipil spices and
hand-pulled. This sandwich is traditionally served with turkey or chicken,tomato, and watercress along
with cucumber, onion, lettuce, mayonnaise,
and mustard.
Other well-known Salvadoran dishes
include Carne guisada, Lomo Entomatado (beef with
tomatoes), Carne Asada (Grilled steak) usually served with a type of Salvadoran
salsa called Chimol, Pasteles de Carne (Meat
pies), Pollo Guisado con Hongos(Chicken with mushrooms), Pacalla (palm
flowers breaded in cornmeal, fried and served with tomato sauce), Pavo
Salvadoreño(Roast turkey with sauce) often eaten for Christmas, Ceviche de
Camarones (Lime-cooked shrimp) and Pescado Empanizado(Breaded,
fried fish filets).
Tamales
One of El Salvador's most famous dishes is their different
types of tamales which are usually wrapped in plantain leaves. These tamales
include: Tamales de Elote (Fresh corncakes) Tamales Pisques (Tamales stuffed
with black beans)
Tamales de pollo (Tamales stuffed with chicken and potatoes)
and Ticucos ("Travelers" tamales).
Soups
Soups and salads are popular among Salvadorans of every
social level. Sopa de pata is a soup made from the tripe of a cow, plantain,
corn, tomatoes, cabbage and spices, locally a delicacy. Sopa de Res, a soup
made from beef shank, beef bone with meat, carrots, plantain, corn, potatoes,
zucchini and more. Gallo en chicha is a soup made with rooster, corn, and dulce
de tapa and sometimes other things. Sopa de pescado is a soup made out of fish
or seafood made with corn flour, tomatoes, green peppers, cumin, achiote and
other ingredients, very popularly eaten for the Christian holiday of Easter.
Sopa de pollo is a chicken stew with tomatoes, green peppers, guisquil,
carrots, potatoes, consommé and other ingredients.
Desserts
Salvadoran desserts
include pan dulce, semita, Salvadoran-style quesadilla, torta de yema,
marquezote, salpores, poleada (vanilla custard), arroz con leche (rice
pudding), atol de elote, atol de piña, empanadas de platano (plantain patties),
and many others.
The dulce de leche of El Salvador has a soft,
crumbly texture, with an almost crystallized form.
Fruits
Fruits are widely consumed, the more popular being mangoes,
coconuts, papayas, and bananas. Sometimes they enjoy fruit with ice cream and
cinnamon sprinkled on top.
Towns and Cities
Ataco
Ilobasco
Ilobasco is a municipality in the Cabañas department of El Salvador. It is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of the capital, San Salvador.
Suchitoto
Suchitoto is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of El Salvador. These beautiful town you finde colonial style houses, cobbled streets and wide avenues with old, is located between the volcano and Guazapa Lempa River, 44 km. Northwest Resume city, 388 m height. Suchitoto it is a Náhuat language and it means "Flower Bird". Within its jurisdiction the Lempa River offers natural spas as part of the Large Dam Cerrón; Bello Suchitlán Lake. There are several hot springs and the famous geological formation Canyon Los Thirds true natural curiosity, 2 km east of Suchitoto. A 4 km southeast of Suchitoto is the valley of La Bermuda, with remains of cobbled streets and foundations damaged by plowing. These traces correspond to the second Villa de San Salvador there founded by Captain Diego de Alvarado, on 1 April 1528.
Concepción
de Ataco is a municipality and city
within the Ahuachapán
Department, El Salvador. It has an
area of 61.03 km ² and a population of 18,101 inhabitants (est. 2006). It is located 108 kilometers
from the capital city, with an elevation
of 1,275 meters above sea level,
making this an ideal town for part of their
customs, traditions and history, surrounded by a cool
climate and nice place.
The
municipality administration is divided into 11 cantons, which are: El Arco, El
Limo, El Naranjito, El Tronconal, La Ceiba, La Joya de los Apante, La Planxa,
San Jose, Shucutitán and Texusín Chirizo. Ataos's population has pre-Columbian origin and was founded by Yaqui
Indians or pipiles in central Apaneca Mountain Range.
In Nahuatl, Ataco means "high place of springs.”
Municipality falls within the tour "Route
of the Flowers", for its restaurants, inns and family-craft production where you can find workshops
in sculpting images,
hand looms, preparation of chocolates,
sweets and wood furniture, dolls wood coffee and flower
arrangements.
Ilobasco
Ilobasco is a municipality in the Cabañas department of El Salvador. It is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of the capital, San Salvador.
By being so close, it is a trip that can be done in
one day, but being there, will captivate both, you'll want to never leave Ilobasco.
This town is known country wide (and
internationally) for its clay (other materials also used) craftsmanship or
pottery. There is a small school located in this town, where students are taught
the delicate art of ceramics.
Exploring the cobbled streets of Ilobasco you
find stores that sell all kinds of ceramics, but also realize that local
residents are friendly and outgoing. They love to engage in conversation with visitors,
no matter what language they speak. Among the items to be found here are the
phones, wall decorations, and clay figures. However, the most impressive items
are replicas of their caves and exotic vegetables. Their colors are so bright
and looks so real, you cannot avoid filling your basket with them, they are a
great gift for family and friends who remained at home.
The clay is extracted and
prepared locally. The clay work includes the "miniatures", which are
small representations of daily scenes as lived by Salvadorans, no bigger than 2
inches tall. The Town is also home for second division soccer team El Roble.
One version of the
miniatures are the "surprises", which are basically a scene covered
with another piece of clay shaped and painted in the form of a fruit, an egg, a
house or other things. The cover can be removed and then the scene can be seen.
Suchitoto
Suchitoto is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of El Salvador. These beautiful town you finde colonial style houses, cobbled streets and wide avenues with old, is located between the volcano and Guazapa Lempa River, 44 km. Northwest Resume city, 388 m height. Suchitoto it is a Náhuat language and it means "Flower Bird". Within its jurisdiction the Lempa River offers natural spas as part of the Large Dam Cerrón; Bello Suchitlán Lake. There are several hot springs and the famous geological formation Canyon Los Thirds true natural curiosity, 2 km east of Suchitoto. A 4 km southeast of Suchitoto is the valley of La Bermuda, with remains of cobbled streets and foundations damaged by plowing. These traces correspond to the second Villa de San Salvador there founded by Captain Diego de Alvarado, on 1 April 1528.
Area around the main square of the colonial town of
Suchitoto, with its church built by the Spaniards in the 1700s. Suchitoto is
widely known throughout El Salvador for its church and for its cobblestone
roads.
It has an excellent view of Suchitlán lake, which is
an artificial lake formed in the Lempa River and the Cerrón Grande dam.
It is a very popular weekend destination for
Salvadorans. It has broad cultural activities such as art galleries, cultural
centers, and handcrafts.
viernes, 30 de mayo de 2014
Beaches
Puerto de la Libertad Beach
Costa del Sol is located at Kilometer 66, southwest of the capital San Salvador and in the department of La Paz. The area known as Costa del Sol is in reality divided into three beaches: San Marcelino, Los Blancos and Costa del Sol. Costa del Sol offers the most diverse hotel infrastructure and also has the most specialized areas for practicing sailing and fishing. The sand in Costa del Sol is different to the sand found elsewhere, since it is lighter gray in shade.
El cuco Town is the biggest town in the area, but the town
is veyr small and quiet, the only activity is the fishing and a very quiet
tourism, most of it during the weekends.
Fishing it is one of the mayor activities you will see inthe area.You may enyoj of a great fresh seefood meal!!
The Puerto La Libertad became a city in
1957. It is situated 34 Km from the capital San Salvador. Its major tourist
influx is due to its beaches and its fine cuisine restaurants where you can eat
well. The nearest to Puerto de La Libertad beaches are
Conchalío, La Paz, El Obispo, El Majahual, Punta Roca and El Sunzal. The latter beach
is well known and visited by domestic and foreign lovers surfing because the
waves are amongs the best in the world for surfing.
El Puerto de La Libertad is one of the most representative tourist destinations in El
Salvador. The resort includes a boardwalk, restaurants and an
amphitheater, while small seafood markets and craft shops are located at the
wharf. Construction of the first phase of the work was inaugurated on January
6, 2006, and completed in early 2010.
Other beaches located in the municipality include Las Flores,
San Diego, El Obispo, La Paz and El Majahual. Among the area's highlights
is the Parque Nacional Walter Thilo Deininger(Walter Thilo
Deininger National Park), situated on the Coastal Highway (CA-2) near Playa San
Diego, going east from La Libertad towards the El Salvador International
Airport. The Deiningers were the first German immigrants to settle in the La
Libertad department. They established dairies, cattle ranches and coffee
plantations.
La Costa del Sol Beach
La
Costa del Sol. It is for all types of tourists destination. The Costa del Sol
in La Paz, is the longest beach in the country, 15 miles away, has always been
considered as one of the most important attractions of the country. It is one
of the most important hotel areas of the country and is ideal for all kinds of
adventures and water sports.
Costa del Sol is a gem in the setting of El Salvador's
many treasures. Hosting sailing, fishing and other water sport activities, the
area is also home to celebrations, festivities and fine dining opportunities.
Come along an experience the Coast of the Sun!
Costa del Sol is located at Kilometer 66, southwest of the capital San Salvador and in the department of La Paz. The area known as Costa del Sol is in reality divided into three beaches: San Marcelino, Los Blancos and Costa del Sol. Costa del Sol offers the most diverse hotel infrastructure and also has the most specialized areas for practicing sailing and fishing. The sand in Costa del Sol is different to the sand found elsewhere, since it is lighter gray in shade.
El Tunco Beach
A paradise for surfers and
coastal nightlife
Characterized by its black
sand, its magnificent waves and varied nightlife, La Playa El Tunco is one of
the most visited by those who love surfing and nightlife destinations.The
beach offers superb waves for the practice of surf, sport professionals and
beginners eager to "tame" his first waves approach the beach for
their first surfing lessons. It also offers after sunset, an opportunity to
enjoy live music, especially "batucada", not to mention restaurants,
bars hotels and B, which are in the area. And if it seeks greater harmony with
nature there are also areas where you can camp.
Getting there
From San Salvador by car along
the road to Puerto de La Libertad, to reach the turn, take the road to El
Malecon El Litoral until mile 42. Along the way there are signs that tell you
where to enter the beach.
Surfing lessons.
There is variad Lodging offering professional surf
lessons fairly cheap prices from $ 15 class, that way you should not worry
about getting a place to learn surfing. The best time to learn this wonderful
sport is between September and early March for its waves that reach 2 meters.
El Cuco Beach
El cuco is a popular beach town at the east side department
of San Miguel, very close from the Fonseca gulf that share El Salvador with
Nicaragua and Honduras.
This area is conciderated as one of the best beaches areas
in El Salvador, there are around 100 kilometers including beaches like El
Espino, Playas Negras, Las Tunas and Tamarindo.
Fishing it is one of the mayor activities you will see inthe area.You may enyoj of a great fresh seefood meal!!
One
of the classic hotel in this area is Tropiclub, this hotel offer a great
service for families looking for small suties with private bathroon and
airconditioiner, also available budget
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