Santa Tecla

Santa Tecla is the second largest city in El Salvador. It is a suburb of San Salvador.

Understand
Downtown Santa Tecla preserves the antique architectural style found only in towns such as Juayua or Suchitoto, with the convenience of being located in the city. While El Salvador is considered by many to be unsafe, Santa Tecla is usually patrolled by the metropolitan guards, and by the police.

By car
Car is the easiest way to get in, as major roads, such as Monseñor Romero blvd. or the Panamerican highway, lead directly into the city.

Monseñor Romero blvd. exit to Santa Tecla leads to the 7a Avenida Norte, which can be driven through to get to the center of the city. The drive from downtown San Salvador can take as little as 15 minutes without traffic or as much as 40 minutes during la hora pica.

By bus
Bus routes are available all over town, with connections to neighboring cities and towns.

Get around
Walking is the easiest way to get around once inside Santa Tecla. Places such as Paseo el Carmen, during the weekend nights, are closed off to cars for the pedestrians to take over. You can have your hotel call for a radio taxi so you don't have to hail one on the street. Uber is available as well.

If walking through downtown Santa Tecla, common sense and precautions are needed, such as not flashing valuable objects or electronics around just to be on the safe side.

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Drink
Paseo El Carmen is home to several bars that could interest thirsty travellers. El Quijote is one the busiest and most popular bars on the street. Thekla is pub-themed... pub with an Irish twist to the decor. Strumers is an alt-bar located inside the vegetarian restaurante Yemaya. This place has live music on the weekends, as well as art exhibitions up for sale by independent artists. Quite interestingly, this place also has home-brewed beer, one of the few places in El Salvador that sell them.

Go next

 * El Boqueron National Park
 * Santa Ana
 * La Libertad