San Juan (city, Argentina)

San Juan is a city in Argentina.

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The city of San Juan is located in a fertile valley within a rocky mountainous area. Winter temperatures are generally mild, between 1 °C and 18 °C, while summers are hot and very dry, with temperatures between 25 °C and 40 °C.

Since very little rain falls in the region, the San Juan River has been dammed to provide a regular source of water to the city. The resulting reservoir is located in Ullum, and is known as the Quebrada de Ullum Dam. The dam also provides electrical power to the region.

Sixty-five percent of agricultural production is related to wine production.

Public transport long distance is addressed in the modern "Bus Terminal," with more than 6,000 sq metres over the area of platforms and platform of about 4,000 sq metres or so. Holds hall waiting for the local administration, ticketing, information office, police, first-aid room, telephone booths, shops, restaurant, kitchen and sanitary.

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is located 15 kilometers from the city in the Department 9 de Julio, more precisely in the village of Las Chacritas carried that name until recently. It is located at coordinates [display in an interactive map] 31 ° 34'18 .70 "S, 68 ° 25'23 .00" O. IATA Code: UAQ. This airport serves the airlift from San Juan was the city of Buenos Aires

The city lays on National Route 40 that connects it with Mendoza (168 km) to the south and La Rioja (449 km) to the north, and is connected to the National Route 20, that leads to San Luis (323 km). Distance to other cities: Córdoba (585 km), Catamarca (623 km) and Buenos Aires (1110 km).

Tours and Getting around San Juan (city, Argentina)

The city has a modern infrastructure such as highways Avenue Ringroad, the South Access among others. This avenue has been within the urban perimeter, which is why a project is the construction of another ring covering the entire city. This might be termed as the Orbital motorway or dual carriageway, and that his movement will take the form surrounding the Great San Juan, as an orbit, preventing access by large trucks carrying inside the city. It also calls for tenders for the project through another rapid called South Corridor connecting San Juan (center) with the southern suburbs.

The urban public transport passengers from the City of San Juan consists of bus lines marked with numbers and letters (19 or 26A), linking the city centre with the various neighbourhoods and the rest of the Great San Juan. In May 2008, the minimum cost of the ticket is A$ 1.30. The city also has taxi service and remises.

The uncontrolled growth of the city means new means of transportation, so this study on the installation of trolley for speed up the current public transport which achieved unity the City of San Juan with the other major cities of the Gran San Juan. The routes would unite Chimbas-San Juan (Center)-Villa Krause and the other would Rivadavia-San Juan (Center)-Santa Lucia. Also on the proposed installation of trams by the City Council of San Juan, which would circulate the city centre.

San Juan (city, Argentina) tourist attractions and sightseeing

San Juan (city, Argentina) city tours

Tourism to San Juan is centered around wine production and dégustation as well as the extraordinary rock formations in places like the Ischigualasto National Park, 330 kilometres form the city, also called the Valle de la Luna and the Quebrada de Ullum Dam, at 18 km from the city.

An integral attraction to the province is its large Triassic period fossil record, believed to be one of the largest in the world. Another curiosity is the Difunta Correa sanctuary, 64 km kilometres away from San Juan, on route 141.

There is also the celebrated Mariano Gambier Archeology museum at La Laja, Albardón county, some 25 km from the center of the city. It concerns itself with the many cultures that inhabited San Juan from Pre-History till the arrival of the Spaniards in 1560. It has a priceless collection of Indian artifacts, cave paintings and other elements of agriculture and life in the Tulum valley from the last 8500 years.

The city of San Juan completely changed its appearance from a colonial one to one of the most modern in the country after the earthquake of 1944, with well-drawn and wide paved streets, ample paths with mosaics, and forests of bananas, moreras and paradises irrigated by channels (small drains).

The city is located within the Capital District, the plot of the same one is developed in form of draws into squares checkerboard forming a boundary by the streets Las Heras (that runs from North to South), 25 de Mayo (runs from East to West), 9 de Julio (runs from east to west) and the Guillermo Rawson Avenue (runs from north to south). These four avenues form a perfect rectangle made up of 16 blocks wide (going from east to west and vice versa -horizontally-) by 10 blocks long (going up and down or North to South and vice versa). This rectangle, in its interior conforms a square of 7 blocks of length by 6 blocks of wide, that is \"microcentro \", delimited by four avenues and are the Avenue Leandro N. Alem, Cordoba Avenue, Avenue Libertador San Martín and Avenida Rioja. This area is considered to be the most densely populated and possess a great amount of tall buildings; it concentrates most of the commercial, financial and institutional activities.

The most important perpendicular streets are the street Mitre, whose circulation it has been for the east, en this street is cinemas and to cyber cafe, the Central Avenue José Ignacio de la Roza, it was built after the ample earthquake,it has not boulevard. Santa Fe street, his circulation is for the west, pòr where hundreds of lines of groups circulate and the commercial activity is intense, Rivadavia street, its circulation has been for the east, the section of two blocks an intense commercial activity is transformed into peatonal creating and San Martín Avenue, is the main movement route are supermarkets and are the leapfrog all of groups of Great San Juan. The more important parallel arteries have been the Mendoza street, their circulation is for the south and thus it unites to Villa Krause with the city, General street Mariano Acha and main the Rioja Avenue main arteries are the s. The most important sites are:

Cathedral

Work of the prestigious architect Daniel Branches Strap, was inaugurated the 16 of December 1979. The bell tower is a needle of 51 meters of height from its foundations with a viewpoint to 33 meters of the ground. It has aBig-Ben clock and a German carillon whose sones, every 15 minutes, accompanies the daily life by the city. To the temple it is acceded by a bronze vestibule worked in Faenza (Italy) with bas-relief of Santa Rosa of Lima, San Luis king of France, the Santiago apostle, Santa Ana and several shields and emblems. In the basement of the church is the cripta, the pantheon of the bishops and the chapel of Right Fray Santa Maria of Gold. View of one of the pedestrian streets of the city

Seat 25 of May

Is the main seat of the City and constitutes a green space of colorful characteristics, also are the statues of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and Right Fray Santa Maria de Oro with more than 100 years. The central source, that dates from year 1871, was remodelada in several occasions. The toads extractors are work of the escultor Miguel Sugo Angel.

Aberastain seat

He was lawyer and he was Governor of the province. This seat this taken care of very well and is characterized by its permanent hygiene and in the center is the statue of Aberastain.

Peatonal Tucumán and Rivadavia

Are the most important stroll of the city, is where the commercial activity of different headings is concentrated in majority. They are wide and with excellent forestación and is the step forced for the sanjuaninos and tourists.

Park of May

In May of 1910 when commemorating itself the centenary of the rebolución of May, is inagurado is green space, from comes its name there. Be lung of the city is in the intersection of the streets Reconciled Liberating General San Martín and the Heras, has infantile games, an artificial lake with an island, fish and aquatic birds, a velodrome, kartódromo and sentenares of statues between the outstanding are the one of General San Martín, the one of Federico Cantoni (governor of the province) and the one of the monument to the sport.

Casa Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Located in the intersection of Libertador General San Martín Avenue and Sarmiento street. It was the first historical monument declared in our country, 1910. In this house it was born the illustrious educator and president of the republic, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, the 15 of February 1811. At the present time it has 9 rooms, in which relics, furniture, commemorative photographies, medals, periodics and books written by Sarmiento in its original collections, can be admired. In the central patio of the house one can find a sprout of the famous fig tree and a replica of the historical loom of Doña Paula, his mother, whom Sarmiento mentions in his book \"Recuerdos de Provincia \"..

Museum of Fine arts "Franklin Rawson" - Historical Provincial Museum "Agustín Gnecco"

Located in the intersection of General Paz street and G. Rawson Avenue. There one finds a valuable patrimony of paintings and sculptures, engravings and drawings of the greatest national masters. In the second one are outlined elements related to the fashion of the XVIIIth and XIXth century, Creole silverwork(silver), collection of numismatics and philately.

Museum Amid Read - House of the Tango " Carlos Gardel

This museum is located on General Mariano Acha street between Brazil and Manuel Belgrano streets, with displays and videos about The tango and its evolution in the 20th century. Conferences, discussions, classes of Violin and Bandoneón are among the activities conducted here.

San Juan (city, Argentina) souvenirs and shopping

San Juan (city, Argentina) Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

San Juan (city, Argentina) nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs

Pedro Echague 520 (E)

This place is sweet, its clean, cheap and everything else you need. More importantly the owner is one of the most kind, genuine people you could hope to meet.

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