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1. C�f�y�te e�tá �bi�
c��� �l ���oe�te �e
l� provi�ci� �e S�lt�,
Arge�ti��./
Cafayate
is located southwest
the Salta, Argentina
province
C����o lleg�ro� lo� e�p�ñole�, er� ��� ci���� ex�
te��i�� y lo� Q�il�e� �e t�viero� q�e re��ir e� 1667.
Hoy, ��� r�i��� �o� el te�tigo �e l� belle�� �e e�e p�e�
blo �e pie�r�� co��tr�i�o e� l� l��er� �el �o�te, �o��
�e �e viví� e� �r�o�í� co� l� ��t�r�le�� y protegí�� �
��� ll���� e� corr�le�.
Alc�����o� e�to�ce� el V�lle �e C�f�y�te h��t�
lleg�r � lo� l�ci�ore� viñe�o�, q�e crece� e� l� �re�� �e
�� ��tig�o �e�ierto ro�e��o por �o�t�ñ�� �e colore�
ocre� y �or��o�.
L�� e�t��ci�� y bo�eg�� �e �e��f� e� belle�� ���
� l� otr�, y lleg��o� � l� bo�eg� �el E�teco p�r� �loj�r�
�o� e� el hotel “P�tio� �e C�f�y�te” q�e �o� i�vit� �
p��e�r, � �i�fr�t�r �e ��� j�r�i�e� por l� t�r�e. El Sp�,
� rel�j�r�o� co� l� exq�i�it�� �g��� y ��� �elicio�o�
����je�, y e� l� ce��, � go��r �e lo� refi���o� i�ve��
to� �el chef y lo� vi�o� �e l� bo�eg� �e �ichel Tori�o:
Alti���, Ciclo�, Do� D�vi� y Ele�e�to�.
Fue una estancia fabulosa para cambiar de las ca�
rreter��, �e�ierto� y �o�t�ñ�� ári���, �el frío ��e�á�
�e c�lor y b�che� �el c��i�o � �e�tir�e e� e�te l�g�r
co�o �� Prí�cipe, e� �� e�tor�o �e p�l�cio, �i�fr�t���
�o �e lo� �ejore� vi�o�, vi�it���o l� bo�eg� y otr��
p�r� prob�r l�� �ejore� vi�����.
Al norte de Cafayate y Salta
E� el �e�ierto, �l �orte �e C�f�y�te, e�co�tr��o�
��o� p�i��je� excepcio��le� q�e co�bi��� lo� relieve�
�tor�e�t��o� �e l� ero�ió� �e lo� vie�to� y �el �g��,
�ej���o ���� �o�t�ñ�� roj�� l�br���� �e for�� ��t��
r�l y ��o�bro���, otr�� ���le� o �or���� co� c�p��
���rill��, ��o� río� q�e �tr�vie��� lo� v�lle� y cort��
l�� �o�t�ñ�� �ej���o ��� h�ell�� ver�e�.
E� “L� G�rg��t� �el Di�blo”, �e�c�bri�o� e�e c��
ñó� co� p�re�e� �ltí�i���, roji��� y púrp�r��, �o�i���
�o por l�� h�ell�� �e ��� ��tig�� c��c��� vertigi�o��.
When the Spanish arrived, it was an extended
city and the Quilmes had to surrender in 1667.
Today, their ruins are awitness of the beauty of this
stone town built on a hillside, where they would live in
harmonywithnature andprotect their lamas incorrals.
We then reach the Cafayate Valley until arriving
to the flattering vineyards, which grow in the sand
of an ancient desert surrounded by purple and ochre
coloured mountains.
The rooms and cellars defy each other’s beauty,
and we get to the Esteco cellar to stay at the “Patios
de Cafayate” hotel, which invites us to take a stroll,
to enjoy the gardens in the afternoon.
The Spa, let´
s relax with the exquisite waters and
delightful massages, and at dinner, let´
s enjoy one
of the elegant inventions of the chef and the wines
from the Michel Torino cellar: Altimus, Ciclos, Don
David and Elementos.
It was a fabulous stay to switch from the high-
ways, deserts and arid mountains, from the cold to
the heat and the bumps on the road to feel like a
Prince in this place, in a palace like environment,
enjoying the best wines, visiting the cellar and
others to taste the best meals.
Towards the North of Cafayate and Salta
In the desert, towards the north of Cafayate, we
find exceptional views that combine tormented ero-
sion relieves of the winds and water, leaving natu-
rally carved reddish amazing mountains, others
blue or purple with yellow layers, some rivers pass
through the valleys and cut the mountains leaving
green footsteps behind.
At the “La Garganta del Diablo”, (Devil´
s throat)
we discover this canyon with high walls, red and
purple, dominated by the tracks of an ancient giddy
