The Northwestern part of the country is, mostly, a mountaineous region with spectacular landscapes.
It stands, to the west, as an elevated plateau (of approximately 3800 m.a.s.l.), crossed by high mountain ranges. In its central part there are gorges (such as the Humauaca Gorge) of a huge slope. To the East, we find sierras that barely exceed the 2000 metres, as a transition to the chaqueña plain.
The tourist Train to the Clouds (one of the highest trains in the world), gives you the possibility of enjoying these landscapes in an unparalleled way.
In these mountains you will find the contrast of the snow in the highest peaks, and the red, violet and green colours of the living rock.
There are zones of forests with an important variety of fauna carefully preserved in the national parks.
In this whole region you can find picturesque villages lost in unparalleled natural scenaries.
The Río Hondo thermal baths are internationally known due to its healing powers.
Train to the Clouds
It is one of the three highest trains in the world. It travels through the vertiginous mountains of the Andes Mountain Range and moves along astonishing landscapes.
It leaves from  the city of Salta, moves along the Valle de Lerma (Lerma valley), gets into Quebrada del Toro (Bull's Gorge) and reaches the Puna.
The final point of the trip is the kilometre 1350 where you will find La Polvorilla viaduct which is 224 metres long and 63 metres high. It is the highest cowboy line, at 4200 m.a.s.l. and one of the most important ones in the world due to its characteristics.
The whole trip takes almost 15 hours, crossing 29 bridges, 21 tunnels, 13 viaducts, 2 "curls" and 2 zig-zags. Due to the height at which the train moves, it is quite common to see clouds under its bridges or at the mountainsides, hence the choice of its name.
The train offers several services such as: restaurant car, panoramic car, folk spectacles, consulting room, audio, video and bilingual guides.
La Puna
The Puna an interesting proposal to explore the vast one and varied geography of the Puna Argentina plagued of amazing landscapes. Inhospitable earth that lodge mysterious towns, cradle of rich pre-Columbian cultures. A territory that it urges to us to recall his customs and it invites to the adventure. Veni to enjoy a trip incredible by the Puna in which podras to live a different adventure.
La Quiaca
Distant to 289 km of San Salvador de Jujuy, this border city (it limits with Bolivi a), to 3442 m.s.n.m. Its name comes from the Quisca Aymaran, whom it means sharp stone to trasquilar cattle. Border city surrounded by two rivers, one of which for of limit with the Republic of Bolivia. The constructions are in a valley surrounded by hills and are in their majority of marinates revocado.Constituye a reason for curiosity for the tourist the form of life of the population, its tipismo, the characteristic clothes of coyas and the active regional product commerce with their Villazón neighbor, in Bolivia.
Purmamarca
The town of Purmamarca (denomination that in Aymaran language means "Virgin Earth Town") is a showy village this surrounded to the north by the Purmamarca river and towards the south by hills that conforms the gorge that takes the same name. The small population acquires a special attraction because it is located to the base of imposing and majestic hills multicolors. Their constructions belong to century XVII, which offers an interesting vision of the pre-Hispanic origin.
San Miguel de Tucumán
San Miguel de Tucumán has been declared " Historical City" in 1999, by the wealth of their cultural patrimony. Today the historical center is the heart of the cosmopolitan large city and in him the buildings of greater institutional civic meaning of Tucumán rise.
Termas de Río Hondo
This city is located on napas of thermal waters that make of her the more important tourist destiny of the province. Account with approximately 200 hotels of different categories that offer the varied services more, from great thermal sinks, bathtubs in the rooms, hidromasajes, and in spa or resort treatments of fangoterapia, sauna, etc. The baths do not have to last more than 15 minutes and the same time of rest is recommended at least. In order to resist with the tranquillity of the thermal baths the Casino he is one of the main points of the nocturnal life, where in addition to the game tables theater spectacles and shows are offered musical. Also there is variety of restaurants and the traditional rocks that offer typical meals of the zone while it is enjoyed folclore.
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