Cafayate Travel Guide

 barryg23 Says:  Mendoza is well known as Argentina's wine growing capital but the next most important wine area is Cafayate, which produces an excellent dry white wine from the Torrontes grape as well as some excellent red wines. Cafayate lies at an altitude of 1683 metres, and has a... 

 barryg23 Says:  Transito is a centrally located bodega, opposite the better known Bodega Nanni, and despite it's modern looking exterior, the family behind it have been making wines for 4 generations. Nanni was a more attractive bodega, but the wine in Transito was better. We went on a tour... 

 barryg23 Says:  On our final day in Cafayate our plan was to climb Cerro San Isidro, the large mountain overlooking the town. However, we couldn't find a map or any information about the mountain, and the lady in the tourist office put us off by saying we needed to register with the police... 

 barryg23 Says:  A great hike near to Cafayate is along the Rio Colorado, where, if you are lucky and persistent you will reach beautiful waterfalls. Armed with a map from the tourist office, lunch, swimsuits and a compass we set off on this hike on a beautiful Sunday morning. We reached the... 

 barryg23 Says:  The most central of Cafayate's numerous bodegas is Bodega Nanni, a small vineyard producing 200,000 bottles of wine annually, and best known for its organic wines. The Nanni bodega dates from the 19th century and is run nowadays by descendants of the original Italian Nanni... 

 barryg23 Says:  Cerro Santa Teresita is the nearest peak to Cafayate, located 2km to the west, in the shadow of Cerro San Isidro (3200m). It's something of a place of pilgrimage as there's a shrine near to the top. The tourist office provides a map showing the route, though it's easy enough... 

 Luchonda Says:  In general the landscape in this national park is super, for those who love nature at it's purest.Take a 4x4 car, preferable a HONDA (lol), take a bike if you have more time to spent, but simply enjoy this wonder of nature which reminded me often at Petra city in Jordan, the... 

 Luchonda Says:  Another rock formation in this unbelievable landscape of Cafayate.I put this picture first as a remembrance to Pepe, our local driver for a few days, did a good job and lives in La Cafayate. (BTW it is not his grafity, but a nice reminder) 

 Luchonda Says:  A canyon located 10km northern Cafayate and in fact this breathtaking landscape has the same history as the quebrada de Humahuaca. Only in this valley the river "Rio las Conchas" did the exellent work of landscaping, by erosion.Unbelievable rockformations "painted" and given... 

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 barryg23 Says:  Helados Miranda is well-known in Cafayate for its wine flavoured ice-cream. Ice creams here are a little pricier than in other heladerias (though still good value), but where else can you get the chance to try wine ice-cream. It's very difficult to choose between the... 

 barryg23 Says:  We didn't eat out too often in Cafayate as our hostel had a kitchen, but one night the cooker was broken so out we ventured. We went to Boca, a cheap and popular restaurant, one block north of the main square. There's a good selection of dishes here, such as local... 

 Luchonda Says:  A nice little restaurant located at the central street in Cafayate and not for from the central PlazaCorrect and friendly service Just local food and a good glass of Argentina wine, red or whiteWe had a pasta as main dish and Marmelade with nuts as dessert, simple but... 

 Luchonda Says:  A very good location before entering the "Quebrada de Cafayate". An intermediate stop worthed on the road. The owner changed his job and goat farm due to the upcoming tourismand his age. Here you can have your classical café chico (P2.50), a café doble (P3.00), bebidas like... 

 barryg23 Says:  El Indio is the only company which runs buses between Salta and Cafayate, one of the most scenic routes in north-west Argentina. There are 3 buses per day, leaving Salta at 7am, 1pm and 7pm, and the journey takes about 4 hours. There is a short 15 minute stop at the halfway... 

 Luchonda Says:  The five singles were transported in this area by a classic bus. Our drivers were excellent, the road sometimes hardImpressive was seeing the Movi track passing by on the way above the clouds and driving direction to the "Salina grande"All i know about this way of travelling... 

 ptitetoile Says:  Walking in the street, we saw a lot of children in uniform on the walkway near a big building : curious, we went in this building with opened doors (we can dot it, do we?) and we saw the presentation of the results of the pupils of the school of Cafayete... Each child is...