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Bwana_Brown Says: Heeding the advice of VT-member 'canuckmike', I took my footwear off when I entered the depths of the thermal spa! The warm 35 degC (94 degF) water felt great as it washed over my feet, even though the water temperature has reportedly dropped since the early years of the...
Bwana_Brown Says: This 70-foot long sulphur rock bridge spans the fast-flowing and muddy Cuevas River, providing the only access to the old mineral water spa. One theory has it that, during glacial times, the sulphur-rich waters flowing from the hot-springs here deposited their sediments atop...
Admiring the color of the stone
ptitetoile Says: The yellow/orange color and smooth aspect of the stones is due to the sulfur water of the spring that leave a special layer on everything on which it flows!
Visiting the ruins of the thermal station
ptitetoile Says: En 1925 se construyó el Hotel Puente del Inca que representó para su época un verdadero lujo al que asistían las personalidades más importantes. Cada una de las habitaciones poseía su propio baño termal. La grieta de agua se encuentra aún hoy detrás de la amarillenta...
Looking at the springs jumping from the ground!
ptitetoile Says: Isn't it an inviting name for a spring?
Foot bath in the warm water of the "fuente"
ptitetoile Says: There is nothing more delightful to have his feet in the warm water in front of such a wonderful scenery!
cybergenic Says: Just above the Puente del Inca (aprox 30 m) there are some small thermal pools. They were very warm and provided me with a soothing spa. The frozen peaks around you really puts your existence into perspective.The water temperature was about 20 degrees C. The air temperature...
Bwana_Brown Says: This view was taken from beneath the natural bridge, looking back up the wet slope to where the mineral baths are located. Sue and our personal guide, Andrea, must be having an animated discussion about the curative effects of these amazing waters! (actually, Sue later told...
Bwana_Brown Says: It was very interesting to actually see what the old thermal bathing rooms themselves looked like. These were arranged in a row behind the big windows of the spa, with a view out toward the river. There were also dark grottos behind that our tour did not really allow enough...
Bwana_Brown Says: The bright orange-yellow colour of the rocks was amazing. This photo shows the path leading from the thermal baths to beneath the rock bridge itself. In addition to the deep water channel seen here, shallow water is flowing on the surface in many areas as well, leaving it's...
shavy Says: The 3 Star Hostel Arco de las Cuevas is regarded as a monument since as it is located in a building of Argentinean national patrimony: the old Arch of Entrance to the Republic. Located 3.200 meters above the level of the sea, we are the highest hotel in the World....The...
Bwana_Brown Says: Our day-trip into the High Andes was a part of our 4-day package tour to Mendoza. For US$500 each, we had jet transportation for the 1.5 hour flights between Buenos Aires and Mendoza, airport transportation, four nights accommodations with breakfast and guided tours of...
Bwana_Brown Says: This photo gives you an idea of the corridor used by the highway and railroad (now abandoned) snaking their way up over the Andes between Mendoza and Santiago, Chile. Taken only about 20 km from Puente del Inca and from a height of just over 12,000 feet above sea level, it...
Bwana_Brown Says: Once we had finished our alloted time in the spa itself, our group was hustled back across the natural bridge to the area where local wares were being sold. There were quite a number of stalls there, so my wife and our guide Andrea browsed for several minutes, eventually...
Bwana_Brown Says: When we pulled into Puente del Inca for our tour of the old spa, we found quite a busy little spot, geared up for tourists. There were a lot of tour busses here, most of them much bigger than ours, and plenty of little booths set up to sell the local wares.The thing that...
Bwana_Brown Says: This view of Puente del Inca was taken looking up the Cuevas River toward the main ridge of the Andes in the distance. The spa here was developed into a luxury resort in 1925 with the construction of a stone hotel, church and hot-springs bathhouse. It could be easily reached...
Dicomo Says: The incas bridge, is a natural formation. And the building you see in the photo were the old thermal baths under the bridge owned by an ancient hotel that dissapear under the snow.
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The incas bridge, is a natural formation. And the building you see in the photo were the old thermal baths under the bridge owned by an ancient hotel that...
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Located in the deep valley of the original Uspallata route over the Andes mountains between Argentina and Chile, the natural rock arch and hot springs at Puente del Inca (Inca Bridge) are an amazing...
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A Natural bridge and spring of the Inca !
Puente de Inca is a place very know for its spring of sulfur warm water and its wonderful natural bridge above the river. It is situated near the Aconcagua National park and is an obligatory place to...
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Puente del Inca, Spanish for "the Inca's Bridge", is a natural arch that forms a bridge over the Vacas River, a tributary of the Mendoza River. It is located in Mendoza Province, Argentina near Las......
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Legend has it that many thousands of years ago, before the arrival of the Spaniards. A great Inca elder had a son who suffered from paralysis. He had tried to heal his son in many ways but nothing...
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Antiguamente fue un famoso lugar termal de la Argentina. Está ubicado en plena cordillera de los Andes, con un paisaje de alta montaña que domina la mole gigantesca del cerro Aconcagua. Despierta...
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