Jujuy Province, Argentina

San Salvador of Jujuy, capital of the province

Distances: 1.643 kilometers from Buenos Aires
900 kilometers from Córdoba
103 kilometers from Salta

San Salvador de Jujuy is located at 1259 m.a.s.l.

It is characterized by the natural beauty of each one of the small towns, where modern constructions mix with the old traditions of the colonial time. In front of the central square there are the town council building, the Cathedral and Government's House. The oldest church is Santa Bárbara chapel, with its roof of tiles and wooden suspenders.

Places of interest to visit

· Belgrano Square
· Palace of Government
· Cathedral Church
· San Francisco Church
· Santa Bárbara Church
· San Francisco Museum
· Bellas Artes
· Mineral and Paleontological Museum
· Thermal Baths Lagunas de Yala
· Thermal Baths de Reyes
· Thermal Baths Caimancito
· Thermal Baths Nevado de Chañi
· Thermal Baths El Palmar: Chorro de Plata, El Idolo, Fuente Roja
· Calilegua National Park

Attractive tourist places

Quebrada de Humahuaca (Gulch of Humahuaca), town founded in 1591. It is characterized by beautiful landscapes that harmonize with the adobe houses and narrow paved streets where time seems to have stopped. The church built in the XVI century (in 1648), has a profusely golden altar. The Virgen de la Candelaria is venerated there.

One of the main attractiveness of this gulch is the Pucará of Tilcara, a fortified town built by the native Omaguacas in times before Columbus.

The monolith that marks the Tropic of Capricorn is where on June 21 the Inti Raymi (Party of the Sun) takes place, a celebration of old aymará tradition that is carried out, in the moment that the winter solstice begins, to receive the new agricultural cycle.

Termas de Reyes, located 19 kilometers from Jujuy is this thermal source of imponderable therapeutic value that is summoned in the picturesque valley.

Dique La Ciénaga, located 31 kilometers from Jujuy is this beautiful reservoir. Fishing and nautical sports are practiced there.

Villa Tilcara, located 84 kilometers from Jujuy. Currently Villa Tilcara, is one of the most important summer villages of the inlands of Jujuy whose origin can be tracked until the beginnings of this century. Tilcara is famous for its archaeological and tourist wealth par excellence.

Yala Station and Yala Lagoons - Potrero de Yala Reserve, at 27 kilometers from San Salvador of Jujuy there are 12 lagoons located the foot of the Chañi Mountains.

Purmamarca, indigenous town that maintains its colonial characteristics and pottery traditions unchanged. It is located at 2192 m.a.s.l. and it is framed by the Hill of the Seven Colors whose strata reflect diverse geologic ages.

Maimará, small town located 2.384 m.a.s.l., is characterized by its modest constructions of colonial style. Nearby is the Posta de Hornillos, the old refuge that sheltered travelers who traveled to Alto Peru.

Tumbaya, town located 47 kilometers from Jujuy. Place where there is an old country property amid a beautiful natural amphitheater. The Church was built back in 1794.

Posta de Hornillos, located 24 kilometers from the population of Tumbaya is this old post on the road to the Alto Perú - Virreinato del Río de la Plata. Today it is restored with a museum and archaeological site.

Abra Pampa, important commercial center, located 90 kilometers from Humahuaca. There is the agricultural experimental sub-station, called "Abra Pampa Miraflores" where you will be able to appreciate the fauna of the gulch and the puna in their natural habitat. Places of interest to visit: the Cerro Huancar and the Archaeological Museum Leopoldo Aban.

Iruya, picturesque town located on a muzzle in a gulch. Nobody remembers when it was founded. It is surrounded by numerous villages that can be reached only by paths because they were built in deep gulches or hung of abrupt hillsides. Colanzulí, Porongal, Rodeo Grande, Las Higueras, Isla de Cañas, Matancillas and San Isidro, they are some of these indigenous populations.