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Casa Natal de Sarmiento
Casa Natal de Sarmiento is named for Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, whose prolific writing as a politician, diplomat, educator and journalist made him a public figure within and beyond Argentina. Sarmiento’s Recuerdos de Provincia recounted his childhood in this house and his memories
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Vagón Histórico
In the center of town, this restored 1898 wagon is famous as the car from which rebel leader Facón Grande prepared the ‘Patagonia Rebellion.’ In 1979 the car was almost sold for scrap, but disgruntled townspeople blocked the roads to stop the sale. A few blocks west is the attracti
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Colegio Nacional de Monserrat
The Colegio Nacional de Monserrat dates from 1782, though the college itself was founded in 1687 and transferred after the Jesuit expulsion. Though the interior cloisters are original, the exterior was considerably modified in 1927 by restoring architect Jaime Roca, who gave the bu
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Laguna Capri
One of the many spectacular hikes near El Chaltén climbs from Camping Madsen to a signed junction, where a side trail leads to backcountry campsites at the lovely Laguna Capri. From here, you can explore dramatic windswept forests and small lakes, or use it as a base for more adven
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Rua Chaky
Drop by any time to this family home in a pretty barrio to watch shawls and ponchos being made in the traditional manner on the loom. Theyve been weaving for five generations and will explain about the natural dyes they use. Its on the other side of the main road from town, a kilom
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Hotel Eden
Take a guided tour of the once-extravagant, now-decaying Hotel Eden, built in 1897, where the guest list included Albert Einstein, the duke of Savoy and several Argentine presidents. Inside the hotel is the Miniature Train Museum, a strangely captivating museum devoted to, you gues
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Convento de San Bernardo
Only Carmelite nuns may enter this 16th-century convent, but visitors can approach the handsome adobe building to admire its carved, 18th-century algarrobo-wood door and buy nun-made pastries. The church can be visited before Mass (from 7am to 8:30am weekday and Sunday mornings, 7p
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Museo Histórico General San Martín
Honors José de San Martín, the general who liberated Argentina from the Spanish and whose name graces parks, squares and streets everywhere; the Libertador is dear to Mendoza, where he resided with his family and recruited and trained his army to cross into Chile. The museum is in
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Museo Hippie
Far more interesting for the stream-of-consciousness commentary on the evolution of the hippie movement in Argentina (dating back to the Greek Philosophers) than the actual artifacts it holds, this small museum on the northern outskirts of town is worth a visit – if nothing else, i
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Iglesia de Santo Domingo
On the south side of the plaza Indepencia, the Iglesia de Santo Domingo and its convent date from the 1930s, but reproduce the Moorish style of the 17th-century building they replaced. Take a peek at the striking algarobo (carob tree) doors of the attached Archivo Histórico Provinc
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Bodega de las Nubes
Five kilometers west of Cafayate along the road to Río Colorado (it’s signposted ‘Mounier’), this small, organic and friendly winery has a fabulous position at the foot of the jagged hills. It also does tasty deli plates. Ring ahead if you want to eat. Grape-picking day in March is
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Santa Catalina
One of the most beautiful of the Sierra’s Unesco World Heritage sites, the Jesuit estancia of Santa Catalina, some 20km northwest of Jesús María, is a quiet, tiny place, where the village store occupies part of the estancia, and old-timers sit on the benches outside and watch the o
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Refugio Berghof
There’s a trail from the small Piedras Blancas ski resort to Club Andino’s Refugio Berghof, at an elevation of 1240m. At the time of research this refugio was only operating as a day shelter – check with the club for the latest. The refugio also contains the Museo de Montaña Otto M
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Cabildo & Museo Policial
On the plaza, the attractively colonnaded cabildo houses the Museo Policial. Police museums in Argentina are funny things, with grisly crime photos, indiscriminate homage to authority and the odd quirky gem – in this case the discovery that in 1876 you could expect a five peso fine
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Bodega la Rural
Winery tours here are fairly standard but the museum is fascinating – there’s a huge range of winemaking equipment from over the years on display, including a grape press made from an entire cowskin. Tours in Spanish leave on the hour. If you want one in English, call ahead, or you
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Molino de San Francisco
Chilecito founder Don Domingo de Castro y Bazán owned this colonial flour mill, which houses an eclectic assemblage of archaeological tools, antique arms, early colonial documents, minerals, traditional wood and leather crafts, banknotes, stuffed birds, woodcuts, cellphones and pai
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El Caminito
El Caminito, near the southern edge of La Boca, is the barrio’s most famous street – and has a reputation for being a tourist trap. Here, busloads of camera-laden tourists browse the small crafts fair, watch tango dancers perform for spare change and are prepositioned by touts to p
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Casa del Obispo Colombres
In the center of Parque 9 de Julio (formerly Bishop Colombres’ El Bajo plantation), handsome 18th-century Casa del Obispo Colombres is a museum dedicated to the sugar industry, which the active cleric (an important figure in the independence movement) effectively set up. The inform
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Cerro de La Cruz
West of town, near the end of Av Antártida Argentina, a wide dirt path called the Vía Cristi winds its way up the small Cerro de La Cruz with impressive sculptures, bas-reliefs and mosaics vividly depicting the Conquest of the Desert, Mapuche legends, Christian themes and indigenou
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Edificio Libertador
Towering above the Casa Rosada, just south of Parque Colón on Av Colón, is the army headquarters at the Edificio Libertador, the real locus of Argentine political power for many decades. It was built by military engineers inspired by the beaux-arts Correo Central. A twin building p
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