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with tourists and vacationers, it has fine
beaches, campsites, hotels and attractive sum-
mer homes. Villa Giardino, three kilometers
(1.9 miles) north, is equally lovely. Just as both
names suggest, the landscape here is green and
lush with plenty of pine trees, flowers and cows
and horses grazing in open fields.
At 1,142 meters (3,768 feet) above sea level, La
Cumbre , is another very popular mountain
retreat as well as home to writers and artists.
Its 18-hole golf course, set against a backdrop of
rolling green mountains covered with pine
trees, is the finest in the country. Trout fish-
ing from November through April in the Tiu
Mayu River , 11 kilometers (5.6 miles) outside
town, and paragliding off the Cuchi Corral
Watchtower into the 400-meter-deep (1,300
feet) Valle de los Pintos are other popular
pastimes, as are tennis and swimming. A
statue of Christ the Redeemer (Cristo
Redentor) atop the highest hill of the region
watches over the town, which is also a favorite
destination of Holy Week Pilgrimages. If you'd
like to spend a night or two here, consider rent-
ing a cabin, complete with wood-burning fire-
place) at Cabañas del Golf (
/fax 0548/452-
008) just 100 meters (328 feet) from the golf
course. The chalet-style Gran
Hotel
La
Cumbre (
0548/451-550) is also a lovely
choice.
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