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 Villavicencio by Trekki
A bit off this place is the mineral water facility "Villavicencio", whose bottles you find in the supermarkets, with gas or without gas.
On the picture, you can get a slight glimpse of the road, which leads higher up to the Cruz de Paramillos - 3000 m high view point of the cordillera.
The road is called Camino de Caracol (snail road), and it needs at least a 2x4 car. Leave a Comment
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 Map of Mendoza's close
Andes region by Trekki
The best is to drive north through Las Heras, then to Villavicencio ("home" of the natural water), then westwards along a gravel road which winds up high into the Precordillera. Along you pass a gigantic gorge, victim of earth's geological activity, some abandoned towns (mineries) - until you finally reach an altitude of approx. 3200 m - giving you a prime view of the mountain range.
You drive down to Uspallata, can enjoy it's numerous restaurants and the specialities of the region and drive back to Mendoza via Ruta 7 (the connection between Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires), passing the Potrerillos lake.
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 Picheuta River - and the old
fortress by Trekki
Picheuta river - view to the northwest Leave a Comment
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 Mendoza's greater Andes region by Trekki
You can do it either on your own, renting a car, or you do it organized, with one of the numerous agencies in Mendoza, which take you on this day trip to the Chile border and show you all the attractions on it's way - Los Penitentes (ski area), Puente del Inca (the famous old thermal spring and hotel), and finally the Cristo monument high on 3800 m.
On the way, they also stop to let you get a glimpse on Aconcagua - the highest mountain peak outside of Himalaya - 6959 m.
The map shows you the location of Mendoza, and the most significant attractions on the way of ruta 7 to the border of Chile Leave a Comment
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 Bodegas around Mendoza by Trekki
In the central region around Mendoza, you can find the famous ones like Weinert, Lagarde, Etchart, Chandon, etc.
This region is located around latitud 33, at around 1050 m above sea level - one of Chandon's famous wines is called Latitud 33°.
In total, this region produces wine on around 23.000 hectars, the most popular grapes being Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot. Leave a Comment
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 Curz de Paramillo - viewpoint
for the Cordillera by Trekki
Not only that you can see the multicolor effects of this great mountain range, but you also see all these 4000-5000-6000 m high peaks - with Aconcagua being the highest there, 6959 m.
On the left, a bit in the clouds is Aconcagua Leave a Comment
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 Bodegas around Valle del
Uco by Trekki
In the central region of Valle del Uco, you can find e.g. Fournier, Monte Viejo and Lurton.
This region is located around latitud 34, at around 900 - 1400 m above sea level.
In total, this region produces wine on around 14.500 hectars, the most popular grapes being Malbec, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon. Leave a Comment
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 Bodgas of Maipu area by Trekki
This region is located around latitud 33.
In total, this region produces wine on around 85.000 hectars, the most popular grapes being Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Cereza, Tempranillo, Bonarda. Leave a Comment
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 Tourist Office of Mendoza - on
Garibaldi (x San Ma by Trekki, 1 more photos
Either is you want to know something about the outdoor possibilities, about high mountain climbing, about tours in the Andes (up to Cristo Retendor), about farmstay (ecoturismo) or about bodega tours.
They have all different leaflets, brochures, catalogues, in english and spanish.
Bilingual staff.
Open daily from 9 am to 9 pm.
You can't miss it, it is on Garibaldi street, just where it meets with Av. San Martin.
Little house, built on the pavement.
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 Interior of Cafe on Av. Las
Heras by Bwana_Brown
We found this one only a couple of blocks from our hotel and located in the midst of an area of street cafes popular with the locals. In addition to the usual computers, it also had a 'locutorio' area of enclosed booths where you can make local and international phone calls while a meter shows your running tab. I used the phones a couple of times to confirm our next airline flights and also to check regarding our hotel pickup time for return to the airport. It was also great to be able to check emails from home on their computers and the cost was very reasonable. For both of us on-line for 45 minutes at separate computers the total cost was less than A$2 (US 70 cents). No waiting for a spare computer either. Leave a Comment
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