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Cafayate Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cafayate, Argentina
el cafayate
Vaya ciudad bonita y agradable, con excursiones interesantes en esta zona desertica con una gran riqueza arqueologica y mineral donde se encuentran cerros con franjas de hasta cuatro colores de los diferentes oxidos que tiene la tierra: hierro, cobre, ...
The devil´s throat
... like fire from hell. Maybe another waterfall formed it? After a brief stop to meet a bus our other tour buddies were catching, Taj decided to climb a few rocky outcrops. We arrived back in Cafayate and decided to try out our purchased wine. ...
A fan of Torrontes
We visited Etchard winery today. It was the first winery of the trip where we saw the grapes ariving to be processed. They were the infamous (here) Torrontes grapes, that are supposed to be very sweet to eat. However, since this was the first ...
Cafayate einfach nur geil
... denn witterkfahra und in a Kaktealanschaft ko voll und nocher int wuaschti.... aber luagend fotina a dia beschriebens am besta. In Cafayate bin i denn imana super hostel klandet und han imana 4er zimmer kschlofa (aber allei) ei uebernachtig 25 peso ...
Taffi del Valle
... of Tucuman and the intense heat of the ´lowlands´. It is a popular get away for the Porteno´s (the upper class in Argentina) ... but that aside it is most picturesque set amongst mountains, rivers and lakes. Hot and grumpy after much bus travel and ...
50 km to the Bodega
Quebrada de Cafayate is a beautiful gorge that has dramatic and diverse landscapes. The normal bike ride is to take a bus out to some point and ride back. There is a 5 and 9 AM bus. The earlier is recommended to avoid the heat. I am too tired so catch the ...
Cafayate, Argentina
... and conversed with such a profound human being. The next day we woke up early to cycle through Quebrada de Cafayate, spectacular rock formations and deep canyons that boast many "perfect photo opps". Cycling along the windy desert road against ...
Wine tasting - the first of many!
... a tour of the bodega we settled in for our first tasting. Unlike South Africa where all the tastings a free (or very cheap), Argentina sees this as a major source of income! However, we opted for the deluxe tasting which had a series of their reserva ...
les ruinesde quilmes et les bodegas
jerome aun plan foireux, jaccepte dc.. il veut aller enbus aux ruine sde quilmes et se fre le retour en velo (57 bornes) puis sur le retour visiter les bodegas, jaccepte dc.... les plans foireux et moi ns ns connaissons bien... le depart est tres tot: ...
Auf den Spuren des roten Traubensaftes
... des Geographendeutsch. Auch wir hatten irgendwann genug interessante Natur gesehen und freuten und auf den Samstagabend in Cafayate, der Weinhauptstadt und letztem Ort der "Tour de Vino". Mit ein bisschen Rotwein feierten wir abends unser ...
Cafayete tour
... , we eat in the park (this is becoming a trend now) and then wander. Away from the central Plaza a more traditional Cafayate comes into view. The streets are wide and tree lined, but dusty and with cracked open drains running alongside. Through cracked ...
Cafayate - Day 24
Catamarca - Cafayate Miles - 226 Up at 6.15, did not sleep well! Decided to sleep in our sleeping bags as the bed didn't look very inviting...maybe to the other guests living in there but not to me. My northface sleeping bag meant for freezing ...
Beautiful Cafayate
... laugh about it. The next day I took a tour organised through the hostel, travelling along a 50km stretch of the Quebrada de Cafayate, stopping off at various points of interest along the way and taking a couple of 30min - 1 hour hikes. We also stopped ...
FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS TOM!!
... lakes in the region but this turned out to be a little more expensive than we had expected and with the mention of vineyards in Cafayate at a resonable sum, I for one was sold. So at 7am we boarded a little mini bus and set off south to Cafayate. The bus ...
Argentina part 2
... . We ended up staying a week it was so lovely and relaxing. The people here are unbelievably friendly, which I found throughout Argentina really. The first night Phil had man flu and took to bed which left Jo and I on the loose. We ...
wineries
... is an organic winery, one of only 2 in argentina. they export most of their wine since organic isn´t a big draw in argentina. in the courtyard there were all these stones that had been smoothed out. i asked the guide what they were ...
Cafayate
... our resort/estancia where we stayed for just one night (after the Colome experience, other resorts will pale in comparison). Cafayate is a small town with a several wineries, and artesian shops, and of course beautiful mountains. So off we went to do ...
Cafayate... quiet lovely little town...
Cafayate is SUCH a lovely little town. I am not sure I would call it a city because it is quite tiny... but it is so peaceful and I am loving the hostel here! I took a tour of the Quebradas today- it was amazing. Unfortunately there ...
It's a rough life... on to another wine country
... the village and checking out the places. Two highlights: Bodega Nanni, one of five certified organic wineries in Argentina and Cabras de Cafayate, a cheese factory where we got a private tour of the whole cheese-making process from feeding the goats to ...
Canyons and Vineyards
Cafayate is the center of northern Argentina's wine region and produces the really nice Malbec red (from high altitude grapes) and the quite succulent Torrientes, a white (I normally am not a fan of whites but for this fruity yet smooth concoction I had ...
Tal und viele Felsen, Cafayate
... , schroffi Felse i verschiedenste Farbe, vieli in rot. Uf de Tour haemmer a jenste Ort ghaltet zum foetele. Am Mittag simmer z Cafayate go Wii degustiere... noed so guete wie z Mendoza. Viellicht ischs aber au besser, dass ich e Tour gmacht han und ...
La Rioja and Tafi del Valle
After leaving the Valle de la Luna we headed on the overnight bus to La Rioja, where we spent only the morning before catching another 8hr bus to Tafi del Valle. The bus had numerous problems on route - broke down twice - then because ...
Wine, wine empanadas & wine ice cream in Cafayate
... with meat, corn and of course Torrontès wine) to accompany our goat cheese for lunch. Yum! Finally, we couldn't leave Cafayate before sampling the famous Torrontès and Cabernet ice cream at Heladeria Miranda. It's more of a sorbet than an ...
wine and more colours
... 2 rolls and jam and butter. The consolidated road continued and went through the Quebrada de las Flechas and then finally we got to Cafayate wher we visited the winery "Vaseja secreto". The region is quite famous for the wine "Torrontes", a white wine. I ...
Drinking in the scenery
... journey, ascending up to 3,900m and back down to 1,900, we have arrived in the quaint little artisan refuge of Cafayate (pronounced Cafe-chate). Winding down the Calchaqui valley again, the rocky cactus dotted mountains fanned into large wine estates, ...
The North - canyons and more canyons
... . The next morning we headed back, slightly delayed by encounters with a friendly burro and a readily tamed calf. Argentina is big on fancy ice-cream, and there is a place in Cafayate that does wine varieties (I guess they are ...
Wine Sampling
... that were luminous green in colour, a scenery that when faced with it was hard not to get trigger happy with the camera. Cafayate is a lovely town, which offers great sceneries a great place to explore on bike and for me it offered my first taste and ...
Rockin´ in the rental car
... and entering a canyon. It wasn't long before interesting changed to absolutely spectacular. The Quebrada de Cafayate was magnificent, with incredible layers of colour in the mountains, different species of cactus and ...
Cafayate - argentijnse wijnstreek
Leuk hostel gevonden... In de namiddag hebben we een uitstap met de minibus gedaan naar de Quebrada de Cafayate, de voorloper van het Andes-gebergte. En vandaag hebben we met de fiets enkele bodega's bezocht en lekkere ...