Sierras de Córdoba
The Sierras de Córdoba were the family vacation when I was a child — the main one, the place we kept going back to, not a single itinerary so much as a set of summers we repeated. January 2005 stands in for those years. Córdoba capital on the way in; then the Punilla — Carlos Paz (the lake, the chairlift, the cuckoo clock, the San Antonio river beaches), Bialet Massé, and Cosquín — and over the Altas Cumbres into Traslasierra: Mina Clavero and its river, Nono, Los Hornillos, and Dique La Viña. Same hills, same water, year after year.
- Autre
Plaza San Martín
Visité: 8 janv. 2005
Notes d’arrivée: Through the capital on the way to the sierras
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Córdoba city. Cathedral, the plaza, the heat. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Parque Sarmiento
Visité: 8 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: À pied — Walk from Nueva Córdoba
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The big city park. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
- Autre
Villa Carlos Paz
Visité: 10 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: Voiture — West from the capital into the Punilla
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The hub of those summers: noisy, touristy, and we loved going back. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Lago San Roque
Visité: 10 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: Voiture — From town
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The dam lake above Carlos Paz. Walks, viewpoints, the water. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Aerosilla
Visité: 11 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: Autre — Chairlift up Cerro de la Cruz
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Up the hill for the view over the lake and the valley. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Reloj Cucú
Visité: 11 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: À pied — Walk along the boulevard
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The oversized cuckoo clock — kitsch, and a fixture of every Carlos Paz stay. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Río San Antonio
Visité: 12 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: À pied — To the river beaches (Playas de Oro and along the San Antonio)
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Hot afternoons in the river. This was the point of Carlos Paz as a kid. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Bialet Massé
Visité: 13 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: Voiture — Up the Punilla from Carlos Paz toward Cosquín
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On the Punilla between Carlos Paz and Cosquín. Another regular of those summers. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Cosquín
Visité: 14 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: Voiture — Up the Punilla from Carlos Paz
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Plaza Próspero Molina — folklore country, and in January the festival town. Another regular of those summers. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
- Autre
Mina Clavero
Visité: 16 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: Voiture — Over the Altas Cumbres into Traslasierra
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The other pole of the childhood summers: smaller than Carlos Paz, colder river, the two streams meeting. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Balneario Mina Clavero
Visité: 16 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: À pied — Down to the costanera and the river beaches
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Days in the Mina Clavero and Panaholma, stones, shade, the join of the two rivers. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Nacimiento del Río Mina Clavero
Visité: 17 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: Voiture — Up the valley toward the waterfall at the river's source
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A cascade outing from town — one of the things we kept doing from Mina Clavero. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Nono
Visité: 18 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: Voiture — A few kilometres from Mina Clavero
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Quiet village, the river, and the strange pull of the museum. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
- Lieu historique
Museo Rocsen
Visité: 18 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: Voiture — From Nono
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The packed, impossible museum outside Nono. We went more than once over the years. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Los Hornillos
Visité: 19 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: Voiture — Along the Traslasierra from Nono toward the hills
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Small, cool, full of arroyos and walks. Another place we simply kept returning to. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
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Dique La Viña
Visité: 20 janv. 2005
Comment j’y suis allé: Voiture — To the dam wall above the valley
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The huge concrete wall — one of the highest dams in the country — and the lake behind it. A regular stop. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.
Résumé de l’itinéraire: Plaza San Martín → Parque Sarmiento → Villa Carlos Paz → Lago San Roque → Aerosilla → Reloj Cucú → Río San Antonio → Bialet Massé → Cosquín → Mina Clavero → Balneario Mina Clavero → Nacimiento del Río Mina Clavero → Nono → Museo Rocsen → Los Hornillos → Dique La Viña