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Overview

Sophisticated Salta is a favorite, engaging active minds with its outstanding museums and lighting romantic candles with its plazaside cafes and the live m煤sica folkl贸rica of its vibrant pe帽as聽(folk-music clubs). It offers the facilities of a larger city, and aside from the morning gridlock, retains the comfortable pace of a smaller town.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Museo de Arqueolog铆a de Alta Monta帽a

    Museo de Arqueolog铆a de Alta Monta帽a

    Salta

    One of northern Argentina's premier museums, MAAM has a serious and informative exhibition focusing on Inca culture and, in particular, the child鈥�

  • The Centro Cultural Am茅rica in downtown Salta.

    Centro Cultural Am茅rica

    Salta

    A former church built in French academia style between 1721 and 1732, in 1913 it became Salta鈥檚 most important social club until the government took it鈥�

  • Pajcha 鈥� Museo de Arte 脡tnico Americano

    Pajcha 鈥� Museo de Arte 脡tnico Americano

    Salta

    This eye-opening private museum is worth seeing if you鈥檙e interested in indigenous art and culture. Juxtaposing archaeological finds with contemporary and鈥�

  • Convento de San Bernardo

    Convento de San Bernardo

    Salta

    Only Carmelite nuns may enter this 16th-century convent, the oldest building in Salta (though it was rebuilt into its current form in the 1840s after鈥�

  • Museo Hist贸rico del Norte

    Museo Hist贸rico del Norte

    Salta

    Set on the plaza in the lovely cabildo (town hall), this collection ranges from pre-Columbian ceramics through to colonial-era religious art (admire the鈥�

  • Cerro San Bernardo

    Cerro San Bernardo

    Salta

    For outstanding views of Salta, take the telef茅rico from Parque San Mart铆n to the top of this hill, a 1km ride that takes eight minutes. Alternatively,鈥�

  • Iglesia San Francisco

    Iglesia San Francisco

    Salta

    This magenta-and-yellow church is Salta鈥檚 most striking. The exuberant facade is topped by a slender tower; inside are several venerated images, including鈥�

  • Catedral Basilica de Salta

    Catedral Basilica de Salta

    Salta

    Salta鈥檚 pink cathedral was consecrated in 1878 and harbors the ashes of (among other notables) General Mart铆n Miguel de G眉emes, a salte帽o (resident of鈥�

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