Provincia de San Luis, Argentina

Distance: 719 kilometers away from Buenos Aires
535 kilometers away from La Rioja
412 kilometers away from Cordoba
255 kilometers away from Mendoza

San Luis city, capital of the same name province, lies next to Chorrillos river. It still keeps the traditional facade of the big colonial houses and residencies.

Founded in 1594, it is nowadays a propering and thriving city that offers different attractive tour sites.

Located in the region of the Pampa Mountain Ranges. From San Luis one can enter to all corners of the country. It characterizes for its beautiful mountain ranges, rivers and brooks.

The nick-naming of "puntanos" its inhabitants, comes from the location of the city on the foot of San Luis Mountain Ranges, called "Punta de los Venados" (a spot of the deer).

The south of the province offers the possibility of practicing a non-conventional touring on its scarcely populated plains where there are plenty of lakes. It is interesting to see fauna and birds that inhabits the region. A photograph safaris can be done.

It is interesting to visit:

- The towns: Mercedes, Lujan and Merlo
- IV Centenario Park
- Naciones Park
- Historical Museum
- Provincial Museum
- Cathedral Church
- The Chacras Campsite
- The Volcanoe
- Cruz de Piedra Dam
- San Felipe Natural Reservoir
- Intihuasi Grotto
- Potrero of the Funes
- Zapallar and Renca Hot-Springs
- Quebrada Village

Tour Attractions

Mercedes, second city of the province. It is an outstanding industrial, commercial center and an important road knot of the region.

Merlo, a tour center located in a mountain range place of an exceptional beauty. It spreads at the foot of Comechingones Mountain Range, between Divisadero and Tren mountains.

Merlo has an excellent micro climate caused by the fact that the mountain ranges cut the pass of the humid air drifts coming from the Atlantic.

The Quebrada Village is located 38 kilometers away from the capital city. The place is very well known for the annual celebration of the appearance of the "Santo de la Quebrada".