Tomas Boschetto

Sierras de Córdoba

  • Argentina

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.

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  1. Other

    Plaza San Martín

    Visited: Jan 8, 2005

    Arrival notes: 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.

  2. Recreational

    Parque Sarmiento

    Visited: Jan 8, 2005

    How I got there: Walk — Walk from Nueva Córdoba

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    The big city park. Not a one-off — we kept doing this, summer after summer.

  3. Other

    Villa Carlos Paz

    Visited: Jan 10, 2005

    How I got there: Car — 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.

  4. Attraction

    Lago San Roque

    Visited: Jan 10, 2005

    How I got there: Car — 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.

  5. Attraction

    Aerosilla

    Visited: Jan 11, 2005

    How I got there: Other — 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.

  6. Attraction

    Reloj Cucú

    Visited: Jan 11, 2005

    How I got there: Walk — 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.

  7. Recreational

    Río San Antonio

    Visited: Jan 12, 2005

    How I got there: Walk — 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.

  8. Attraction

    Bialet Massé

    Visited: Jan 13, 2005

    How I got there: Car — 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.

  9. Attraction

    Cosquín

    Visited: Jan 14, 2005

    How I got there: Car — 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.

  10. Other

    Mina Clavero

    Visited: Jan 16, 2005

    How I got there: Car — 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.

  11. Recreational

    Balneario Mina Clavero

    Visited: Jan 16, 2005

    How I got there: Walk — 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.

  12. Attraction

    Nacimiento del Río Mina Clavero

    Visited: Jan 17, 2005

    How I got there: Car — 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.

  13. Attraction

    Nono

    Visited: Jan 18, 2005

    How I got there: Car — 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.

  14. Historic marker

    Museo Rocsen

    Visited: Jan 18, 2005

    How I got there: Car — 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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  15. Attraction

    Los Hornillos

    Visited: Jan 19, 2005

    How I got there: Car — 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.

  16. Attraction

    Dique La Viña

    Visited: Jan 20, 2005

    How I got there: Car — 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.

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Route summary: 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