Cultural Walking Tour of San Salvador, El Salvador

Cultural Walking Tour of San Salvador, El Salvador

This is the best way to know the beauty of San Salvador and understand its culture in a short time. Discover with a professional local guide and in small groups the essence of the capital of El Salvador, closely observe the life of Salvadorans. Enjoy a 2 to 3-hour walking tour as you get to know the history, culture, architecture, monuments, and historical center.

If you are one of those who enjoys to immerse themselves in culture, this is one of the best experiences you can have in El Salvador. A direct contact with the life of Salvadorans accompanied by expert local guides.

You will start the tour at the meeting point, the Cuscatlan Park. Founded by one of the most controversial presidents in the history of El Salvador. Called in this way in honor of the original name of the Salvadoran territory. It commemorates within its walls the names of more than 30,000 people among the dead and disappeared that left the last civil war over 25 years ago.

You will walk through the streets of the capital to the historic center. You will visit emblematic Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. You can access the University Museum of Anthropology, which is open at the following times: Tuesday to Friday from 8:30am, 11:30am, 3:30pm, and 5:30pm. On Saturdays from 8:30am, and 11:30am. To understand how the current Salvadoran society has developed.

You will continue through the open markets until you reach the historical center where Old San Salvador has the rare faculty to conserve in a state of absolute sincerity one hundred years of the history of the country; the hundred years of greatest splendor, luxury, ambition, extravagance and also good taste. Here you can visit the Plaza Gerardo Barrios, the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador, Liberty Square and the unique El Rosario church, with a unique architecture at the level of the continent.