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Circuit 1: The Wine Roads
The temperate climate and flat path provide an easy and
pleasant accessibility to all points.
This eighty-kilometre trip is done in half a day. It is
operable throughout the year.
Starting at the city of Mendoza, go eastward on National
Route 7 until Carril Urquiza (south detour to the area
of Coquimbito), you can visit the Museo del Vino La
Rural, with a great artistic and historical value. A few
metres to the south there is a huge internationally
renowned winery, which has the world largest wine oak
vat (nearly six million litres). There, the local guides
from the winery show the tourists the secrets of the
wine making. In addition, in Coquimbito you can visit
cider and champagne factories. Going towards the center
of the Maipú city, there is the other big winery of the
department, also internationally known. This winery once
was in the state hands, nowadays is divided into wine
cooperatives, which is worth visiting. In this city, it
is also interesting to visit the Plaza 12 de Febrero,
the stage of the Maipucinean history, and the National
Museum of Wine, located in the mansion of the former
owners of what once was the largest winery in the world:
Former Giol Winery. From this point, going southwards by
Carril Maza, you can reach Lunlunta, where there are
rural establishments alternated with weekend houses
recreational campgrounds, and a goat farm with goat
cheese tasting and where you can enjoy typical dishes.
You can appreciate the beauty of the Mendoza countryside
in all its splendour. Going west, in Lujan de Cuyo, it
is possible to visit the Engineer Cipolletti diverter
dam, from where the water, the source of so much wealth,
is derived to different kinds of channels, ditches, and
drains. The circuit finishes with a visit to the Church
of the Carrodilla - where the Virgin of Carrodilla is
venerated, the Patroness of the Vineyards – there are
the Calvary, a historical museum of the Native Past, and
the Solanilla family's house. The return to Mendoza is
done by Carril Cervantes.
There is the option from Maipú, to cross the Barrancas
bridge to reach the district of the same name and visit
the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary of Barrancas, built
around 1858 by the first Jesuits. The Chapel was
declared a National Monument.
- Circuit 2: Sanmartiniana History
Circuit with a historical evocation, done by asphalt
roads and within the oasis, therefore, there is fuel and
services throughout the journey.
The journey lasts for half a day. It is operable
throughout the year.
In the town of San Martin, it starts at The Museo
Historico las Bóvedas, which is located along the
Provincial Route 50 and where used to be the former
residence of General San Martin. Currently there are
objects from the period and some positions of the Libertador
in exhibition. There is also a Historic Olive tree,
known for making shade to the General in his hours of
rest. The next step is to visit the Mill Orfila and the
Oratory, taking the Provincial routes 50 to the west and
63 to the south, built by the orders of San Martín. Near
there, there is a winery that makes the traditional
Pisada the las Reinas (the Queens stepping), in order to
make the “Patero” wine (made with the feet). From there
you go back to the city of San Martin.
A variation of this circuit is visiting Barriales (in
Junín), the place where la Pirámide is and the historic
ranch of General San Martin, along with the Capilla de
la Luz which keeps some historical remains.
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