Santa Tecla

Santa Tecla is the second largest city in El Salvador. It is a suburb of San Salvador. Wikivoyage

Population 125,532 (Wikidata)

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Monumento a Daniel Hernández Monument · 180 m
• Monumento a Manuel Gallardo Monument · 190 m
• Monumento al Centenario de Fundación Monument · 510 m
• Museo Tecleño Museum · 670 m
• Deslave de las Colinas 2001 Viewpoint · 980 m
• Monumento Memorial "Resurgiremos" Las Colinas Memorial · 1000 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Chicken 3
• Regional 2
• Mexican 1
• Coffee shop 1
• Italian 1
• Cuban 1
• Steak house 1
• Pizza 1

All 30 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• El Cafetalón 480 m across 960 m
• Pista El Cafetalón 430 m across 960 m

Getting around

• Taxis Daniel Hernández 110 m
• Punto Taxis San Martín 460 m
• Terminal del Sur 800 m
• Punto de Buses Ruta 101A 1.1 km
• Taxi Siloe 1.2 km
• Punto Buses Ruta 42-A 1.4 km

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