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Bandera de Sonsonate, El Salvador.
Templo Católico de San Antonio del Monte
Title from catalogue raisonné.; L. Delteil: L.D. 164; Additional information accompanying item: With letters. Published in the Charivari (20 September 1833).; Date from catalogue raisonné.; H.D.; Delteil, Loys. "Le peintre-graveur illustré : (xix et xx siècles)." Honoré Daumier, vol. 20. Chez l'auteur, 1926, Paris.
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San Antonio del Monte

Sonsonate Department, El Salvador · North America

About San Antonio del Monte

San Antonio del Monte is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Nahuizalco, 20km from Ruta de las Flores.

San Antonio del Monte is in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador, with about 9,100 people. The nearest town is Nahuizalco, about 7 km away.

San Antonio del Monte is also a subdivision of Garafía in the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands San Antonio del Monte (Spanish for "Saint Anthony of the mountain") is a municipality in the Sonsonate department of El Salvador. The town was founded at the beginning of the 18th century by the friars of the convent

Read more of Santo Domingo of Sonsonate. It is at an altitude of 230 meters, a kilometer west of the city of Sonsonat.

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What is there to see near San Antonio del Monte?

Within an hour or so of San Antonio del Monte: Santa Ana Volcano (Ilamatepec) (19 km), Ruta de las Flores (20 km), Lake Coatepeque (26 km), Joya de Cerén (43 km).

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The nearest famous roads are Ruta de las Flores.

Where is San Antonio del Monte?

San Antonio del Monte is in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador, about 7 km from Nahuizalco.

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Quick Information

Population
9,135
Continent
North America
Country
El Salvador
Region
Sonsonate Department
Timezone
America/El_Salvador
Coordinates
13.7164, -89.7383

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Worth the detour from San Antonio del Monte

6 notable places within an hour's drive.

scenic viewpoint

Santa Ana Volcano (Ilamatepec)

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.

19 km · about 20 min drive

famous road

Ruta de las Flores

A picturesque route through the western highlands of El Salvador connecting colorful colonial villages and coffee plantations.

20 km · about 25 min drive

natural wonder

Lake Coatepeque

A stunning volcanic crater lake in western El Salvador with turquoise water, surrounded by forested hills and lakeside restaurants.

26 km · about 30 min drive

ancient ruins

Joya de Cerén

A UNESCO site known as the Pompeii of the Americas, a Maya farming village preserved under volcanic ash from the 6th century.

43 km · about 50 min drive

beach

El Tunco

El Salvador's top surf beach with a distinctive pig-shaped rock formation, vibrant nightlife, and consistent Pacific waves.

46 km · about 55 min drive

natural wonder

El Boquerón Crater

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.

49 km · about 55 min drive

Driving roads near San Antonio del Monte

  • 19 kmSanta Ana Volcano (Ilamatepec)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.
  • 20 kmRuta de las FloresA picturesque route through the western highlands of El Salvador connecting colorful colonial villages and coffee plantations.

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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.

Nearby Destinations

Other places to explore near San Antonio del Monte.

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Ahuachapán

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Armenia

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Santa Ana

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