The Country of Short Distances

El Salvador is situated in Central America. Their neighbors are Guatemala in the North, Honduras in the East, Nicaragua in the South, and the Pacific Ocean in the West. El Salvador is considered the smallest country in Central America, with an area of 21,041 km². Comparing the size with other countries around, El Salvador is one fourth of the size from Guatemala or Nicaragua or Honduras.

El Salvador is also known as "The Country of Short Distances". From the capital, San Salvador to:

• The beaches are from 25-75 minutes
• The San Salvador Volcanoe 20 minutes
• The Volcanic Lake (AKA "El Lago Coatepeque) 30 minutes
• Guatemala 4 hours; Antigua Guatemala 5 hours
• Tela or Ceiba, Honduras 5 hours
• Managua, Nicaragua 8 hours
• El Salvador's airport 30 min
  • in the same road, one of my favorite places and "must go" Olocuilta 15 min.
• From any location in San Salvador to night life places, 10 minute (the most)
• Soccer Stadium 10 minutes
• Santa Ana
• Quiteño Stadium
• Churches 7 minutes
• Mayan Ruins 30 minutes 
• Another department 15 min to 1 hour and 45 min (if it's the farthers one)

In addition, San Salvador has many different places to go shopping, such as Galerias, Multiplaza, La Gran Via. Each of them, every mall has its own speciality:

• Galerias; with the best theater
• Multiplaza; with the widest variety of night life within young people
• La Gran Via; being an open sky mall. It also has a night life but more focused on older people