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Amaicha
Amaicha del Valle is so hot and dry that it feels like a world away from the towns on either side of it. The Ruins of Quilmes are the big draw, and although its indigenous inhabitants were long ago forcibly... (more) -
Cachi
Cachi is a tiny village on the Ruta 40 that's developing into a base to explore the north of the Calchaquíes Valley. The town also has a charming church, a small archaeological museum, and couple... (more) -
Cafayate
Thanks to a microclimate and fertile soil, the area around Cafayate is one of Argentina's wine-growing regions. Cafayate itself is very civilized and orderly, with free tours of boutique bodegas, lots... (more) -
Chilecito
Chilecito, the province's second city (actually more of a small town), is not much closer to Talampaya than the capital, but it is the main nexus of the wine-making Famatina Valley and on the scenic route—the... (more) -
Humahuaca
Humahuaca (9,700 feet) is the gateway to the Puna. Its narrow stone streets hark back to pre-Hispanic civilizations, when aboriginals fought the Incas who came marauding from the north. The struggle for... (more) -
La Rioja
The city of Todos los Santos de la Nueva Rioja—always shortened to just La Rioja—was founded in 1591 by Juan Ramírez de Velasco, a Spanish conqueror of noble lineage who named the city... (more) -
Molinos
Molinos has a photogenic church and a small farm breeding vicuñas, an animal similar to a llama but whose fur makes a much finer (and more expensive) wool. Its main draw, however, is a location... (more) -
Parque Nacional Talampaya and Parque Provincial Ischigualasto
Between them, the parks of Talampaya and Ischigualasto cover just under 700,000 acres and contain the most the world's most complete fossil record of the Triassic period (245-208 million years ago), giving... (more) -
Purmamarca
Nestled in the shadow of craggy rocks and multicolored, cactus-studded hills—with the occasional low-flying cloud happening by—the colonial village of Purmamarca (altitude 7,200 feet/2,195... (more) -
Salta
It's not just "Salta" to most Argentines, but "Salta la Linda" (Salta the Beautiful). That nickname is actually redundant: "Salta" already comes from an indigenous Aymara word meaning "beautiful." But... (more) -
San Miguel de Tucumán
Tucumán Province's bustling capital and Argentina's fourth-largest city is San Miguel de Tucumán, or just Tucumán in local parlance. The streets are often crowded with both students... (more) -
San Salvador de Jujuy
Founded by Spaniards in 1593, San Salvador de Jujuy (simply Jujuy to most Argentines, and s. s. de jujuy on signs) was the northernmost town on the military and trade route between the Spanish garrisons... (more) -
Tafí del Valle
Tafí del Valle is a cool retreat that seems to specialize in tea and cakes for Tucumán's overheated gentry. Its history goes back to the Diaguita people, who arrived around 400 BC. They were... (more) -
Tilcara
The town of Tilcara (altitude 8,100 feet), founded in 1600 and witness to many battles during the War of Independence, is on the eastern side of the Río Grande at its confluence with the Río... (more)
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