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The
tours through the Great Mendoza have been planned
according to the distances to be covered, in two
different ways: walking or driving.
* Walking Circuits
These are conducted through the streets and avenues,
which offer a wide range of services for tourists. The
duration varies between three to four hours. They can be
done throughout the year.
- Circuit 1: Downtown
Starting at the Subsecretaria de Turismo or at the
Tourist Information Center II at the city council,
located on the corner of Garibaldi and San Martín
streets. The places visited are the Plaza España, a
bright space with an exact balance between gardens,
monuments and shiny sidewalks, all adorned with majolica.
The next point is the Plaza San Martin, with the
Basilica of San Francisco and the chamber of the Virgen
del Carmen de Cuyo - patron of the Liberation Army,
where it kept the sceptre of command of General San
Martin, where lie the remains of his daughter Merceditas
and her husband’s. Around this square there are various
banks, and there should be emphasized the building of
the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of the Province of
Mendoza, which invites people to stop to admire its
facade with its neoplateresco cutting, and its grooved
columns with mythological stories. Next, there is Las
Heras Avenue, which catches the attention by its
architectural heritage, the Popular Street Museum and
its commercial movement, especially of typical regional
products. The tour ends on the Paseo Sarmiento, to rest
and continue admiring the beauty of the city: the
Independence Square provides an opportunity to
appreciate water fountains with water and light ballet,
symbolic sculptural groups, the Museum of Modern Art, a
children's playground, and a picturesque arts and crafts
fair.
- Circuit 2: Visit to the Provincial Civic District
This circuit starts in an unusual place: the roof of the
Municipality of the Capital of Mendoza, whose viewpoint,
thirty meters high, allows us to look at the area to be
sightseen on the tour and the overall landscape of the
city and its surroundings. After that, you will stroll through
the gardens of the Courthouse and the former Agronomic
farm, at the Ecological Park, there is the Customs and the
Congress and Exhibition Centre "Emilio Civit" with its
modern auditorium. From this point, and after a break,
the Government House, located three hundred metres to
the east, will cause admiration for its impressive
architectural style. Entering this building, you will see
the flag of the Liberation Army in the room dedicated to
that purpose, on the first floor of the building, and it
is there that this circuit ends.
- Circuit 3: Historic
Starting with the Cathedral of Loreto, located on the
streets Lavalle and Federico Moreno, crossing the Plaza
Sarmiento diagonally towards the northeast through
Buenos Aires Street, is the Municipal Aquarium with an
interesting variety of species, and the Snake house.
Then towards the North, there are the O'Higgins Park,
with a playground for children and the Gabriela Mistral
Theatre.
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