Follow the Ruta de las Flores through the temperate highlands of El Salvador, discovering flower-filled landscapes, charming small towns — and the country’s best cup of coffee.

Gun fragments, photos, combat plans and mountain hideouts. These are the latest tourist attractions offered in the formerly war-torn central American republic of El Salvador.

Intriguingly, in sheer visitor numbers, El Salvador is already ahead of Costa Rica – which had 2.9 million visitors in 2024, a drop of 7 per cent on 2019. Perhaps, post-pandemic, we’re all a ...