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Tarija Travel Guide
Tarija in the afternoon.
This is the most Argentine city of Bolivia in two ways: it´s habitants
are descended from Argentine gauchos, and more importantly, it is a
great wine region. The city has the same feel as towns like Jujuy and Salta
in Argentina. There is the exotic Bolivian reality, but it has some
metropolitan edges. In a place like El Gattopardo on the central plaza,
you can really feel like being in an excellent European or Argentine
restaurant, while sipping on an excellent local Concepciòn wine, and
all that for Bolivian prices.
There is also something Mediterranean about this place, in
climate, vegetation, language (they sound like Spanish people) and
agriculture.
If you don´t want to do what everyone else does, you can take
the excellent road to Argentina, which first goes through the
mountains, then into a deep forested canyon. You can cross the
border to Bermejo/Aguas Blancas, from where you can go deeper
into Argentina, to the Parque Nacional Calilegua and further to Salta or Jujuy. The gringo trail leads from Tupiza to Salta via La Quiaca, so there are hardly any tourists here.
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