Not even the grandest sandcastle can trump this. Video footage has emerged of a mysteriously abandoned villa with Roman-style columns on a tropical beach in El Salvador, which has the appearance of ...

The beach town of El Zonte on El Salvador's Pacific coast is a laid back surfer's haven with white beaches, palm trees, and a small population of 3,000 people. The low-income community has no banks ...

EL ZONTE, El Salvador, Sept 7 (Reuters) - In the El Salvadoran beach town of El Zonte, a surfing hotspot known as "Bitcoin Beach," tourists and some residents heralded the president's decision to make ...

The road to El Zonte was, quite literally, paved by Bitcoin. Just a few years ago, surfers sniffing out the region’s world-class waves would have to drag their boards down dirt roads to reach this ...

On the coast of El Salvador, lies a small rustic beach town of 3,000 locals, known as El Zonte. A surfer’s paradise, the village is frequented by those seeking an authentic and rustic vibe. Like so ...

El Tunco Beach El Salvador - known as Playa El Tunco. We continue our backpacking El Salvador adventure and arrive in the coastal village of El Tunco. El Tunco Beach is a well known destination for ...

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi traveled to "Bitcoin Beach," a small coastal town in El Salvador called El Zonte that has created a bitcoin economy. El Zonte is one of the first ...

Home prices are gradually recovering in the Central American nation, but are still low enough to lure droves of buyers to the beaches. 16 Photos View Slide Show › By Roxana Popescu This low-slung ...

The beach town of El Zonte set a trend that culminated in El Salvador's parliament approving a bill to accept bitcoin as legal tender - Copyright AFP/File STR The ...