Sonsonate Department, El Salvador · North America
Izalco is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Sonzacate, 19km from Lake Coatepeque.
Izalco is in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador, with about 19,000 people. The nearest town is Sonzacate, about 5 km away.
Izalco (Pipil: Itzalku) is a town and a municipality in the Sonsonate department of El Salvador. Volcan Izalco is an icon of the country of El Salvador, a very young volcano on the flank of Santa Ana volcano. From when it was born in 1770 until 1966, it was in almost continuous eruption and was known as theRead more
"lighthouse of the Pacific." Since then it has been nearly inactive.
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Within an hour or so of Izalco: Santa Ana Volcano (Ilamatepec) (13 km), Lake Coatepeque (19 km), Ruta de las Flores (23 km), Joya de Cerén (35 km).
The nearest famous roads are Ruta de las Flores.
Izalco is in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador, about 5 km from Sonzacate.
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6 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
El Salvador's highest volcano, whose nested craters hold a sulphurous turquoise lake. A two-hour guided hike from Cerro Verde car park ends on a rim looking down at the acid lake and across to Izalco and Lake Coatepeque.
13 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
A stunning volcanic crater lake in western El Salvador with turquoise water, surrounded by forested hills and lakeside restaurants.
19 km · about 20 min drive
famous road
A picturesque route through the western highlands of El Salvador connecting colorful colonial villages and coffee plantations.
23 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
A UNESCO site known as the Pompeii of the Americas, a Maya farming village preserved under volcanic ash from the 6th century.
35 km · about 40 min drive
beach
El Salvador's top surf beach with a distinctive pig-shaped rock formation, vibrant nightlife, and consistent Pacific waves.
42 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
The 1.5-km-wide crater of San Salvador Volcano, reached by a scenic road climbing from the capital to 1,800 m: peer into the perfect cinder cone left by the 1917 eruption.
42 km · about 50 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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