MAAM - Museo de Arqueologia de Alta Montana de Salta

... had 1 night and about 35 hours in Salta - and I loved it! I wish we got to stay longer! Its another beautiful city in Argentina, and I think its my favourite one yet. You get a different vibe from Salta then you do from the other cities we have been to, ...

Day 26: September 9, 2007 In Salta We spent a leisurely Sunday morning on a warm, sunny day. At around 12:30, we rode downtown with Jorge who left us off with a large load of laundry at the lavadero. We left the laundry there and then walked the eight ...

... display at the archaeological museum in El Centro. It and two others were discovered on Volcán Llullaillaco on the Argentina-Chile border, in western Salta province Incredibly they were found at elevations above 6700 m (> 22,000'). All three are children ...

Day 25: September 8, 2007 In Salta I slept in until 9:00 before going through my routine. I called Liz and talked with her for a few minutes. It was great to hear her voice. She was very surprised to hear from me. I then called my parents but my phone ...

... looking at a person who's been dead for 500 years but who appears to be sleeping. We left Salta for La Quiaca, a little town just on the border with Bolivia. So this is our last stop in Argentina...that is, for now.  

... MAAM (Museum of Mountain Archeology) which housed a couple of Incan mummies that were uncovered in the Salta region of Argentina. Afterwards I visited the extremely beautiful Cathedral as well as the church of San Francisco.  these both had ...

<By Jay and Emma> ¡Hola! Nous venons de passer une tres agreable journee a Salta. Tout a commence avec une bonne grasse mat' comme il faut et un p'tit dej' au lit, ca fait longtemps... Ensuite un peu d'administratif, la poste, la banque, ...

... where there are perfectly preserved mummies of Inca children sacrificed thousands of years ago on a mountain. The attraction with Salta is the surrounding state. From the city there are probably 20 or 30 companies offering different trips to places like ...

... on display there. This was our first musuem so we thought we deserved our first trip to the cinema too. So we finished Argentina on a high with an adrenaline pumping spin around a little lake in the park in a high powered high speed pedalo, and got a ...

... bus. We were pleasantly surprised by the city, it was a busy city but still had a laid back feel, but I suppose this is Argentina after all. The main square was surrounded by bars, restaurants and cafes as well as the odd museum. We visited one which was ...

... surroundings are very green. The colonial part of Salta was exactly what we expected. Our only cultural activity in Salta was a visit to the MAAM- museum. There you can see some mummys that are found in the surrounding mountains of Salta. They are well ...

... I were incredibly relieved to have made the bus and were happy to be on our way to Salta. Salta is a large town in the northwest of Argentina, some 12 hours away, and so we had another overnight bus journey ahead. Unlike previous journeys, this ...

... a mix of Europeans and Quechua Indians giving more a feel of being in South America than anywhere else here in Argentina. The surname of Salta is La Linda, meaning Salta the beautiful. And yes, Salta is a lovely city with wonderful squares, colonial ...

... enjoyed man of fire dubbed in spanish... still trying to remember why we came here............... salta is one of the biggest cities in northern argentina with downtown sitting in a valley and the colonial style suburbia swallowing the hillsides. ...

... insight to the history, dressings, eating habits and rituals of the Inca people and its influence in the North of Argentina. There seems to be a little controversy over the removal of the children. Some of the local tribal people reckon they should ...

... , the faces have changed, the noses grown slighlty flatter and the skin grown decidedly darker.  Salta has grown in popularity as people move through Argentina up towards the great salt plains of Bolivia, and its situation as a well-preserved ...

Salta is the travellers hub in Northern Argentina and has so many touts compared with elsewhere you can see why. It is much like all cities in Argentina - buses everywhere, narrow streets and so many young people. The plaza, though, is worth coming to ...

... the Guard" but it was rather comical if you sub-title the procedures with your own interpretation.  As with everywhere else in Argentina, Spain and France everything stops at 1pm and starts up again at 5pm.  So our watching the gaucho proceedings meant we ...

The last thing we did in Salta before heading off was visit MAAM - the Museum of Archaeology of the High Mountains.  The centrepiece of this museum is a mummy discovered at the top of 6000+ metre high mountain in the Salta region.  In 1999, ...

... muito legal tambem: fizemos o percurso do Tren a las Nubes, trem que nao estah correndo devido as chuvas. Saimos de Salta ateh Campo Quijano onde entramos na Quebrada del Toro. No percurso podemos ver 6 tipos de paisagem diferentes: vales bem verdes ...