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Tourism, February 01, 2008

Between wine and nature

The Cuyan wine, just as its natural landscape, embodies sensations being capable of captivating the souls of people visiting the region.

The Cuyan region

The Cuyan region offers all types of alternatives to enjoy the most beautiful scenery namely snow, mountains, valleys, rivers, and the like. A region stands as an area having inexhaustible sources of delight at any time during the year.


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Packed with vineyards and located at the foot of the Andes Mountains, the Cuyan region offers all types of alternatives to enjoy the most beautiful scenery namely snow, mountains, valleys, rivers, and the like.

Among its beauties we can find the Moon Valley (a natural heritage of humanity) and the so well-known Route of the Dinosaurs extending into the Talampaya National Park (in La Rioja), the Ischigualasto Provincial Park (in San Juan), the Sierra de las Quijadas National Park (located in San Luis) and the Malargüe area (in Mendoza) where fossile remains have recently been discovered.
 
On the other hand, sport fishing, rafting and mountain climbing are regarded as some of the sport activities most frequently chosen by visitors.The highest mountain in the Western hemisphere, known as Mount Aconcagua, (6962 m.) poses a great challenge for mountain climbers to face all over the world.

The Cuyan region stands as an area having inexhaustible sources of delight at any time during the year.

Province by province
This province offers a countless number of options for those enjoying unique scenarios such as the ones in Talampaya, Corona del Inca Crater, Laguna Brava and the Riojana Coast, among other remarkable places to visit, while providing hospitality throughout the year
In this province you can find snow, adventure, and wines. And Mount Aconcagua. Tourists not only visit Mendoza, but they also fall in love with it
As this province is mainly characterized by its natural attractions, it appears to be the ideal scenario for tourists to practise Adventure Tourism and unconventional sports
The city of San Luis owns paths leading towards mountainous landscape, ancient gold mines, prehistoric caves, paradisaical lakes and a large National Park that take travellers´ breath away

The Cuyan Wine is regarded as one of the best ones in the world

In a naturally breathtaking scenario, the “Wine Route” stands as the major indicator of a phenomenon representing us worldwide. At present 90% of the Argentine exported wine comes from the Cuyan vineyards, thus accounting for annual revenues amounting to 326 million dollars.

The Cuyan region holds have appraised its infrastructure, that exhibits a state-of-the-art architecture and the one retaining the wine-making industry pioneers´ municipal heritage. Since territories where grape stands as the main source of income became a benchmark for tourists coming from all over the world, holds have been modernized and currently offer visitors further benefits including sophisticated hotel services, the tasting of delicious regional dishes in gentrified restaurants and even the scheduling of tours such as the grape pruning itself. These are all special ingredients to fully enjoy the so-called “Wine Route”.

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