Province of Mendoza, Argentina

Mendoza, capital of the province.

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

Mendoza is considered 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.

To travel this city allows enjoying the exact balance of a county capital that has all the services of the big cities. Their renovated aspect of squares, buildings and remodeled streets are supplemented with a wide offer of entertainment. A habit that catches the attention of visitors is the cleaning of the city.

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

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

Places of interest to visit

· 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 petrogliphs 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 al Cañon del Atuel
· Historical Camp El Plumerillo and Historical Circuit


Mendoza is visited a lot during Vendimia Festival that starts the first March Weekend, is the most important festivity, among the principal ceremonies are : "Fruits Blessing", "Vía Blanca de las Reinas", "Carrusel" y el “Central Act” with a variety of spectacles.

Attractive tourist places

The Challao and Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de Lourdes. Located 8 kilometers from Mendoza's city a sanctuary dedicated to the virgin of Lourdes, reason of numerous pilgrimages rises. In the place there are swimming pools with thermal waters and good panoramic views.

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

Uspallata, is a town amid a wide valley. It has a varied offer of gastronomy and lodging and as special attractiveness; the cellars. It is located 23 kilometers from Mendoza

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

The Llancanelo Lagoon. At the bottom of the Huarpes basin are these marshes that form an extraordinary aquatic flora and fauna reservation, a paradise for photographic safaris

The Payunia, is an enigmatic pehuenche plateau, with steppes and volcanos dominated by the Payún Matrú, of 2930 m.a.s.l. This Patagonian wedge, also ecological reservation, keeps exceptional flora and fauna and the main population of Cuyo guanacos.