General San Martin Park
Walk around the oldest and largest park in the province of Mendoza.
Get ready to tour a world where the architecture merges with nature. Come to the capital of Mendoza and discover the charms of the General San Martín Park: Its gates, which belonged to the Red Sultan of Turkey. Its lake, which is home to an island. Its rose garden, where five hundred species of roses bloom. Its Natural Science Museum, where you will find a world of archaeology, paleontology, ethnology, anthropology, mineralogy and zoology.
Did you know that inside this park there is a stadium that was the venue for a world soccer championship? Come and visit it. At the bottom of the hills, also discover the emblematic Greek Frank Romero Day theater, where the Harvest Festival is celebrated. See the sanctuary of the Virgin of Lourdes in El Challao, and enjoy a panoramic view of the city in the Papagayo Circuit. Visit this paradise created in 1896 by famous landscape designer Carlos Thays. Live it all in the Cuyo region.
Geographic location: Province of Mendoza, Cuyo region.
How to get there: By plane, to Francisco Gabrielli International Airport in the City of Mendoza (also known as El Plumerillo). Mendoza is directly connected by air with multiple domestic and international destinations. By car, Mendoza is crossed by two important routes: from north to south, Ruta Nacional 40, and from east to west, Ruta Nacional 7, where it is possible to arrive from Chile.
Area: 307 cultivated hectares and 86 hectares in expansion with 17 km of route.
Altitude: 28 meters above sea level (average altitude)
Climate: dry, warm and cold. Dry summers with wide temperature range and more humid winters with heavy snowfalls. The climate is influenced by the Andes Mountains, where it becomes Andean-Puno arid.
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 2 days.
Recommended clothing and gear: Warm clothing suitable for temperature changes. Sunscreen.