Salvadoran Handicrafts Tour

A full day tour with visits to San Sebastian to see the working looms, Ilobasco to see the Clay handicrafts and visit a new project to get troubled youth back into society, Tejutepeque for a nice lunch and short swim then returning to Suchitoto passing through Cinquera to see the park and church. This full day tour departs Suchitoto or San Salvador at 8:00 am and returns around 6:30 pm. The tour includes stops at two workshops/stores in San Sebastian; there we will see how fabrics are woven on the old working looms. Both shops sell the colorful hammocks, bedspreads, and table linen that are a trademark for El Salvador. After our visit to San Sebastian we head off to Ilobasco for a visit to some of the many handicraft stores in the center of the city, we will also visit to Project Moje(weekdays and saturdays until noon)where art and handicrafts are being used to change the lives of ex-gang members and teens at risk. After a chance to purchase handicrafts at Project Moje and other shops we will depart Ilobasco on a back road heading for the small town of Tejutepeque. In Tejute we will stop at Rancho La Rueda to have lunch at and a chance for a quick swim (lunch and pool not included in price of tour). After lunch and a short rest, we head back to Suchitoto enjoying the sunset and lake views we will have time for a short stop in Cinquera to see the bomb shells in front of the new church and stretch our legs.