The city of San Juan is of modern architecture. Its typical characteristic is the increasing amount of trees growing along streets, sidewalks and squares.
The city is sourrounded by rivers, hills and valleys that bring to life amazing scenarios for high-risk sports and exciting journeys.
This versatile city offers the possibility of visiting historic, religious, scientific and cultural places like "Sarmiento's” birthplace Historic Museum, "San Martin's” Historic Cell, "Juan Victoria" Concert Hall, considered to be among the most important halls in South America, “La Difunta Correa" Sanctuary, a place for prayer visited by thousands of devoted followers each year, "El Leoncito" Observatory, ranked among the most famous ones in the world and “Ischigualasto" Natural Park claimed to be of mankind patrimony by UNESCO.
All these extraordinary sets combined with a dry weather, clean fresh air and a sunny sky make of San Juan a dream-like place for a wide range of adventures.
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San Juan is situated in South America and, thus, in the the west of the Argentine Republic.
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Exactly centered in the 31st parallel south latitude and the 69th meridian west longitude.
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San Juan has an extension of 92.689 km²
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San Juan City is 640 meters above sea level.
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The current population of San Juan is over 620.000 of inhabitants.
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ISCHIGUALASTO
DIQUE DE ULLUM
CUESTA DEL VIENTO
Also known as "Valle de la Luna" (Moon Valley), this spot constitutes one of the major tourist attractions in San Juan and in Argentina, as well. The valley is 150 km2 and it is of both archeological and ...
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This dam is a magnificent blue mirror of crystal water surrounded by an immense and spectacular mountain range. It is thought to be one of the most ideal places for wind-surfing given the strong and powerful...