City of San Juan
Enjoy a capital where today's culture blends with the traces of the past in the Cuyo region.
Can you imagine a city surrounded by the landscape of the Andean foothills? Get close to San Juan. Find traditions that coexist with the avant-garde. Walk its streets and see the contrast between modern architecture and colonial buildings which survived an earthquake in 1944. Discover the charm of a city that every day stops its pace at a sacred moment: nap time.
Get to know everything the city has in store for you. Visit the Civic Bridge and the pedestrian street of San Juan, 25 de Mayo square and the Cathedral. Get close to culture at the Teatro del Bicentenario, the Franklin Rawson Provincial museum of Bellas Artes, and Juan Victoria Auditorium. Get in touch with history at the Agustín Gnecco Museum and at the birth house of an Argentinian hero: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. Live the experience in the province of San Juan.
Geographic location: Province of San Juan, Cuyo region.
How to get there: By plane, to San Juan International Airport. By bus, from different parts of the country, or by car via Ruta Nacional 7 and 20.
Area: 28 sq km
Altitude: 640 meters above sea level
Climate: Dry and warm, with wide temperature range.
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 2 days.
Recommended clothing and gear: Warm clothing suitable for temperature changes. Sunscreen.