Central America

El Tunco / El Zonte

La Libertad · El Salvador

Sanctuary Score

80 / 100

#12 in the Americas

“El Salvador's transformed surf coast where Bitcoin runs the café tabs, point breaks fire all year, and a Level-1 travel advisory means the country is now statistically safer than Costa Rica.”

Palm-lined Pacific shore — El Tunco / El Zonte, El Salvador

Photo by Francisco F. on Unsplash

The beach at El Zonte — El Salvador — Photo: Martin Haeusler · CC BY-SA 3.0

The El Tunco rock formation at low tide — El Salvador — Photo: Hermann Luyken · CC BY-SA 3.0

The ten pillars

Each scored 1–10 by hand. Their sum is the Sanctuary Score.

Nature9 / 10

Walkability9 / 10

Food7 / 10

Healthcare7 / 10

Climate stability8 / 10

Air & water8 / 10

Safety9 / 10

Connectivity7 / 10

Community8 / 10

Beauty8 / 10

At a glance

Tracked separately from the score — these describe the place, they don't rank it.

Climate: Tropical
Sensory load: 3/10 · calm
Cost: $$; ~$600/mo · 1BR
Expat community: Medium

Sources

Scores are set by hand against cited public sources — the curation stays auditable.

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