SALTA    THE LINDA

Capital: It jumps (373 857) hab. in the dpto) 
Surface: 155 488 km2 
Population: 866 771 inhabitants 
Density: 5,6 hab. /km2 
The population's annual growth: 25,7% 
Males' index: 49,8% 
Main cities: Tartagal, General Güemes, San Ramón of the New Orán 
Administrative division: 23 departments
Location Season Activities Trips Lodging Festivities
The whole year is season
An annual maximum half temperature of 24°, and minimum stocking of 10,1°C 
Precipitations average of 726 mm a year.


Dique Cabra de Corral
Salta del Valle de Lerma, capital of the county of it Jumps, located to 1187 msnm, to the foot of the hills 20 of February and San Bernardo, he/she appears in all their extension like reclined in the Valley of Lerma, one of the most interesting, fertile and pleasant that formed the nature". The city of Salta it is to 1.605 km. of  Buenos Aires, 902 km. of Córdoba, 311 km. of San Miguel de Tucumán and 121 km. of San Salvador de Jujuy.
Located in this valley so fertile, the city conserves its typically colonial aspect with old buildings of the XVIII and XIX centuries. The pretty one jumps it is the one that, colonial and modern, you toasts in hospitality.
There are tranquility and the soft aroma of their plants, it impregnates the atmosphere.

How to arrive?
Airplane. From Buenos Aires to the airport The Aybal to 9 km of it Jumps, and to 1145 msnm, by Argentinean Airlines and Dinar.
Bús. Desde Buenos Aires to Salta,  Rosario de la Frontera, Metán and San Ramón of the Nueva Orán.
Automobile: Por RN 9, RN 16, RN 34, RN 40, RN 51, RP 37 y RP 27
The heterogeneity orográfica and climatic they make of the different regions astonishing tourist circuits that you/they understand from the Puna the colds you Walk, until the humid subtropical regions of forest.


The Gaucho
Man of to horse, of anger and value that it defended the North frontier of our country of the realistic advance. Of deep beliefs and customs, great simplicity and hospitality, it is the maximum exponent of the Argentinean traditions


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Activities in Salta: Tourism of Adventure: To ascend to the snowy ones, Canotaje and Windsurf in the reservoirs, Trekking in the National Parks, Fishes in streams, rivers and reservoirs. Avistaje of Fauna, scientific tourism. Mountaineering. It hunts sport (pumas, foxes) it Hunts bigger in San Ramón of the New Orán
I celebrate next to the Folkloric Rocks: 
Bowling Balderrama, Gauchos of Güemes, The House of Güemes
Casino in Salta
 
Train to the Clouds

Train to the Clouds
A magnificent engineering work. it is one of the highest railroads in the world, to 4220 msnm. Hung of vertiginous mountains, it goes among the clouds to cross the you Walk.
Andinismo:
He/she is practiced in the Puna, in the mountains of the Big Grasses, in the snowy ones of Chañi and Cachi
Andean refuges don't exist in the area, but yes, there are in many cases, mining camps and seats or villagers' positions.
  C A T HE D R A L
CATHEDRAL
Lodging:
The city of it Jumps it has 3 hotel establishments of 4 stars, 4 of three stars, and 6 of two stars 
In Cafayate, there are 7 hotels of two stars
in Rosario de la Frontera, two establishments of two stars
Other lodgings in: Angastaco, Cachi, Colonel Molde, General Güemes, Metán, Molinos, San Carlos, San Lorenzo, San Ramón of the new Orán and Tartagal.

Festivities

Walks and Trips:
Febrero y Marzo
Cafayate
Salta
Animaná
Angastaco
Cachi
Seclantas
Payogasta

Carnaval Salteño
Marzo y Abril Cafayate Semana Santa
16 de Abril Salta
Abril Cultural
Fundación de Salta
22 de Mayo Sumalao Señor de Sumalao
16 de Junio Salta Homenaje al Gral.Güemes
13 al 20 de Julio Salta Semana de Salta
1° de Agosto Iruya Fiesta de la "Pachamama"
13 de setiembre Salta Fiesta del Señor y Virgen del Milagro
24 de Septiembre Salta Batalla de Tucumán
Octubre Iruya Virgen del Rosario

Puntos de Interés en Salta
  Cerro San Bernardo, 7 km
  Iglesia San Francisco
  Convento San Bernardo
  Cabildo
  Museo de Antropología, de Ciencias Naturales, El Tribuno Pajarito Velarde, Histórico del Norte, Provincial de Bellas Artes, de Arte Popular y Artesanías Tradicionales

Circuitos turísticos

  Oeste andino: San Antonio de los Cobres, Quebrada del Toro, Tren de las Nubes
  Circuito norte: Quebrada de Humahuaca,
  Valles Calchaquíes: Quebrada de Cafayate, Cabra Corral,
  Sureste: Parque Nacional El Rey, Termas de Rosario de la Frontera,
National park Those Cardones
Solitary moor that is to so single 3 hs. of the city of it Jumps, to 2700 msnm, it Conjugates in an immensity the figure of the cardones, the heat of the mountains, the immensity of the sky, the yellow of the flowers. Condors, foxes, pumas, vicuñas, keos, huemules, accompanies us
San Antonio de los Cobres
Called this way to be inside their jurisdiction the famous Sierra of the rich Copper in this mineral; this mining town recognizes old indigenous origins it is located to 165 km of it Jumps and to 20 km of the Viaduct The Polvorilla. In the surroundings he/she is the Snowy of Acay
Train to the Nuves
National park Baritu
Located to the northwest of the county of it Jumps, near Iruya, it protects the last haven of the forest subropical mountain or nuboselva, with their characteristic arborescent ferns
In their 72.439 has.y limited by mountainous cords of more than 2000 msnm, the Andean forest grows with incomparable fauna wealth and flora
The Park offers not very habitual encounters in other regions, with animals as tapires, monkeys caíes, pumas, cats ounce, pecaríes, bears of glasses and jaguaretés that allow the photographic hunt
Trekking and mountaineering can be carried out in their mountainous cords with avistaje of real condors, sparrow hawks, eaglets and toucans that hide in the forest that advances for the hillsides of the mountains

Aboriginal communities
They are located in the north area of the county and they belong to missions Chiriguanas, Chané, Churupíes, Tufas, Wichi, among others. They maintain intact their customs and traditions, preserving the cultural identity that characterizes them

Southeast circuit
For this circuit you The King arrives to National Park, one returns for the city of Metán, for the Post of Yatasto and for. Rosario de la Frontera
From  Salta, crossing a gulch can arrive to Santa Rosa de Tastil, then to San Antonio de los Cobres and 20 km plus to reach the viaduct The Polvorilla.
Along the whole journey they exist variety of singular attractions.

Mountains covered with forest, aboriginal communities of great handmade production, oil exploitations, tropical cultivations as the banana tree, the coffee, citrus, cane of sugar, etc. 
besides the trasponer possibility the frontier with Bolivia
This traditional tourist circuit offers multiple attractiveness, so much for its different landscapes, like for the architecture of its towns.
Cachi, Cafayate, Molinos, Coronel Moldes
Cafayate
National park the Rey
To 190 km of it Jumps, it was created in 1948. The valley is sprinkled in all its extension by smaller and lower lomadas, making it very broken and of difficult traffic, to be completely covered with mount 
This property has hostel, camping site, walks and fauna observation, as the yaguareté (American puma) and the elk (American tapir)
Reservas Naturales
They are three the provincial natural reservations: 
The Palmares, Walk Them and Acambuco. Each one presents different varieties of animals and vegetables. 
It can be carried out trekking, Campamentismo, photographic safaris, birdwatching, cavalcades, voyages, etc.

Guachipas: to 97 km of Salta, there before Columbus pictografías of periods can be appreciated that reflect the ritual complexes of the culture late santamariana.

Chicoana:
Located amid the Valley of Lerma, surrounded by the immensity of the hills, it is to 35 km to the Southwest of it Jumps. 
Today is a strong tourist center, with hostel, 
restaurant and station of service.


SCIENTIFIC TRIPS

The territory provincial bill with a wide range of capable places to carry out scientific studies, among them is necessary to highlight the paintings rupestres of the caves of The Meetings, in the town of  Guachipas
Trips of paleontological character that allow to recognize and to appreciate the prints of dinosaurs that inhabited 65 million years ago approximately the area of the Valley of the Tonco, also exist only in the world due to their location in vertical position.
Tourism of Stay or agroturismo: They exist in the area of the Valles Calchaquíes and Valleys of Lerma elegant stays and properties where the tourist has possibilities to be in contact with the nature, to enjoy a calm rest and to participate of the activities that are carried out as elaboration of sweet in some of them, cheeses, wines, crops of different products.

Rosario de la Frontera


Located to 174 km of it Jumps they are the Thermal baths of  Rosario de la Frontera,,
whose fame our frontier transcended. 

This center has a hotel allowing to take advantage of the therapeutic benefits of the water
Cachi

It is a picturesque town that conserves old large houses aligned on narrow streets, surrounded of plantations of red peppers, drying off in the sun that you/they give him a special touch. 
In front of the colonial square the temple of half-filled of the XVIII century gives him its characteristic mark completed with the recova of the Anthropological Museum, located to 157 km of Salta
Molinos

He/she is a mountain population located to 206 km of it Jumps, been founded by the middle of the XVII century. 
Their layout is irregular, with adobe houses and earth roofs, with galleries and piazzas. He/she stands out the parochial church, historical monument, built in 1639
Cabra Corral

Dam artificial of 115 km2, he/she is practiced fishing that is abundant and they are carried out nautical sports. 
In their banks numerous clubs exist, restaurants, places of rest and they are carried out trips in Catamarán and other crafts. 
It is to 90 km of the city of it Jumps, happening for Coronel Moldes to 59 km of Salta
Cafayate

Flanked by rivers and inside a belt of vineyards, he/she runs off with Cafayate with their houses of a plant between colonial and Baroque of the end of the XIX century. To 183 km of Salta


Iruya
To 307 km of it Jumps. Dream town of the located Argentinean north to 2780 msnm. Their streets of narrow and sheer stones, conserve ingrained their most ancestral customs, on of manifesto in their different festivities and rituals.


Puna

It is a wide region of the West salteño, located to more than 3000 msnm, framed by the Mountain range of you Walk them, Their stony floor and the scarce vegetation make of her a very difficult area for the human life.
Santa Rosa de Tastil
Today archaeological location, one of the main prehispanic urban centers is considered where they are impressive archaeological ruins, there their marks artists and aboriginal sages left that allow to imagine their form of life in silence, beliefs, social organization and very bound rites to the Madre Tierra"
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