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Joya de Cerén and Tazumal

The Pompeii of the Americas, a Maya village buried by ash about 600 AD.

Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Best Time to Go
Dec–Apr
Also Great Then
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Our full guide to Joya de Cerén and Tazumal is being written. It's on the El Salvador list as Worth a Detour.

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