Lavalle Department

The province of Mendoza has tourist charms in its four cardinal points. A wide range of attractions that are worth knowing extends all the tourist areas of this province to tourists. Mendoza holidays will never be equal among themselves, due to the endless menu of options to have fun only Cuyo province is capable of delivering. The Northern tourist area of the province is composed of departments of Lujan de Cuyo, Lavalle and Las Heras. It is the area par excellence of the valleys, high peaks and mountain landscapes of the Mendoza cordillera and foothills. The Department of Lujan de whose account with the dam Potrerillos, one of the most significant of the Cuyo province. It was named due to the Valley where, in Potrerillos, beautiful landscape of foothills at 70 Km away from the capital of Mendoza. The location of the dam, surrounded by an imposing mountainous frame, quickly became it a point of deep attraction for the tourists who come up there to practice all kinds of sports aquatic, such as windsurfing, canoeing, fishing and rafting.

Or simply to enjoy the incredible beauty and serenity of the Andean landscape. With its fourteen kilometers long, Potrerillos dam is, next to the dike Cipoletti, responsible for supplying water to all the great Mendoza. And the head of the lush foliage of the groves of the provincial capital. The Department of Las Heras has a challenging circuit of high mountain that worth go, but surprising mainly for its intense nightlife and commercial life. Headquarters of El Plumerillo international airport, there was where began the historical epic deeds of the crossing of the Andes, as well evidenced by the Museum and the replica of the liberating army camp. Already on the border with the province of San Juan, Lavalle Department is where the desert and the oasis embrace. Here, the scenic attractions pass through the Teltecas forests and the great variety of its flora and fauna. In this area of Mendoza, the food industry displays its development: numerous factories of canning and drying of fruit tempt tourists with their products. And there are clear is, the cellars, a classic soul and heart of the Cuyo offered today, also, some of the most original hotels in Mendoza.