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Hugo's City Tour

By Hugo's City Tour
Free cancellation available
Price is $17 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

From crime capital to becoming one of the safest cities in Latin America.
Hugo's City Tour is the ideal choice for lovers of cultural tourism, or those who simply want to satiate their curiosity. During the tour of the Historic Center of San Salvador, led by a tour guide certified by the Ministry of Tourism, you visit ancient squares, monuments, civil and religious buildings that portray the history and identity of the capital city of El Salvador. At the same time, the visitor knows the most momentous events that have happened during the five centuries of existence of the city. From the time of its founding, through the attempts at independence, the Central American Unionist ideal, the civil war, to the period when San Salvador and the entire country goes from suffering the constant siege of criminality to transforming into a place where you breathe tranquility.

Activity location

  • Catedral Metropolitana
    • San Salvador, El Salvador

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador
    • 2a Calle Oriente
    • San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador

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Guided Walking Tour in the Historic Center of San Salvador
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English
Starting time: 3:00pm
Price details
$15.00 x 1 Adult$15.00
Paid at activity$2.00

Total
Price is $17.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Clubs and restaurants offering nightlife to tourists interested in it shall be indicated
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Upon request, the guide indicates the places where typical Salvadoran food is offered
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Optionally you also walk through the chaotic and street food area of the city.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Right of entry into Iglesia El Rosario.

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Catedral Metropolitana
  • 20m
The guide will describe to tourists important aspects of the history of the Cathedral, the architectural elements and the iconography inside. The visit also includes the crypt area to learn about the mausoleum and a brief biographical review of San Oscar Romero.
Plaza Libertad
  • 15m
Touring the capital city’s founding square, tourists, through the guide, will learn about some of the most momentous events that have occurred since the beginning of the settlement to the present, the important buildings existing during colonial times, and the historical and architectural value of the properties that currently surround the site.
Iglesia El Rosario
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket not included
Inside this church visitors will find a place whose pieces of religious art in modernist style, the non-traditional distribution of its space, the multicolored and natural luminosity that this temple illuminates, make it a unique church of its kind. For the above reasons, it is an ideal place to take pictures and videos.
Plaza Morazán
  • 15m
On this site is the monument dedicated to the character who gives his name to the square. The guide gives a brief overview of the life, ideals and influence of this political and military leader in the region during the first decades after the Declaration of Independence of Central America. From that same point, the guide describes significant facts about the history of the National Theatre, located in front of the same square.
Plaza Barrios
  • 15m
This is an ideal space for tourists to take pictures and videos of the iconic buildings located around the square. The guide refers to the political, religious and historical events that have taken place at the site, as well as the monument and other symbolic elements located there.
Biblioteca Nacional de El Salvador
  • 35m
The tour concludes with a tour of the seven levels of the new national library, whose design, layout, services and technological resources constitute a novel concept of public library.

Location

Activity location

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    Catedral Metropolitana
    • San Salvador, El Salvador

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador
    • 2a Calle Oriente
    • San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador

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