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Salta - City Tour
Reception and transfer from Salta Airport to the hotel. City Tour in Salta. Ascent of Cerro San Bernardo. We will visit the Cathedral, the Church of San Francisco, the Town Hall and the Historic Museum of the North, the craft market and the San Bernardo Hill.
The Church of San Francisco is a magnificent Franciscan temple with fine architecture ornaments. The Town Hall was built in different periods, but has a predominant Baroque style. Looms and silver objects can be bought at the handicraft market. San Lorenzo is the summer village in Salta par excellence. |
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Train of the Clouds
Breakfast at the hotel. Train of the Clouds – transfers to the station included (the train is open all Saturdays from April to November. The rest of the year it is replaced by the Safari to the Clouds (4x4 trucks), Salinas Grandes y Purmamarca are included in the journey. We'll take the Train of the Clouds to go to the viaduct La Polvorilla, ascending up to 4,220 metres above the sea level.
This railroad of incredible engineering was created in 1941 to be used by heavy trains to carry minerals. It travels 220 km crossing valleys, canyons and the Puna and goes through places like the Quebrada del Toro, the zigzag of Alisal station and the La Polvorilla viaduct.
At the Alisal station, the train changes to a parallel track and the locomotive goes to the back of the train to lead it inside a tunnel. Once it crosses the tunnel the locomotive goes back to normal position. During the year, the aborigines sell their crafts, especially ponchos.
Note: If doesnt work Train to the Clouds it´s replaced by the Safari to the Clouds (route similar to that carried out the train but in 4X4 vehicles) |
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Salta – El Bordo de Las Lanzas Farm
Breakfast at the hotel. We will visit a typical farm in Salta: El Bordo de Las Lanzas farm. Located in the Argentinean Northwest, it is one of the most ancient farms in the country. Its title deed dates from 1609. The Arias family keeps archeological remains found in the country, like valuable books, centenarian documents, furniture, XVII and XVIII sculptures and paintings, and culinary recipes inherited from their ancestors.
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Horseback Ridings in San Lorenzo
Breakfast at the hotel. We will spend the day in San Lorenzo Village with its luxuriant paths and refreshing shadows. This exquisite summer villa invites you to relax by contemplating its green landscape. Just to visit the Lerma valley and Salta surroundings, nothing better than a quiet horseback riding. The naps in the summer days give Salta a peaceful quietness in the warm atmosphere. |
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The Calchaquí Valley Circuit -Through Cafayate
Breakfast at the hotel. In our first day traveling around the Calchaquí Valleys, we will head for Cafayate. We will walk around the fertile Lerma Valley, an important tobacco growing area nowadays. A winding way skirting strange mountain shapes will lead us to the Devil’s Gorge and El Anfiteatro where you will hear the echo of any sound with a perfect acoustic.
Little by little, the dryness of the landscape is replaced by great extensions of vineyards, which tells us we are near Cafayate. Land of the sun and wine that will offer us its craftsmanship, the archeological museum, the five-nave cathedral, and the most antique and famous wineries which will inebriate our souls with oak and torrontes wine. |
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The Calchaquí Valley Circuit - 2nd Day
Breakfast at the hotel. In our second day, we will make the Circuit of the Calchaquí Valleys, but this time we will go to Cachi. We will go through captivating landscapes such as the rough beauty of Cuesta del Obispo (Bishop’s Slope) and La Quebrada de Escolpe (Escolpe Ravine).
We will cross Los Cardones National Park to go quietly through red pepper plantations. We will get to Cachi Town, framed by the stunning snowy peaks of 6,384 m.a.s.l.).
In the narrow paved streets of this nice town you may still see the old church with adobe walls and cordon roofs, many pre-Hispanic establishments and mortuary urns. Watching the alfalfa, vegetables plantations and peppers dryers is a color spectacle that will make our bustling around worthwhile. |
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Salta - Buenos Aires
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport of Salta. Welcome at Jorge Newbery Airport in Buenos Aires. Transfer to Ezeiza International Airport. |
