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Located in northern Argentina, La Rioja is known by its beautiful landscapes, created by the interaction of sun and wind. Big mountains welcome you to this semiarid region, where the main touristic destinations are marked by geographic formations or small towns found between them.
La Rioja is also the home of Talampaya National Park, where you can find millenary rock walls, witnesses of history and keepers of secrets. There, you can see the monstruous constructions, over a thousand years old, and dinosaur fosils found in the area in the last decade.
The colors found in valleys and cliffs are a wonderful sight to see in La Rioja. Reds, greens and blues are a vivid storyteller of the rich vegetal and animal life in the province.
Other important destinations are the city of La Rioja, the capital of the province; Chilecito and Famatina, towns that are known for their natural beauty and the services available for tourists who travel there from all over the world.
- Attractions
La Rioja is a natural place of extraordinary beauty, where you can see mountains, valleys, cliffs, rivers and hills, home of a thousand vegetal and animal species, some of them in extinction danger.
In the province you can practice a series of adventure sports, going to every single corner of the area with its natural crooks and detours, which allow people to cover it on foot or horseback, bike or hiking.
In the city of La Rioja, you can also see a variety of buildings that are a singular showing of classic architechture, a simple and quiet city that invites tourists to visit it all year. At the same time, smaller towns like Chilecito and Famatina have different activities for tourists, which include visits to vineyards.
- Activities
- Walks and horseback riding, adventure sports, trekking, mountain bike, hiking, excursions, paragliding, delta, wine tasting, observation of flora and fauna, photography, archeology, fishing, water sports, religious tourism.
- Location
- NorthernArgentina, province of La Rioja.
- How to get there
- By land, from Buenos Aires, taking the combination RN9, RN60 and RP5, which ends in La Rioja. There are different bus lines and airlines connection the rest of the country, to La Rioja, on a daily basis.
- When to go
- All year.
- Climate
- Semiarido. Little humidity, strong solar radiation.
- Services
- Accomodations, food services, primary services, bus station, excursions, travel agency.
- Surroundings
- Santiago del Estero, Salta, Jujuy, Catamarca, Tucumán, Córdoba, Chilecito, Famatina.
Travel services in La Rioja
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| Plaza Hotel (La Rioja) |  |
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| Hotel Naindo Park |  |
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