Hotel Villa Terra

Set in Colonia Escalón, one of San Salvador's more established residential districts, Hotel Villa Terra keeps to a colonial-style register of tiled floors and dark wood against modern comforts. The hotel has twelve double rooms, eight singles and one suite. Breakfast is included and served on site. Rooms carry air conditioning, a work desk, safe deposit box and free Wi-Fi; the suite adds a kitchenette with microwave and mini-refrigerator, along with a garden view. An executive lounge holds up to ten people, useful for small meetings, and the hotel adds laundry service, free private parking and an airport transfer. Plaza Futura, the WTC and Galerías Escalón shopping mall lie within easy reach, along with the El Salvador del Mundo monument and the city's historic centre. The international airport is about 45 minutes by car. Further out, El Boquerón volcano crater rises above 1,800 metres some 15 km away, and El Sunzal beach on the surf route sits 42 km from the hotel. The San Andrés archaeological site, with structures over 1,000 years old, is 33 km distant. It is a compact hotel, built for short stays between the city and the coast, with the quiet of a residential street at its door.