WAY OF THE PUNILLA

Punilla comes from quichua "puna", name given by the exploratory expedition of Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa, shortly before being founded Cordova, when feeling its "apunados" men. This valley is limited the east by the Small Mountain ranges and to the west by diverse cords that alternate with high plateaus or Pampas of the great mountain ranges, like Pampas of Olaen and Pampas of San Luis, also it emphasizes his steep profile the bulk of the Giants, in the North end of the cord of the Great Mountain ranges, in the neighborhoods of Tanti.

TRASLASIERRAS WAY

Three dams, an imposing mountain cord with the highest summits of the Province, volcanos, a magnificent valley, palmares, forests, rivers and localities with a suitable level of equipment conform the supply of Traslasierra for the tourist. This region reunites two areas unified by the Way of High Summits. One of them is the Area the Northwest, in the superior part and the other the Traslasierra Area that occupies the inferior sector.

TRASLASIERRAS

It is acceded as much to this region by the Northwest, as by the Way of High Summits and the Pampas of Achala, ascending up to 2100 meters with one of the most spectacular landscapes than offer this province. The National Park Broken of the Condorito and the Provincial Reserve Pampas of Achala, constitute outstanding part of the supply of natural patrimony of the area. In addition, it counts along with on important property left at death of natural vegetation areas of culture like aromatic and fruit Pope, vineyards, plants, the valley flanked by the Great Mountain ranges.

WAY OF THE GREAT LAKES

This region is conformed by three called areas Paravachasca, Calamuchita and Mountain ranges of the South.

Paravachasca the city of High Grace, was head of an important native establishment and one of the most important jesuíticas stays of the province. Its memory, along with the stormy times of the Revolution of May, is conserved in the museum of the Virrey Liniers. The time at which it attracted the high society and the culture they reflect in the Museum of the City, and in the house of the Spanish musician Manuel de Falla and like part of our more recent history, it is possible to emphasize that next the house will be museum where the Che lived Guevara.

Calamuchita is between cords of the Small Mountain ranges and the Great Mountain ranges, to borders of the river homónimo. Historically it comprised of the famous stay Santa Rosa, of the colonial period. It includes/understands populations of Hispanic origin like Santa small Rosa and the Yacanto and Amboy and others of Central European origin between which are General Villa Belgrano, Villa Bern and the Cumbrecita, ideal site for the rest since its attractive landscape tirolés in the middle of rustic mountainous cords, generates the interest to know it tourists of all nationalities.

Mountain ranges of the South Are small towns hidden on the mountain range of Comechingones, with its Hispanic origin Creole, crossroad and preserved in the time, like Achiras, born in 1574 and slug in the way to San Luis, Mendoza and San Juan. River of the Willows, founded at the beginning of the last century which offers the enchantment of its river. Alpa Corral "stone corral" in quechua. The hill Inti Huasi "marries of the sun" with its pictografías remember us to the natives who populated these earth.

WAY OF HISTORY

With its ways laid in fan, the old Dirt road remembers, where many of their populations were slugs so that the traveller of the time recovered the energies to arrive at his destiny. In his route it includes two important tourist areas: the North area Small Mountain ranges and area.

SMALL MOUNTAIN RANGES

Sandal populations located on the foot of the Mountainous Cord. It offers a set of typically serranas localities where waved orography, the winding one to walk of attractive streams and the cultural ones conform an excellent proposal worthy to know and to value. Other localities are more located to the east offering a flatter land apt for the agri'colo-cattle activities. All these characteristics define their own profile.

THE NORTHWEST

The action of the man has left to valuable testimonies like the chapels of San Marcos Mountain ranges (century XVIII), of the Fig tree (century XIX), of Salsacate (century XVIII), of the Palms (century XVIII). Salsacate and its mines in Cuchimayo expose the rich cultural patrimony of the area the northwest of Traslasierra. In this zone are rest of Hispanic pictografías in Charquina and testimonies of the mining activity in the facilities of the Bismutina. The technology of century 20, contributed to the tourist supply of the area with two docks and their dams.