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Scores of companies run domestic buses from a number of different terminals. Heading west , they leave from the Terminal de Occidente on Blvd Venezuela, west of El Centro; all of these also pick up and drop off on the Carretera Interamericana at the Basílica de Guadalupe. Buses east and north leave from the Terminal de Oriente on Blvd del Ejército Nacional, east of El Centro. Buses to Usulután, Zacatecoluca, Costa del Sol and San Pedro Nonualco leave from the Terminal del Sur , about 8km from El Centro on the airport highway (city bus #26 from Av España, by the Catedral Metropolitana, runs to the terminal). A number of faster " directo " buses, run by various companies, leave from the Terminal de Oriente for cities and towns further east . These are pullman-style, stop less often and are slightly more expensive. For San Miguel and La Unión , buses leave every hour on the hour between 6am and 4pm; for Santa Rosa de Lima , they run every hour on the half-hour. Tickets , however - as on standard buses - are not normally bought in advance; to be sure of getting a seat, turn up well before the bus leaves.