Mendoza Province, Argentina

Mendoza is the capital of the province.

Distances: 1.037 kilometers from Buenos Aires
670 kilometers from Córdoba
258 kilometers from San Luis

Mendoza is considered the cultural capital of the country. It is a pleasant city with clean and tree-lined streets and squares. An intense cultural life moves around its universities, theaters, museums and art galleries.

In this city, you will enjoy all the services of the big cities. The renovated aspect of its squares, buildings and streets are supplemented with a wide offer of entertainment. The incredible cleaning of the city catches the attention of visitors

Mendoza is the city of Congresses; it is a permanent headquarter of important conventions and symposia of regional, national and international level; of course, it counts with an appropriate infrastructure and services, added to its people's cordiality.

The temperature is humid. Habitually, the sky is clear and, so, such fact permits the observation of the landscape.

Places of interest

· San Martin General Park
· Science and Technology Park
· Artificial Lake
· Cerro de la Gloria Monument
· Zoo
· University Town
· Stadium Mundialista Islas Malvinas
· Tunduqueral Hill (with hieroglyphs - 1000 years old)

Tourist Round Trips

· Wine Circuit, Cellars and Dikes
· Circuit of High Mountains
· Circuit to Mendoza - Luján de Cuyo
· Circuit El Valle de Uco, Cordon de Plata
· Circuit to Cañon del Atuel
· Historical Camp El Plumerillo and Historical Circuit


Mendoza is highly visited during the Vendimia Festival that starts the first weekend of March. This is the most important festivity of the region. Among the principal ceremonies, it is possible to mention: "Fruits Blessing", "Vía Blanca de las Reinas", "Carrusel" and “Central Act” with a variety of spectacles each one.

Attractive Tourist Places

The Challao and Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de Lourdes is located 8 kilometers from Mendoza. It is a sanctuary dedicated to the virgin of Lourdes where numerous pilgrimages rises. In the place, there are swimming pools, thermal waters and good panoramic views.

Chacras de Coria is a summer village surrounded by mountain ranges. The landscape is covered by vegetation and the special microclimate has transformed it into one of the favorite places for weekends. It is located 14 kilometers from Mendoza.

Uspallata is a town linked to a wide valley. It presents a varied offer of gastronomy and lodging, apart from other special attraction: the cellars. It is located 23 kilometers from Mendoza

Villavicencio is a town where there is a modern mineral water plant and an old hotel which has been restored. It is located 48 kilometers from Mendoza.

The Llancanelo Lagoon is located at the bottom of the Huarpes basin. This is a group of marshes that form an extraordinary aquatic flora and fauna reservation; it is a paradise for photographic safaris.

The Payunia is an enigmatic plateau plenty of steppes, volcanoes and dominated by the Payún Matrú (2930 meters above the sea level). This Patagonian wedge, also an ecological reservation, keeps exceptional flora and fauna and the principal population of Cuyo guanacos.

Places to Visit

Ciudad

• City. Tour of Squares and Churches
• Gral. San Martín Park
• Foundational Area
• Zoo
• Aquarium

Godoy Cruz

• Palmares Open Mall
• Wineries - Wine Roads

Tunuyán

• Manzano Histórico
• Wineries - Wine Roads

Maipú

• Wine Museum Francisco Rutini
• Wineries - Wine Roads

Lujan

• Potrerillos Valley
• Vallecitos Ski Center
• Wineries - Wine Roads

Las Heras

• Uspallata Valley
• Puente del Inca
• Penitentes Ski Center
• Aconcagua Park – Cerro Aconcagua.

Tupungato

• Cordón Del Plata
• Wineries - Wine Roads

San Rafael

• Valle Grande - Cañon del Atuel
• Los Reyunos
• El Nihuil
• Wineries - Wine Roads

Malargue

• Castillo de Pincheira
• Caverna de las Brujas
• Poso de las Ánimas
• Las Leñas Ski Center