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1 y 2. Viñ�� y
Bo�eg�� �e ��bo�
l��o� �e l� cor�iller�
�tr�e� ����l�e�te
�ile� �e vi�it��te�./
Vineyards and
cellars from both
sides of the hill
attract annually
thousands of
visitors
3. L�� r�i��� �e
Q�il�e�, �it�����
e� el Cerro Alto �el
Rey, �o� co��i�e�
r���� co�o el �á�
gr���e ��e�t��ie��
to prehi�pá�ico �e
l� Arge�ti��./
The
Quilmes Ruins,
are found in the
Tucuman province,
15 kms fromAmai-
cha del Valle
De Tucumán hasta Cafayate
T�c��á� e� ��� ci���� q�e bri��� ��� c�l�ro��
bie�ve�i��, co� �� ��je�t�o�� pl��� y ��� e�ificio�
Art Nouveau
q�e �e��f� el tie�po, co� ��� f�ch��
��� ��or����� q�e rec�er��� l�� ci����e� �e B�e�o�
Aire� y P�rí�.
Atr�ve����o lo� c��po� �e c�ñ� �e ��úc�r e��
pe���o� � ��bir l� c��e�� �o�t�ño�� �el Aco�q�ij�,
q�e �lberg� ��� ex�ber��te c��, h��t� lleg�r �l
�ltipl��o �el V�lle �e T�fí e� �o��e �e �loj� ��� pre��,
c�y�� �g��� reflej�� el cielo tr���p�re�te. E� �� orill�,
el p�eblo �e T�fí �el V�lle �e c�lie�t� b�jo el �ol, co� ��
h��or �o�t�ñe��e, ��� q�e�o� y ��� c�r�e� ������,
�� �ire �e olvi���o y q�e recibe lo� fi�e� �e �e���� �
l� ge�te �e T�c��á�.
Seg�i�o� ��e�tro recorri�o por l�� C��bre� �e
C�lch�q�íe� h��t� b�j�r h�ci� el V�lle �e C�f�y�te. Y
�o� top��o� co� ��� �o�� ári�� e� �o��e lo� C�r�o�
�e�, e�o� i�trig��te� c�ct��, �e��f� l� l�� �pl��t���
te �el �ol.
P����o� por el ���eo �e P�ch�����, l� �io��
�e l� tierr�, co� ��� i��ólit�� e�c�lt�r�� y lleg��o� �l
V�lle �e Q�il�e� �o��e �e�c�bri�o� l�� i�trig��te�
R�i��� �e Q�il�e�, �� p�eblo b����o �obre l� c�lt�r�
Ti�h����co y q�e �e �e��rrolló e� el �iglo X �.C.
FromTucumán to Cafayate
Tucumán is a city that offers a warm welcome,
with its majestic plaza and Art Nouveau buildings
that challenge time, with its ornamented façades
that remind us of the city of Buenos Aires and Paris.
Crossing the sugar cane fields we start to go up
the mountainous chain of the Aconquija, that shel-
ters and enthusiastic ravine, till arriving at thehigh
plain of the Tafi Valley where a stream lives, whose
waters reflect the clear sky. At its shore, the town
of the Tafi Valley warms up beneath the sun, with
its mountain like humour, its cheeses and roasted
meats, its forgotten air and that receives the people
from Tucumán on weekends.
We continue our expedition through the peaks
of the Calchaquíes, descending towards the Ca-
fayate Valley. And we run into an arid zone where
the Cardoons, those intriguing cactus, defy the
crushing sunlight.
We pass the Pachamama Museum, the earth
goddess, with its extraordinary sculptures and
we arrive at the Quilmes Valley where we discover
the fascinating Quilmes Ruins, in a town based on
the Tiahuanaco culture that expanded on the tenth
century a. C.
