 Tajamar Reservoir and Jesuit Estancia in Alta Gracia | ||
| Alta Gracia | ||
| province | Cordoba | |
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| Residents | 48.140 (2010) | |
| height | 553 m | |
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Alta Gracia is a city with about 50,000 inhabitants in the Sierras de Cordoba in Argentina. She lies in Paravachasca valley in the province of Cordoba near the Sierra Chica and is particularly known for its colonial center, which has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
background
Alta Gracia developed around a Jesuit estancia, which today still occupies the city's central block and is very well preserved. The artificial lake Tajamar, which was built next to it as a water reservoir, gives the center a park-like character. The city becomes a metropolitan area of the metropolis 30 km away Cordoba counted.
At the end of the 1990s, consideration was given to moving the capital of the province of Córdoba to Alta Gracia. The plan still exists but is no longer vigorously pursued due to political differences on the issue.
The communist revolutionary Che Guevara, spent his youth in Alta Gracia. A small museum was therefore dedicated to him in the village.
getting there
By plane
Airport in Cordoba, from there bus connections.
By train
The railway line to Alta Gracia was closed.
In the street
From Córdoba two options: either the RP 5 (more at risk of congestion, as it is more direct and also narrower) or the RN 36 direction Río Cuarto / C-45. From the south also via RN 36 and C-45.
By bus
The Córdoba-Alta Gracia route is operated by the company's buses approximately every 20 minutes Sierra de Calamuchita served.
mobility
There are city bus routes in Alta Gracia and its suburbs, otherwise taxis.
Tourist Attractions
- Jesuit Estancia. Huge, 10,000 square meter building from the colonial era, located directly on the central plaza. Structurally well preserved, but the paint should be renewed. UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Tajamar. Water reservoir of the estancia in a park-like area.
- Che Guevara Museum. Small museum in the house where the famous revolutionary lived in his youth.
activities
In the area you can hike and, above all, mountain bike (the Argentine cross-country champion comes from the city), but it is annoying that a country club for the super-rich has just been set up in the most beautiful valley in the vicinity.
shop
Souvenirs and handicrafts are available in tourist shops around the estancia. Otherwise, the city offers everything you need for life due to its size.
kitchen
Alta Gracia is known for that Fiesta de las Colectividades, a gastronomic-musical event in which the numerous immigrant groups present their traditional gastronomy. The festival takes place in February.
Otherwise the restaurants cluster around the plaza.
nightlife
A handful of discos and pubs ensure a decent atmosphere on the weekend.
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
While Alta Gracia has little to offer for swimming, for example, that changes just a few kilometers away in the suburbs. The locations Anisacate, La Bolsa, Los Aromos and La Serranita drag along the RP 5, all have beaches and are suitable as a starting point for hiking and mountain bike tours. While it can get crowded here in summer, it is La paisanita, which can only be reached via a dirt road, is much quieter, there are also swimming and hiking opportunities here.
