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It’s been called one of the best boutique hotels in El Salvador and from the beginning Los Almendros de San Lorenzo was unexpected. 

Opened in 2005, after a 17 month renovation of a 200-year-old house, the hotel is the creation of a French fashion executive (Pascal Libaily) and a former El Salvadorian ambassador (Joaquín Rodezno).

The hotel melds traditional Central American design and décor with French antiques and modern art collected and displayed with the couple’s elegant, easy style.  

Even the location—in Suchitoto, a breathtakingly beautiful colonial town 25 miles outside the capital of San Salvador—is unexpected.

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