Travel Reference
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The price includes mediocre snacks; you can book a place in the dining car for
fuller meals (set menus AR$110). You're not meant to take food on board. Vendors
sell empanadas (baked savory turnovers) and coca leaves for the altitude. There
are medical staff on board in case of altitude sickness.
The train runs Saturdays from April to mid-December with extra departures at
busy times, and the return trip costs AR$950, or AR$1175 if you return by bus.
carce; 8am-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 5:30-11:30am Sat)
at Salta station or at travel agents in
town. Look out for discount vouchers around town.
Many Salta tour operators run trips along the road paralleling the train's route
(AR$390), which is also a spectacular ascent. Most don't include the viaduct. You
could also just get the bus to San Antonio de los Cobres and get a cab to La Polvor-
illa from there.
Sleeping
Salta has dozens of hostels, and, like elsewhere, some are cleaner than others. Boutique
hotels and apartments tend to pop up like mushrooms - there's always some interesting
brand-new offering besides the listings we include here.
