El Salvador Travel Guide | Is it safe? | How much does it cost?

This is the ultimate 3-day travel guide to El Salvador. I discover San Salvador, Ruta de las Flores, El Tunco and all the best places in between!
*All prices in USD
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[@americaurbina3832]

Me encantaría conocer El Salvador, saludos desde México!

[@raqueld4899]

Mi gente te recibirá con los brazos abiertos. Mi esposo (de padres Mexicanos) le encantó mi país 🇸🇻.

[@jasondany7945]

El que no arriesga no gana

[@boriscolon]

Our country is so beautiful,thank you for visiting us 👍🏻🇸🇻

[@amie.everywhere]

I had an amazing time! I'm missing pupusas already :)

[@AlmaSivar]

sad and insulting the church angry 😤 calling it ugly I am Sure your English vocabulary is more intense use it correctly before calling the sites ugly 😡 disgusted by your words !! You’re are so disrespectful and ignore the meaning of the SITE !! Shame on you!! 3:24 3:43 not once or twice and sarcastically saying how beautifully oh please 🙄… go back where you come from if you are going to behave like that in such sites 😡

[@omarorellana]

Thank you for visiting us 🇸🇻 We hope you come back soon, we are improving as a nation 🥰

[@davidyanes2447]

Bienvenidos a nuestro país El Salvador 🇸🇻💙🤗

[@martamatute8755]

Actually, some people are surprised at how expensive certain things are here in El Salvador, and then you understand why it is difficult for some people to make ends meet. We have to spend smartly, but there are good places that one can visit with a low budget, and pupusas are always the best choice for eating everywhere because there are delicious and cheap.

[@dr.noeramirez2012]

Good morning .Amie, I watch this video and I liked a lot. I’m glad you have visited my country. It’s a small country but very friendly. I live in Texas, but salvadorean at heart. Go ahead and many successes!!

[@Edwinvalencia346]

Excellent video, I been in Santa Teresa before and it is so relax place and excellent to treat your skin as well, happy that you had a little time to enjoy El Salvador!!

[@amie.everywhere]

It's the first time I have ever been to a thermal pool before. I loved it. Some of the pools were so hot!

[@AnaGarcia-rb3cc]

Que grandiosa es la catedral de San salvador NUNCA hé entrado a verla en vivo , pero iré

[@antoniocardoza9364]

New subscriber here! Welcome to El Salvador pretty young lady!!! Hope you're enjoying your stay in our small but lovely country...Cheers to you! 💙🇸🇻🙂😎✌️👍...

[@amie.everywhere]

Thanks for your support! I loved my time in El Salvador. I hope I get to visit again soon.

[@Soypatricio56]

Este video me a motivado más a regresarme a mi bello país

[@elsalvador5k720]

Thank you for visiting

[@MarioDiaz-iq2lp]

Thanks for visiting my lovely country. You are always welcome.

[@raqueld4899]

Tears started coming down when you said "it's clawing it's way to a better future" my country has suffered a lot, we're so happy things are taking a turn for the better. I visited after 20 years and I was pleasantly surprised by the kindness of all salvadoreans after all they've been through. El Salvador it's a small country, but like they say good things come in small packages. Reasons to visit: people are friendly and kind, you can explore multiple places 🏖🌄🏙 in one day, we have delicious food (don't forget to try pupusas 🫓)

[@amie.everywhere]

El Salvador has an exciting future ahead. I LOVE pupusas!

[@anak_kucing101]

2:16 Esa transición tiene más calidad que toda la cadena de televisión nacional. 👌🏻

[@yehah]

A few of my friends from Australia have been here in El Salvador since late last year and they were just in La Libertad. I told them it’s not worth visiting because we don’t compare with the rest of Central America tourists wise but they came anyway haha. Safe travels.

[@amie.everywhere]

I think a lot of Australians are going to La Libertad because the surfing is awesome!

[@abilix]

Love the variety of places you visited and the honesty you projected on your impressions of El Salvador!!

[@salvadorianlivinginusa6660]

In El Salvador you can find accomodations for cheaper price, that's what happened when a certain place gets really hype when it gets so many tourists but the difference it's that if you go to California Miami places very very known it gets expensive because of the same reason las time that I was in Miami I bought a beer and a Cuban torta almost 40 dollars for that it is extremely expensive just for that I think it's the same if you go to Sidney there is lot of places to go in El Salvador for example la union San Vicente they have many beautiful places and you'll find better options for you budget just got to do some more research while you there

[@amie.everywhere]

Yes I agree. Another reason why my accommodation may have been a bit expensive in El Tunco is that I booked late notice. There seemed to be a great selection of hostels, but they were all booked out.

[@Fotogoscar]

The market place in the dowtown section you walked has since been cleared. Vendors have been relocated and is being cleaned to make it more walkable and friendly.

[@amie.everywhere]

That's great news! thanks for letting me know.

[@elsalvador5k720]

Gracias por visitarnos

[@Torogozsv]

Thanks for visiting El Salvador. I hope you had a great time. come back soon

[@saulsantamaria4537]

Hello young lady ...welcome yo el salvador AND hope you enjoyed the vacación here ...nice videos ....AND god bless you ...

[@amie.everywhere]

Thanks so much for watching. I love El Salvador. I can't wait to come back

[@armandohernandez4470]

👌👌 you make me hungry with those delicious pupusas

[@amie.everywhere]

Hahahaha I miss pupusas!

[@cristianmonge4331]

Hi Amie!!! It's a pitty that tha CIHUATAN ruines doesn't appear in the tourist guide,personally,I prefere this last one than Joya de Ceren...it's my point of vue...

[@amie.everywhere]

I would have loved to go to Cihuatan too. I'll have to check it out next time.

[@diego_SanSalvador]

great video! happy you got to experience the country :)

[@amie.everywhere]

Thanks! 😃 I really enjoyed El Salvador

[@agustinob1]

Beautiful video!! Going to la libertad in two weeks

[@amie.everywhere]

Thanks. I hope you have a great time!

[@raqueld4899]

I'm so jealous, have some yuca frita for me 😋

[@aliktrkomrad]

Nuevo suscriptor desde El Salvador. Soy el suscriptor Número 964. A despegar el cana se ha dicho, todo el soporte.

[@Bg-mf3ye]

Se pasan con los turistas ella misma lo dijo muy caro todo el taxi 10 minutos 20 dólares le costó eso sí es pasarse esta llegando el turismo pero así lo están corriendo otra vez

[@sabu1895]

@@Bg-mf3ye El gobierno también lo hace, le cobran doble al extranjero por entrada a parques. No sé si todos los países lo hacen.

[@ESREEF]

Thank you for showing us your journey ❤️❤️

[@amie.everywhere]

My pleasure

[@cdennispocasangre5587]

Loved how you made this video. Thank you for showing my country to the 🌎

[@gavinmoynihan3848]

Best yet , loved it

[@eduarthaden7254]

We're 20 below zero here in Minnesota! I really need to go there! It looks awesome! I hate to say this but yes! BETTER THAN MEXICO!

[@andresalf1407]

Nice video, I'm glad you enjoyed my country,,, thank you for showing that places and more

[@jorgemelendez1617]

Thank You for sharing Amie, it is all so beautiful!

[@cesarescobar2441]

Thank you for share with the world our country!!!, enjoy our land. !!!

[@amie.everywhere]

My absolute pleasure. Thanks for watching

[@oscarcastro2716]

Keep doing videos! You have a great energy!!! 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍💙💙💙🇸🇻

[@amie.everywhere]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I really appreciate them!

[@julious3603]

I love El Salvador!!!! great video btw with the cutest tour guide...Amie :)

[@guilloz3]

Good video, I liked it, thanks for sharing your video!

[@amie.everywhere]

My absolute pleasure. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@olgaceron8333]

Thanks girl! I love El Salvador my hometown 🇸🇻💙

[@arnoldhunt3980]

Thank you so much for the video!!! ❤😊

[@amie.everywhere]

My absolute pleasure

[@juliorivas4786]

Thank You for Sharing the Video with the Entire world, it's very Nice Country and Very Kind People, so Beautiful Places and the Food Delicious , Excellent again Thanks 🙏🙏🎊🎈🍭🎉❤

[@thegallivanthropologists]

Hi Amie, Glad to hear your positivity about El Salvador. It is one of 2 Central American countries I have yet to visit. Congrats on getting to 1K. It is deserved. I added 1 more. As traveling KZbin anthropologists, we tend to watch a lot of travel content, and we appreciate your approach to the genre. If you are into history, culture, food and nature, we would love to return the favor and inspire you about some cool places around the World. - Turtle

[@amie.everywhere]

Thanks for the sub! I checked out your channel and think it's great! You also have a new follower. Thanks for watching!

[@thegallivanthropologists]

@@amie.everywhere Thanks Amie. I look forward to keeping in touch and supporting your channel.

[@robertoguzman8628]

I am sorry that you are not familiar with the way we do business in El Salvador. you got to always bargain, people will always give you the high end of the price because your not from around there, always ask for the lowest price that you can get. Trust me, they will lower their prices. Except in high end hotels or supermarkets, those places are expensive no matter what. Hopefully this helps with your travel through my small little country.

[@amie.everywhere]

Thanks for the tip. I'm just really bad at bargaining. I think I need to be more confident :)

[@ehenri1438]

Thank you for visiting our country, first time I see your videos. I'm looking forward to see more fun videos from your channel. have a wonderful experience!

[@alebarre7389]

Welcome to El Salvador!!!!!!!

[@alexhernandez503]

Ola muy buen video 👌 saludos de San Francisco ca

[@chalateco5101]

Hi beautiful thanks for visiting our country ❤️

[@pablotrejo1783]

Tanks for visit my country I was two years I did not have fans Was dangerous

[@elvisaguirre-castro9628]

Thank you for visiting my litle country ,I hope you had a great time in your 3 days

[@melvinguevara428]

Welcome to El Salvador 🇸🇻

[@amie.everywhere]

Thank you!

[@gustavoramos9011]

Gracias 🇸🇻

[@amie.everywhere]

You're more than welcome. Thank you for watching!

[@cesartorres8804]

Thanks so good 👍 ☺️ 😊

[@amie.everywhere]

My pleasure

[@channiellinares8836]

Please come back soon! El Salvador is waiting for you. We have alot beaches,rivers,lakes, park's, volcano's, mountain,views,valles, villages, city's,urban zones,Rural zones, islands,puertos,manglares, Cascades, ruin's, indígenas people,zoo,acuatic parks, circus, malls,cine theaters,plazas,food food, fruits, monkeys,jungle,etc etc... everything 🫴🤝

[@amie.everywhere]

I will definitely be back. There is still so so so much of El Salvador I can't wait to explore!

[@rosab6259]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful adventure 😊 Did you get sick from water or food while you were there? I’m going to visit in a few weeks and I’m wondering if I need to be extra careful.

[@amie.everywhere]

I brushed my teeth with tap water just incase. But I ate plenty of pupusas, fruit and juices from street/market stalls and never got sick. I hope you have a great time!

[@luissanta5444]

Y should go to chalatenango el pital

[@edwinhernandez2957]

beautiful my country ❤❤

[@josegarcia-mejia3958]

So lovely 😊

[@williewilliams8707]

Lady I love your vid very interesting now let me ask you did you get charge to go inside la Iglesia El Rosario $2 and the private driver charged you $250 for two days that's the car included???

[@amie.everywhere]

Hi, thank you for watching. Yes I went inside La Iglesia El Rosario for $2. The $250 included driver and car.

[@anaguzman928]

Is nace there thank you for been my country

[@amie.everywhere]

Your country is beautiful. I can't wait to visit again!

[@salvadorlemus9350]

Thank you for visiting our country, hope you enjoy your stay, sorry what happened to you after eating too much pupusas 🤣🤣🤣 , what happens was you eat " cuetido" the cabbage you add to the pupusas , I go there every Xmas from US. And eat pupusas whit no " curtido " cuz you stomach need to be adapted first.. 🤩

[@amie.everywhere]

I could eat pupusas everyday for the rest of my life! They are so delicious. Thank you for telling me about curtido. Next time I'll know better :)

[@JoseFlores-kq4sl]

Beutiful video bless you

[@amie.everywhere]

I'm very glad you liked it. Thank you

[@victorcornejo6292]

Beautiful ❤

[@amie.everywhere]

Thank you! 😊

[@luissanta5444]

U should go to chalatenango el pital

[@amie.everywhere]

It looks amazing. I'll definitely have to check it out next time I'm in El Salvador!

[@vychoscrypto]

You need to spend a couple of weeks there next time to explore so much more!

[@miltongrande1482]

Great place to getaway ✌🏻✌🏻👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@davisurdaneta1426]

Amazing vlog and sense of humor. Could you say that El Salvador is pretty safe for a solo traveler? Cheers!

[@anak_kucing101]

Solo travelers must study the culture in order to avoid blunders.

[@amie.everywhere]

Yes, I believe El Salvador can be safe for solo travellers, however there are certain places to avoid or be extra wary. El Tunco is perfect and, in my opinion, extremely safe for solo travellers.

[@teetsmcgeets14]

I would say the whole country is now safe, lots of data you see online is old from about 2015-2016 saying its dangerous etc. The country is now considered as safe as Canada due to the new security standards set by the president. Source- I am a Salvadoran-Canadian that visits ES almost every year

[@fabricio672]

Bienbenida paisana atu tierra el salvador

[@eprohoda]

omg! that is well travel~ ;)

[@amie.everywhere]

I'm glad you like the vlog!

[@Saravia1985]

Lovely video

[@josenieto4137]

beautiful girl, very nice place to visit thank you show upon

[@vipo1004]

That’s the same feeling everyone gets when they eat pupusas 😂 5:14

[@amie.everywhere]

I’m not surprised. They’re sooooo good!

[@salvadorarias1653]

Beautiful video professional done

[@ivanargueta5]

I really miss the old days when we had our own currency. I’m really embarrassed of how expensive El Salvador has become and I apologize although there’s nothing I can do to change things. I love your video and thank you for visiting. New subscriber here

[@tatin82]

I remember those days and it effin' sucked!

[@ivanargueta5]

@@tatin82 get a haircut and Then a job.

[@amie.everywhere]

Thanks for subscribing! I really appreciate it. San Salvador was really affordable but El Tunco was surprisingly expensive. Totally worth it. It's such a gorgeous country!

[@Throwaway-kg7ft]

@@amie.everywhere El Tunco is such a huge tourist trap. I grew up going there every weekend when it was still relatively unknown and went back a few years ago. Prices have gone up so much.

[@Ocxmusic]

Do you not know why we adopted the dollar? I suggest you look it up & also learn a little about economics.

[@Blue-jd8jf]

☺️Rosario Church is a style called Brutalist Architecture. The rainbow is a biblical symbol believe it or not...🌈 It was the symbol God sent to Noah after the great flood, as a promise to never destroy Earth again. 🇸🇻The Coat of Arms of El Salvador also has a rainbow with the same meaning. The pact between God and Noah

[@amie.everywhere]

Thank you so much for this information! I searched all over the net and even asked a few locals about the architectural choices, but to no avail. I really appreciate you taking the time to inform me. Thank you

[@CuriousCat777]

To never flood the whole earth to destroy it u mean?…

[@martamatute8755]

@@amie.everywhere we normal people don´t know anything about architecture XD we can only tell whether we like it or not hahaha.

[@ElToroCebu]

👍

[@luipumaventura9051]

I love the shape of your mouth! My daughter's mouth is like yours!!! I'm going to visit my country on Easter 23! I'm sharing your video with she now!

[@cristobalnolasco7173]

Thank yuo for been in my country El salvador and thanks too show me the el mercado market I love yuo so mash

[@trippinman8054]

short answer: Right now on mon Jan 30 with nayib bukele, El salvador is actually safer than all big cities of the United states and Canada.

[@Riveera718]

🤩💙

[@carlosamaya4134]

New subscriber here!

[@amie.everywhere]

That makes me so happy! Thank you

[@willyrubio8047]

nice!!!!!

[@amie.everywhere]

Thanks!

[@anaguzman928]

I am you new suscriby😊

[@amie.everywhere]

Awesome! Thanks so much

[@aliktrkomrad]

It's look like you weren't lucky enough for taxi fee. I usually go by Uber and pay about $7 average for 20 minutes ride.

[@amie.everywhere]

It was from El Zunsal to El Tunco (when it was high tide) and there was no Ubers around. The hotel quoted me $20 and said that was the going rate for taxis. I thought it was pretty expensive. $7 sounds much more realistic.

[@terrahueca5245]

Hi nice too meet you Ami. Nice video you are a big girl 💙☝️😳😊

[@StanRT]

Violence statistics currently position El Salvador as the country with the least homicides in Latin America.

[@amie.everywhere]

Wow, I wish I had known this when I made the video. It seems as if I fed into the medias misrepresentation. Hopefully when I get back to El Salvador I can rectify this. Thanks so much for watching!

[@ivanargueta5]

I love your accent

[@amie.everywhere]

Thanks! I'm Australian.

[@BangTaoBeach]

@@amie.everywhere Really? I couldn't tell😅Sydney or Queensland area?

[@erwimeliasrosales5588]

El.salvador..Land...of...Mayas...Volcanos..Lakes..Tropical...Beaches..in..Central...America

[@amie.everywhere]

Yes there is still so much more I want to discover in El Salvador!

[@rosamariagonzalez6772]

Quise dar 👍 y no me deja!

[@WilleyNelson69]

They got her with the prices lol

[@marianogarcia3677]

😘

[@aripineda850]

Saludos

[@maryosegueda8619]

Si cote the Salvador

[@jazzney21]

🎉🎉❤

[@melvincontreras41]

🙏💙

[@eagle032170]

Great video. If you want to keep growing your chanel, come back as soon as possible. Many youtubers try it before and works with a serie of videos about the country and left with a considerable amount of followers

[@amie.everywhere]

Thanks for the tip! Yes, I agree. I have received so many followers from this video. I finally made it to 1000!

[@eagle032170]

@@amie.everywhere congrats

[@gatolatinol.p2792]

🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@josueumanzor1755]

1.28$ for a pupusa?!! Damn that’s sooo cheap 😢 here where I live each pupusa is 8 bucks 😭😭😭

[@slyonme]

my country doesn't have any gang violence anymore...its the safest country in america,the comment you made about wondering too far away from the mercado it s quite exaggerated...

[@amie.everywhere]

Thanks for watching the vlog. I was told by multiple friends (locals) to be very careful in the markets. My driver actually took me to the top of a near by carpark to have a better view of the markets and pointed out the "safe zones". All I can vlog about is my own experiences, but I appreciate your comment. And I'm so happy that El Salvador is making its way onto more tourist bucketlists.

[@felixvasquez7721]

tamezca lor steam room

[@dunkan42]

No se aprovechen de los turista o perderan clientes,porque entre los turistas se pasan la voz ,sean razonables con los precios o nunca los llamaran los turistas otra vez.

[@amie.everywhere]

Buen consejo. Gracias por visualizar mi video.

[@dunkan42]

Enjoy your vacation guys

[@otakusensei10]

Hi, I am from El Salvador and I am telling you that the private guy driver exceeded the price for 2 days, at least $160.00 for 2 days is fair he scam you, en even you can find way cheaper transportation, better look for a tourist guy, even me I can be your guide for free only for practice English.

[@amie.everywhere]

Yes I thought it was a bit expensive, but I did have trouble trying to find a driver to take us around San Salvador, then up to Ataco, then to El Tunco. I googled private drivers and also asked at my hotel but I couldn't get anything cheaper than $250. It would have been great to find a website of private drivers willing to take tourists around El Salvador. It's a great business idea.

[@carlheinz7530]

The church you went to is an example of what's called brutalist architecture.