La Cocotera

Top choice in Western El Salvador


Located on the rugged oceanfront of Barra de Santiago, near the Guatemalan border, these six luxury apartment–style rooms with king-sized beds open onto a long, empty beach surrounded by coconut and mango trees. Only 4WDs can make it here across the sandbank, but you can approach by boat if you request it.

Silence descends once the sun sets; there's neither TV nor internet and, sometimes, there aren't even any other guests. The attention to locally sourced, environmentally sustainable materials throughout the property is exemplary.