San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca...

Colonial capital, an earth to visit and to discover   
Capital: San fernando of the Valley of Catamarca (110 489 hab. in the dto.) 
Surface: 102 602 km2 
Population: 265 571 inhabitants 
Density: 2,6 hab. /km2 
The population's annual growth: 23,5% 
Males' index: 49,8% 
Main cities: Andalgalá, Tinogasta, Nativity 
Administrative division: 16 departments
Location Season Activities Trips Lodging Festivities
San Fernando of the Valley of Catamarca located to 543 msnm, it is the capital of the county of Catamarca, it is to 1151 km of Buenos Aires, to 440 km of Córdoba, to 156 km of La Rioja and to 832 km of Mendoza.
Their colonial architecture of old large houses of put bars on windows and robust hall doors with wide sunny patios denote their historical past.
Their fiestas they are related with the religion and the customs and in homage to the different products that it offers the floor catamarqueño and the crafts carried out by the man.

The whole year is season 
Temperature average: maxim 27°C and minimum 14,5°C. Precipitations 562 mm/año average
In automobile: by RP 43, RN 40 from the north; by RN 60 from the south, by RN 64 from the east and for RP 45 from Chile.
By plane: for Argentinean Airlines and Limpet
For train: from Buenos Aires,, for Railroad Belgrano
For bus: from  Buenos Aires, Córdoba, La Rioja, Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, among others
Culture of Misachicos
Religious processions of great coloring, where the Christian liturgy crosses with the ancestral rites in the towns of the highland.
Deep and Nun
Our Mrs. of the Valley it is worshipped from the XVII century and it promotes a felt faith that overcomes the limits of the country
The most excellent tourist places in the county of Catamarca are:
Balcozna
La Merced
El Rodeo
Las Juntas
Pirquitas
F.M.Esquiú
Dique El Jumeal
La Cuesta del Portezuelo
a 94 km
a 59 km
a 37 km
a 55 km
a 29 km
a 13 km
a 4 km
a 17 km
Historical circuit and Religious in Catamarca
Cathedral Our Basilica Mrs. of the Valley
I temper and Convent of San Francisco
Archaeological museum Calchaquí
Museum and Historical File
Folkloric museum
Grotto of Our Mrs. of the Valley
The Calvary of the Gulch of the Pruning
Termalismo La Ciénaga
In Spas of Tinogasta and Fiambalá that it offers their infrastructure to enjoy a rich bathroom in their thermal waters The Marsh, to 25 km of Belén, to 1400 msnm together with Source of Cure Fierro and The Colpa, they are other thermal sources of the area.

Activities to carry out in Catamarca:
Adventure tourism in snowy superiors to the 6000 m, as the volcano The Alumbrera, trekking and walks to horse for the mountain range and the precordillera, hunt of pumas and pecaríes and smaller hunt, pejerreyes fishing and salmónidos in rivers, nautical sports in lagoons and reservoirs of the region
Map of Catamarca
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Loadging:

Festivities:

Walks and Trips:
The hotelería that he/she offers is of up to 4 stars
Also bill with casino and important restaurants, places of night amusement.
There are possibilities to camp in the surroundings and of lodging in Stays.
April Party of Our Mrs. of the Valley
Julio National party of the Poncho
September Party of the Tourism
Party of the Student
23/11-8/12

Procession of Our Mrs. of the Valley
20/12-06/01 Party of Our Mrs. of Belén
El Rodeo
Londres
Andalgalá
Belén
Antofagasta of the Sierra
Laguna Blanca
Fiambalá
Salar del Hombre Muerto
Puna Catamarqueña
A LOT to TRAVEL
Belén: Cradle of the poncho and Portal of the Valles Calchaquíes, their territory stores, fence very fertile and its beautiful geography is capable for the cattle raising. The contrast of colors of the Puna harbors vicuñas and flames, being this area producer of excellent fibers. Each one of the landscapes of the floor belenisto, they astonish and they transmit tranquility to those that are and they want to be part of the same one.
Andalgalá: National capital of the Mining.

Minas Capillitas: Mining complex of old exploitation

El Rodeo: to 37 km of Catamarca, fruit-bearing, walnuts and flowers give name to their streets

Londres: with their tin mines and the ruins of an indigenous town

Salar del Hombre Muerto: Toward the north the route 43 ascends until above the 4000 msnm, from there they open up beautiful visual of giant volcanos and from a point of the journey you can photograph the Expensive beautiful lagoon with the volcano Antofalla to the bottom. When ending up when Salting from the road, the visual one is observed more beautiful and more surprising of the Puna.
La Cuesta del Portezuelo:
 Representative exponent of the County of Catamarca, possesses panoramic views from different heights. 
From these balconies he/she is discovered a kind valley having in their breast tourist villages between the 700 and 1500 msnm.
Laguna Blanca:
 Town excused dedicated to the breeding of flames. Very interesting the chapel and their surroundings of autochthonous architecture. 
In the lagoon a great diversity exists and they stand out for its charm the rosy flamingos. In 1979 the Natural Reservation of the Life was created Silvestre Laguna Blanca and in the year 1982 it was recognized as Reservation of the Biosphere by the United Nations.

Pictures of Catamarca

Church San Nicolás of Bari

Hills Catamarqueños

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