Tilcara Inns - Reviews and Rates

Before we set off we learned the first rule of driving in Argentina: at intersections in the city you have the right of way if the other car is on your left. BUT the car hire lady said: if the other car is bigger than you, you let it go first, always! The second rule we learned on the second day was that "camino consolidado" means "the worst dir...

Tilcara´s a great deal smaller than Jujuy, an unassuming place in the Quebrada (gorge/canyon area) of Northwest Argentina. It boasts some pre-Incan ruins (nope, didn´t go) and a highly recommended archaeological museum (couldn´t get to that either) as well as remarkable surroudings, multicolored mountains, and skeptical residents. Our hostel was...

<By Emma> Apres une demi heure de bus depuis Jujuy, nous avons creve ! 2 roues ont litterallement explose. Vu la rapidite des chauffeurs a entamer les reparations (a leur decharge, ils n'ont ni cric ni roues de secours, mais ils ont mis leur bleu de travail), nous decidons de faire du stop pour rejoindre Purmamarca. Nous avons ete pris ass...

Llegamos a Tilcara, el clima no podría estar mejor, nos instalamos en el hostel "Los Molles", averiguamos horarios de colectivos para nuestros siguientes viajes y ya nos encomendamos con un guía para ir a la Garganta del diablo. La caminata de una hora terminó accidentada, una compañera yanki que se nos sumó al grupo (tiene mala suerte la quinta...

We'd wanted to visit an estancia (a type of Argentinian cattle ranch) and do some horse riding while in this country but were running out of time and opportunity. Most of the estancias are, for obvious reasons, out in the sticks. Not having our own transport, most are quite tricky to get to (particularly when you've reached that last-two-month '...

Our warmest Christmas greetings to you all from Tilcara, Argentina. As this will be our last entry from Argentina (we´re right up in the far north-west at the time of writing) it seemed a good time to give you a little bit of an insight into our experience of Argentina by mentioning a few aspects of life here that will stick in our minds after w...