Salta Views
2 blocks from our apartment, town square.
Written by Brent, as per popular request:
Well, we made another 23 hour bus trip across Argentina, and arrived in Salta yesterday morning. The city's name comes from the word "Sagta", which means "the very beautiful one." The region is filled with valleys, mountains, and the salt flats. The city has the best preserved Colonial Architecture in the county, and is located in North West Argentina, close to the Bolivian border.
We had booked a hostel room for the first night, which was a great idea, as we didn't want to spend the morning walking the streets with our luggage hunting for a room, and it was close to the bus depot. Later that day, we found a great one bedroom apartment for $40 per night, ninth floor of the building, with a great view of the town square.
We have booked a car for 3 days on Friday, as we need to get out of town due to a religious celebration and all of the rooms in the city are booked solid. We are looking forward to this trip, as all of the guide books recommend the driving route we have planned, with mountain vistas, canyon colors, and the salt flats all in one loop.
We plan to come back to Salta and spend another week in our bargin apartment, as there is lots more to see of this city of 500,000.
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