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where it's another kilometer or so to the farmhouse. If you're coming by bus, call and
staff will pick you up from the highway.
Carolina
02651 / POP 250 / ELEV 1610M
Nestled between the banks of the Río Grande and the foothills of Cerro Tomalasta
(2020m), Carolina is a photogenic little village of stone houses and dirt roads. Take away
the power lines and you could be stepping back in time 100 years. The region boomed in
1785 when the Spanish moved in to exploit local gold mines that had first been used by
the Inca. Nobody uses street addresses in Carolina - the town is small enough to navigate
without them.
Sights & Activities
One of the quirkier museums in the country,
Museo de Poesia
( 10am-6pm Tue-Sat)
honors San Luis' favorite son, poet Juan Crisóstomo Lafinur. The museum has a
few artifacts from the poet's life, plus handwritten homages to the man by some of Ar-
gentina's leading poets.
Across the creek and up the hill from the poetry museum is a small
stone labyrinth
,
set on the hilltop. It should provide an hour or so of entertainment (or, if your sense of
direction is really bad, days of frustration).
the local tour operator, and can set you up with tours of the local gold mine, rock-climb-
ing and rappelling trips on Cerro Tomalasta, and tours of Inti Huasi, La Casa de la Piedra
Pintada and La Angostura.
Sleeping & Eating
Accommodations are improving in Carolina, but if you can't find a place, ask in the res-
taurants for a
casa de familia (
room in a private house with shared bathroom), which
rents for around AR$80 per person.
La Posta del Caminante
HOTEL $
( 0266-445-2000;
www.lapostadelcaminante.com.ar
; RP9 s/n; s/d AR$250/390, without bath-
room AR$210/350;
)
Carolina's one hotel is set in a gorgeous stone building on