Lake Coatepeque

One of the local's and tourist's most popular destination is the lake. Just a an hour away from the city, the lake is one of El Salvador's most impressive views. The lake is located in a gigantic hole and surrounded by land with one piece of land, the "island" in the middle. This is a very popular place for people to have vacation homes because of the myriad of things there are to there like jet ski, go boating, and kayaking. Also, since there are a lot of people who have houses there, it is a well known environment to hang out with family and friends.

Recently, the lake has become a place to host several events because of it's nice view and climate.One big luxury hotel and several fancy restaurants have opened lakeside for people to enjoy the view. Weddings are extremely common at this one hotel Cardedeu at the lake. Also August, specifically the first week of the month when we have vacation, is the week when it is most full. Many parties are hosted here during this week and it is the time where there is the most activity because it is the end of summer.

The lake is most know for it's beautiful change of color. It happened once a couple of years ago that the water in the lake turned an extremely light blue color and no one could explain why it happened. Now from time to time the water will change to this color and it looks beautiful.