

Regular US$0.85, special service $1.35, 1 hr. Arrival stops are at Metrocento, 31a Calle Poniente y Santa Ana California (INSA), 31a Calle Poniente y Ave Fray Felipe Moraga, roundabout Ave Fray Felipe Moraga y 15a Calle Poniente (Terminal), and finally at the bus depot at Antigua Carretera Panamericana 4km southwest of town. Bus 201 uses the Panamericana Highway and doesn't stop along the road except in Santa Tecla. from San Salvador's Terminal de Occidente on Bulevar Venezuela Entre 49a y 59a Ave Sur, two bus companies operate the service to Santa Ana (departure times about every 15 min, see Destinos/Horarios at ):.Transportes del Sol ( Hotel Crowne Plaza), ☏ +502 2422 5000. US$23 (one-way) Ticabus ( Transportes Internationales Centromaericanos), Calzada Aguilar Batres, 22-55 Zona 12, ☏ +502 2473-3737. US$35 (tourist class), $39 (executive class), $51 (first class). Catch a taxi for US$5 or one of the frequent urbanos (local bus) for $0.20-0.25 into town. Take a taxi or local bus into downtown (Route R-A will drop you just behind the Teatro).īuses of the following companies pass by on their way from Guatemala City to San Salvador, but do not enter Santa Ana and might drop you at the intersection of Highway 1 (Panamericana) and Highway 12 a few kilometres south (locally known as La Ceiba). When arriving Santa Ana, the only stop will be at the office's new location at 13.97335 -89.58574 2 La Ceiba.

After crossing the bridge over the Rio Paz you don't need to visit the Salvadorian immigration (the officer boards the bus to check your documents), and no entry stamp is provided as your still in the CA-4 area. First stop is Guatemalan immigration where you get an exit stamp and a paper slip. Be very careful here and don't hand out the immigration's paper slip to anyone. Some buses go via the San Cristobal border where immigration procedures are straightforward and hassle-free, while others use the busy border at Valle Nuevo (aka Las Chinamas on the salvadorian side) where aggressive money changers await you. from Guatemala City's 14.61487 -90.52148 1 international terminal (aka Pezzarossi) at 3 Ave y 1 Calle in Zona 9 (one block south of the infamous Zona 4 terminal), buses leave at 05:30, 07:30, 09:30, 11:30, 13:30, and 15:30 towards San Salvador, passing through Santa Ana after 4-4½ hr, US$16/120 Quetzales (same fare as for San Salvador), Tel +502 2331 0874.Being close to the border, it's also a convinient stop if coming from Guatemala. Santa Ana lies 64 km northwest of the capital San Salvador, just off the Panamerica (Highway 1), from where several exits lead into town.

Its historic center offers some of the best preserved architecture in El Salvador, including the Cathedral of Santa Ana, a marvel of neo-gothic architecture, the Teatro de Santa Ana, a beautifully decorated theatre of the early 1900s and the Palacio Municipal in front of the main plaza with giant palm trees shooting out from its courtyard. Santa Ana is the second largest city of El Salvador and a very important one in terms of agriculture and coffee production (coffee plantations - called fincas - cover much of the land outside town and up the hills).
