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life. You can head north from here to the Quebrada de Humahuaca via the Salinas
Grandes and Purmamarca, and, some of the year, south to Cachi.
Sights
There's little to see in town - though the sunsets are spectacular - but 16km to the west is
the viaduct at La Polvorilla, the last stop of the Tren a las Nubes . You can climb up a
zigzag path to the top of the viaduct and walk across it. Remises in San Antonio charge
about AR$120 for the return journey.
Sleeping & Eating
Simple restaurants dot Belgrano; good bets for empanadas, milanesas (breaded cutlets)
and other local staples.
El Palenque GUESTHOUSE $
( 490-9019; hostalelpalenque@hotmail.com; Belgrano s/n; d without bathroom AR$140, tr
AR$210) Welcoming and tidy, this fine choice is a few blocks from the center, past the
church. It looks closed from outside, but it's not. Super-clean rooms are insulated and
(comparatively) warm; there's hot water and sound family ownership.
Hotel de las Nubes HOTEL $$$
( 490-9059; www.hoteldelasnubes.com ; Caseros 441; s/d AR$510/630; ) The best place to
stay and eat in town, this has simple decoration in its comfortable-enough rooms, which
boast doubleglazing and heating. Book ahead. The restaurant (mains AR$79 to AR$95;
open noon to 2pm and 7pm to 9.30pm) serves a short menu of local dishes; overpriced
but tasty enough.
Getting There & Away
One to two daily buses run from Salta (AR$55, 5½ hours) with Ale Hermanos. See also
the Tren a las Nubes ( Click here ). Precious little transportation runs over the Paso de
Sico to Chile these days; ask around town for trucks due to leave. From San Antonio, a
good ripio (gravel) road runs 97km north, skirting the Salinas Grandes to intersect with
the paved RP52.
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