MENDOZA

Capital: Mendoza (121 696 hab. in the dpto.)
Surface: 148 827 km2
Population: 1 414 058 inhabitants
Density: 9,5 hab. /km2
The population's annual growth: 16%
Males' index: 49%
Main cities: San Rafael, San Martin
Administrative division: 18 departments

Location

Season

Activities

Trips

Ecoturismo

Festivities

Mendoza is to 1.037 km. of Buenos Aires, 670 km. of Córdoba and 258 km.of San Luis to 755 msnm. To travel this city allows to enjoy the exact balance of a county capital that has all the services of the big cities and with the security, tranquility and mainly the cleaning that you/they only keep some towns.

The Capital City is an attractiveness in itself, its renovated aspect, of taken care squares, 74 in the whole city with interesting monuments and sculptures, of fronts of revalued buildings and of remodeled streets it is supplemented with a wide offer recreacional. A habit that he/she gets the attention to the visitors is the lampazo that maintains clean to the sidewalks.

Mendoza is city of Congresses, permanent headquarters of important congresses, conventions and symposia of regional, national and international level, with an appropriate infrastructure and services, added to its people's cordiality.

The whole year is season:

The annual half temperature of January is of 23°, of February 22°, March 20°C, April 14°C, May 11°C, June and julio7°C, I wither 9°C, September 13°C, October 16°C, November 20°C and December 22°C

The precipitations annual stockings are of 236 mm

The scarce ambient humidity of the climate mendocino and a habitually clear sky, they are usually the key of a state of good spirit to enjoy the landscape.

The air of this city, much less polluted that that of Buenos Aires and almost always cloudless, it can be enjoyed in the one Parque San Martín

It can be carried out tourism in the four stations. In Mendoza there are 365 days of tourist season for all the likes.

The mountain purifies the air. The spectacular accumulation of rocks of the Mountain range and the Precordillera colisiona with the atmosphere producing a permanent and varied square of colors, according to the hour of the day. In consequence a purified air, dry, lacking humidity arrives.

The Callao and Sanctuary of Our Mrs. of Lourdes:

To the foot of the cord of The Flagstones, at 8km of the city of Mendoza. Here a sanctuary dedicated to the virgin of Lourdes, reason of numerous pilgrimages rises. In the place there is piletas of swimming of waters thermal and good panoramic views.

Chacras of Coria:

Surrounded summer Villa of serranías, with a landscape, vegetation and microclima that have transformed it into one of the favorite places for weekend and rest in the summery season. To 14 km. of the city of Mendoza.

Mendoza

Earth of sun, snow and good he/she came

General park San Martín:

It almost occupies 500 hectares to the west of the city. Thousands of autochthonous and exotic species skirt the roads. The artificial lake, the monument to the Gloria's Hill, the zoo, the University City, the stadium mundialista of soccer Islas Malvinas", the Park of Science and Technique, a velodrome, numerous sculptures, sources and wide grasslands

Turísmo Risks, Mountain Bike, in San Isidro, The Firewoods, Canyon of the Atuel

Aladeltismo, parapentismo, in The Challao, Penitentes

Walk in Aerostatic Globe

Trekking, cavalcades, in Gulch of Springs, Cacheuta, Potrerillos, San Rafael, Malargüe, Villavicencio, Tunuyán, Aconcagua, Cordillera de los Andes.

Kayacs, canotaje, rafting, windsurf, jet ski, catamarán, aquatic ski, velerismo, motonáutica, in rivers Atuel, Tunuyán, Mendoza, Diamond, Big and Dam Big Valley, The Nihuil, The Reyunos, The Carrizal.

I dive in Reservoirs of Big Valley, The Nihuil, The Carrizal and Well of the Souls

Pesca en Embalses de El Nihuil, Valle Grande, Los Reyunos, Agua del toro, El Carrizal y en ríos cordilleranos.

Overlanding, en amplias zonas de la Precordillera y la Cordillera

Map of the
County of Mendoza

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Some activities of Hunt, although that of autochthonous or exotic species is not allowed, if it is he that of boar, common rabbit and European hare

Andinismo, rappel, Tyrolese, scaling in Cacheuta, provincial Parks Aconcagua and Tupungato, Penitentes and numerous hills along the Mountain range, including the Aconcagua, the highest in America

Ecoturismo in Mendoza	Others Activities in Mendoza
He/she has a systematic development in the existent protected areas.	Speleology, in Cavern of the Witches and Cave of the Tiger in Malargüe.
Eight of these areas preserve in their wild state to animals, plants, archaeological and paleontological material and scenic marvels.	Archaeology, history and paintings rupestres, in area River Big South, The Manzano and The one Wired in Malargüe.
Long Divisadero, Telteca, Llancanelo, Diamond, Ñancuñan, Payunia, Historical Manzano is some of those places.	Petroglifos, colonial ruins and landmarks of the campaign sanmartiniana in several places of the county.

Festivities:

January	I lathe National of Soccer
February	Festivity and Procession of the Virgin of Lourdes (The Challao)
March	National party of the Vintage
April	Week Santa
May	Great Premio Vendimia TC 2000
June	It trades Industrial and Cattleman
Julio	Party of the Snow
November	Annual party of the Industry of the Tourism
December	National encounter of Dances

Circuit of the Wine

The owners of the most important establishments vitivinícolas in Mendoza, called cellars, they receive the tourist, they show the facilities, they offer him the desired degustar moment and the possibility of buying their favorite wines in the same place of their elaboration.

It can be organized tour to visit cellars and to observe the traditional and modern techniques that make of Mendoza the earth of the wine that you degusta in origin.

Many establishments conserve old barrels of oak of brought Nancy or built by their founders. Among the most important cellars we can mention:

Bianchi, Chandon, Escorihuela, Etchart, Giol, Gonzalez Videla, The Rural one, Lopez.

Montemayor, Norton, Orfila, Peñaflor, Santa Ana, Suter, I Cough.

More cellars in San Rafael, Mendoza.
The wine that puts on in the table goes out with the stamp of origin of Mendoza, the earth of the good one came, this way recognized in the world.

1221 cellars produce 10 million hectolitros per year.

the main varieties taken place by this region are: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Syrah, Barbera, Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin, Ugni Blanc, Semillon. among others.

To see history of the wine

Circuit of High Montaña

The traditional trip for the whole year is the one that goes from Mendoza to the frontier with Chile.
It allows to appreciate the imposing one solid of stone, the Mountain range of you Walk them that invites to discover a fantastic and new horizon as you advances in the journey.
You can appreciate the taking of the Spaniards built in 1791, the residential area of Chacra of Coria, the still of petroleum, the dike Cipolleti that regulates the waters of the river Mendoza.
In Cacheuta you consents to a thermal climatic center
In Potrerillos there is a comfortable hotel with pool. From There a road that he/she goes to Valleys comes out
to 100 km we arrive to Uspallata, scenario of the occupation indigenous huarpe in the prehispanic time.
Picheuta, Tambillitos, Penitents, to 167 km of Mendoza, important ski center.
In Bridge of the Inca, to 2720 msnm, the river The Caves, it has holed the mountain through the times forming a natural bridge to whose he/she will see they appear thermal waters. From there the hill Aconcagua is glimpsed in all its splendor.
It can leave to the beautiful lagoon of The Pitches. In Square of Mules to 4000 msnm meets a refuge with all the comforts.
Complex of the Pitches, in which you/they are carried out the frontier steps.
The Caves, a village construída to 3200 msnm, following a style markedly European, it points out the limit with Chile. Among The Caves and the international tunnel that it takes to Chile, there is a route that ascends toward the monument from the Redeeming Christ to 3800 meters high

Uspallata

The town amid a wide valley has varied gastronomic offer and of lodging and as special attractiveness the vaults, curious adobe constructions that they have been good conserved.

Their varied natural scenarios have already distinguished them the world cinematography

Las Montañas

Villavicencio

It has a modern plant of water mineral and an old hotel today in process of remodelación.Se it begins there the one on the way to the 365 curves or the snails", like it is denominated to this old route aChile.
After a marked ascent, you arrives to the highest point:
the Llamada Cruz of the Paramillo, to 3000 msnm
Then you descends toward the valley of Uspallata, to 30 km of this place
In the itinerary he/she meets the hill Tunduqueral with petroglifos that date of 1000 years.
And a reservation of petrified araucarias, of around 200 years of antiquity, discovered by the English naturalist you Talk Darwin

Los Penitentes	Cacheuta
This Villa located to 167 km of Mendoza, one of the three centers of ski of Mendoza is that it works from June to September and it is a good scenario for the adventure tourism the rest of the year To both sides of the international road the hotelería buildings and departments are observed, flanking the enormous towers of the elevation means Penitents possess 28 hints that embrace 25.500 meters	It is a thermal climatic center of world fame I center Thermal Cacheuta with excellent hotel, gastronomic infrastructure and of camping site to single 38 km of the capital mendocina Hotel Thermal baths of Cacheuta - pileta with thermal water programs spa

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