Alta Gracia
The gateway to the Calamuchita Valley grew up around a Jesuit estancia whose ruins are, in turn, clustered around Plaza Solares, in what is now the town center. The bracing air that sweeps over the low...
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Capilla del Monte
Shop windows filled with New Age books and T-shirts proclaiming close encounters of the third kind let you know that Capilla del Monte is synonymous with the out-of-this-world activity at nearby Cerro...
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Córdoba City
Stone buildings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries line the cobbled streets around shady Plaza San Martín in Córdoba's compact Centro Histórico, which has the highest concentration...
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Jesús María
Jesús María and Colonia Caroya are two towns divided by RN9. Colonia Caroya, whose restaurants give away that the population is descended from immigrants from Friuli in northeast Italy, stretches...
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La Cumbre
Villa Carlos Paz, Cosquín, and La Falda are packed with hotels aimed at the Argentinian market and are close to Córdoba; for a similar valley landscape but minus the crowds, head to quiet...
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La Cumbrecita
Immigrants from Switzerland and Austria built this village in the 1930s, and its wooden chalets wouldn't look out of place in the Alps. La Cumbrecita is surrounded by tree-filled slopes, and well-marked...
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Santa Rosa de Calamuchita
In the heart of the valley that bears its name, this mountain resort is extremely popular with porteños. In summer several nearby rivers provide welcome relief from the heat. Things can get rowdy...
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