General San Martin Park

Mendoza’s expansive General San Martin Park is a landscaped oasis in the formal European style in the city’s west.

With ornamental fountains and classical statues, a lake and monuments, the park was created in the 1890s following English and French landscaping traditions.

Grand entry gates lead to pathways winding through the park, passing 34 sculptures along the way. Boats play at regattas on the lake, and the rose garden is traced with walkways.

Take in views from atop Cerro de la Gloria with its statues to the Andean Army, and stroll past more than 300 species of exotic trees.

The park also has a zoo inside its 307-hectares (758 acres), home to lions, elephants, zebras, giraffes and monkeys.

Practical Info

General San Martin Park is 2km (1.5 miles) west of central Mendoza.