Plaza Espana Mendoza

Espana Ave, 9 de Julio Mendoza , Province of Mendoza, Cuyo, Argentina
  • Traveler Rating 4.00
    66 reviews 30 travel blogs 92 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Historic walking area, Town center/square/plaza, Garden, Landmark/point of interest

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    15of 24 attractions in Mendoza

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  • 1

    Rocking in Mendoza & Puente del Inca's rocks

    43 photos

    ... particularly enjoying the food, wine and conviviality of La Florencia on Av Sarmiento. We wandered around Mendoza’s public squares - Plaza Espana, Plaza San Martin and Plaza Independencia and hiked one hot day around Parque Generales San Martin to ...

  • 2

    The good life

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    ... ' on a throwing dice which provide a welcome retreat from the heat and the noisy traffic. My favourite square was the Plaza Espana with its gorgeous tiled floors, benches and fountains.   We also walked through the Plaza Independencia which had a large ...

  • 3

    Mendoza - at the foot of Acongagua

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    ... the principal road to Santiago de Chile and the Pacific. Mendoza produces most of the wine and much of the fruit of Argentina. Mendoza was destroyed by a violent earthquake in 1861. Most of the population fled to nearby areas. Due to this earthquake ...

  • 4

    Finally saying goodbye to Argentina!

    28 photos

    ... with a massive monument. 2: Being the birthplace of Ernesto "Che" Guevara in 1928. 3: For having the best looking girls in Argentina...allegedly! I remembered the city pretty well from the last time I was there, all of 5 months ago, so it didn´t ...

  • 5

    Just a few hours before the next bus

    ... public art, museums, theatre, open air stage and magnificent trees which enclose the little oasis from the road, whilst the Plaza Espana epitomises intimacy in its delicate attention to detail, it's fountain and almost kitch (were it not for it's charm) ...

  • 6

    Coming to Mecca

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    ... at the town. The centre of town contains five plazas like the spots on a dice, went to have a look at a couple of them. Plaza Espana was the best, covered in tiles looked really pretty. I immediately fell in love with the place, every street is lined by ...

  • 7

    Mendoza, Wine Country & Bus ride across the Andes

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    ... around the centre. One was supposedly an antiques market, but as Kat commented, looked more like a car boot sale. Another, Plaza Espana, was very pretty, the street inset with tiles and adorned with mosaics and tiled seats. Matt was particuarly taken ...

  • 8

    Wine, wine, wine

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    ... surprised with Mendoza. The centre has a large square, Plaza Independencia, with 4 more squares surrounding it. Our favourite, Plaza Espana, was really pretty & filled with tiled benches. Pretty exhausted, and with Ben not feeling too great, we ...

  • 9

    Browsing the city of Mendoza

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    ... some shampoo. I was back at the hostel around 12:30. Around 13:30 I decided to walk back in to town. I first went to Plaza Espana as on wikitravel they say it's a nice park. After that I walked to Independence park had a look around and walked towards ...

  • 10

    Wine, Bikes, Aconcagua and sunburns

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    ... my first day here, I just caught up with laudry and explored the city a bit.  Walked around to Plaza Espana-a beautiful mosaic plaza with a statue symbolizing the bond between Spain and Mendoza, and the Plaza Independencia-the central plaza in the ...