An hour's drive over a good highway from San Salvador, the resort area of Costa del Sol, El Salvador, is well-developed for tourism, with luxury hotels, homes and cottages set along a 10-mi/16-km stretch of gray-sand beach.
Costa del Sol offers deep-sea fishing, surfing, swimming, golf, beach picnics, horseback riding and a casino. There are places to stay on both sides of the road—some fronting the Pacific, some an inland bay. If you have a preference, be sure to ask about the hotel's location prior to making a reservation. A bird-watching yacht trip through the mangroves can be arranged. An international fishing tournament takes place in October.
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