The beauty of its landscapes, the peace and tranquility that its great green extensions offer, make the visit to this place, which let you enjoy the charm of the snow in winter and the adventure tourism in summer in an imposing contact with nature, impossible to miss. 
It is the main tourist centre of the province. Its origins go back to 1883, when a fort was set up in the Vega Maipú. Today it is an active community with 18.000 inhabitants.
The city, situated between the Lácar eastern lakeside and the fertile Vega Maipú valley, is picturesque, of Alpine style, and with buildings with abundant wood and wide pavement streets resulting of an ordered outlining.
In winter the city gets covered by snow. This is an ideal frame for the practice of ski in the neighbouring winter centre of Chapelco.
In summer, the activities are mostly carried out in contact with nature, within the Lanín National Park, where you will find several possibilities: sporting fishing of salmonids, trekking, rafting, mountaineering, fotographic safaris, excursions in 4 x 4, etc.
With an important lodging capacity and a varied number of gastronomic establishments, San Martín de Los Andes offers a suggestive proposal of tourist services.
Cozy restaurants specialized in deer, trouts, fondue, and international dishes; and picturesque tea houses and cafeterias, make up part of its gastronomic offer.
This village has different accomodation possibilities for the tourism, ranging from camp grounds with an adequate infrastructure, up to cabins and hotels of varied categories.
As long as activities and sports are concerned, San Martin de los Andes has fishing and trekking guides, tourism agencies with varied proposals in lacustrine and terrestrial excursions, and night places for having fun, such as the casino, which is located right in the centre of the city.
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