The most popular first stop on the Ruta de los Flores is Juayua. It is most famous for it’s food festival held every weekend, with tons of different dishes to choose from, most of them being carnivorous.
Make sure you plan a trip to Juayua on the weekend to make sure 
you get to take part in this fabulous event.
Another fun thing to do in Juayua is visit the Coffee Museum in the nearby town called San Jose La Majada. They have a little guided tour that takes you through the coffee mill and shows you the process of making coffee. The museum is across the street from the processing plant, where you might see a Starbucks truck or two.
In this rich coffee region it is hard to pass up a trip to a coffee farm. The museum curator is Ms.Beltran, ans she also does a lot of the tours, which give you a bit of insight into the people of the region with a history of coffee farming, production and exportation. At the end of the tour you can purchase souveniers (coffee from El Salvador that was actually bought there instead of at Starbucks) while enjoying a drink and a snack on the outdoor patio.
If you would like you can also see if it is possible to tour the production plant, which ships 30–40% of its coffee straight to Starbucks. The plant is required to follow a lot of rules set forth by Starbucks to ensure that the coffee meets organic standards. Coffee beans going to Starbucks are dried on large cement pads and 
shipped raw to be roasted by the company, where as other beans are roasted right there at the plant.
The short trip from Juayua up to San Jose de Majada is definitely worth it, especially if you are a coffee lover.
To get to Juayua from San Salvador you can take the CA-8 highway out of Sonsonate to Ahuachapán. If you are going by bus then get the 205 from San Salvador to Sonsonate and in Sonsonate get the 249 headed toward Ahuachapán. Get off in Juayua.
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