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the opportunity to meet the teachers and Hill for a sweeping view of the city and the
their students. We’ll enter their classrooms dramatic valley to the west. Then we’ll begin
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us to step momentarily into the shoes of graceful arcades built in the Spanish colonial
the locals, to gain a deeper insight into a ^_dWP ?SP [WLeL T^ L [Z[`WL] [WLNP QZ] Salteños
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time of day, but it particularly comes alive
We’ll have lunch at the school, then drive for at night and on Saturdays, when artisanal
about 2.5 hours through burnt-orange valleys vendors set up their stalls for a thriving craft
and twisting mountain passes to reach Salta, XL]VP_ BPɪWW ^_]ZWW Q]ZX _SP [WLeL [L^_ _SP
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late this afternoon, and the rest of the evening and yellow facade, and venture inside to see
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specialty, llama; Salta’s restaurants serve :`] YPc_ ^_Z[ T^ _SP 8`^P`X ZQ 3TRS ,W_T_`OP
llama in a variety of ways, from grilled and Archaeology, whose wonderful collection of
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Breakfast, Lunch the history and culture of these long-ago
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Day 11 Discover Salta bodies of three Incan children. Known as the
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metropolis in the heart of the desert. Founded
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in 1582 by the Spanish Army, Salta today
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retains much of its original colonial charm,
which are in pristine condition, is equal parts
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eery and fascinating.
the beautiful”). The city served an important
function as a stop on the gold trade route Lunch is on your own, and you’ll have the
from Lima to the Buenos Aires port during the remainder of the afternoon to discover more
Spanish Empire. But long before the Spanish of Salta. The city claims to be the original
came here, Salta was inhabited by ancient home of the empanada ^Z T_ ^PPX^ ZYWd ʭ__TYR
Inca and other Andean indigenous groups, to visit the El Patio de la Empanada—a large
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alive here—in fact, Salta is one of the few ʮLaZ]^ ZQ _SP^P ^LaZ]d [L^_]TP^ɨO`]TYR dZ`]
places in Argentina where you can hear people time here. We’ll gather again this evening to
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or barbecue.
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