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guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things to do in Salta","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Colonial churches, folk music until dawn and the best empanadas in Argentina, with red canyons, salt flats and seven-coloured mountains a road trip away.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1307670","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Plan day trips | #daytrips\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"4\u20135 | Days, more with a car\r\n1,150m | Altitude of the city","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"Salta la linda, and everything around it","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Argentines call it Salta la linda, Salta the beautiful, and the old centre lives up to it. Whitewashed colonial buildings, wooden balconies and the deep red and gold fa\u00e7ade of the Iglesia San Francisco surround Plaza 9 de Julio, where the city gathers in the evening. At 1,150m in a green valley, it has warm days for much of the year and a pace that feels a world away from Buenos Aires.\r\n\r\nThe north-west is Argentina's most Andean region. Indigenous culture, Spanish colonial history and gaucho traditions all meet here, and you hear it in the music: Salta is the home of Argentine folk, and the pe\u00f1as, where bands and audiences sing together over wine and empanadas, are an essential night out.\r\n\r\nSalta is also the base for some of the country's most spectacular landscapes. The wine town of Cafayate and its red rock canyon, the coloured hills of the Quebrada de Humahuaca in neighbouring Jujuy and the white expanse of the Salinas Grandes are all within reach. Give it four or five days, or longer with a hire car.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Language | Spanish\r\nCurrency | Argentine peso (ARS). Keep cash for small towns\r\nFrom the airport | About 10km, around 20 minutes by taxi\r\nCity buses | SAETA card or QR app\r\nEmergency | 911\r\nTap water | Generally safe in the city\r\nTipping | Around 10% in restaurants\r\nAltitude | 1,150m in the city, up to 4,220m on day trips\r\nHow long to stay | Four to five days\r\nBest months | April, May, September, October and November","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to base yourself","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"Almost everything worth seeing in the city is within a few blocks of Plaza 9 de Julio, so stay central. Calle Balcarce suits night owls; the streets towards Cerro San Bernardo are quieter.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"14","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"El Centro | First visits, sightseeing | The colonial grid around Plaza 9 de Julio, with the cathedral, museums and most hostels within a few blocks. | -24.7896 | -65.4106 |  | \nCalle Balcarce | Pe\u00f1as, nightlife | North of the centre, lined with pe\u00f1as, bars and clubs. Lively and loud at weekends. | -24.7818 | -65.4110 |  | \nPaseo G\u00fcemes and San Bernardo | Quiet, views | The leafy streets at the foot of Cerro San Bernardo, a calm walk from the plaza. | -24.7868 | -65.3990 |  | \nParque San Mart\u00edn | Bus terminal, early starts | Around the park, the cable car station and the long-distance bus terminal. Handy for departures. | -24.7940 | -65.4020 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The city takes a day or two; the region around it is the real trip.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Salta","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Start at Plaza 9 de Julio, with the pink cathedral and the colonial Cabildo on its sides, and walk a block to the Iglesia San Francisco, whose red, white and gold tower is the city's symbol. The MAAM, the Museum of High Mountain Archaeology on the plaza, displays artefacts and one of the three Inca children found preserved near the summit of the Llullaillaco volcano. It is a moving and memorable visit.\r\n\r\nThen go up. A cable car climbs Cerro San Bernardo from Parque San Mart\u00edn, or you can walk the steps to the top for views across the city and valley. In the evening, head to a pe\u00f1a on Calle Balcarce for live folk music.\r\n\r\nSalta is a base for road trips, and many travellers hire a car with others to explore. The classic tours run to Cafayate through the Quebrada de las Conchas, to Cachi over the Cuesta del Obispo, and north to Purmamarca, Humahuaca and the Salinas Grandes. The Tren a las Nubes, a bus-and-train trip to a viaduct at 4,220m, is the region's most famous excursion.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"MAAM | High mountain archaeology and the Llullaillaco children\r\nSan Bernardo | Cable car or steps for the view over the city\r\nPe\u00f1as | Live folk music and singing on Calle Balcarce\r\nTren a las Nubes | Bus and train to a viaduct at 4,220m","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Salta","hw_hub_city_free_title":"And what it costs nothing to do","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The colonial centre is the best free thing in Salta. Walk the streets around Plaza 9 de Julio in the early evening, step into the cathedral and the San Francisco church, and sit on a bench as the city comes out to stroll.\r\n\r\nThe climb up Cerro San Bernardo is free if you walk it rather than take the cable car. It is around a thousand steps, so go early in the morning before the heat, and reward yourself with the view.\r\n\r\nAt weekends, the craft market and the street stalls around the centre are good for browsing ponchos and woven textiles, and many pe\u00f1as have no cover charge if you eat or drink there.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Colonial centre | Plaza 9 de Julio, the cathedral and San Francisco\r\nSan Bernardo steps | Around a thousand steps to the top. Go early\r\nEvening paseo | When the whole city strolls around the plaza\r\nPe\u00f1as | Many have no cover charge if you eat or drink","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Salta","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Salta is famous for its empanadas, and every Argentine has an opinion on why the salte\u00f1a is the best. They are small, baked or fried, and filled with juicy beef, potato and spring onion, eaten by hand and leaning forward so the juice does not run down your arm. A dozen is a normal order.\r\n\r\nThe region's Andean cooking is just as good: locro, a thick stew of maize, beans and meat; humitas, sweetcorn steamed in its husk; and tamales. Llama appears on menus too. Wash it down with a torront\u00e9s, the fragrant white wine from Cafayate's high vineyards, among the highest in the world.\r\n\r\nThe Mercado San Miguel is the place for a cheap lunch among the locals, and the pe\u00f1as serve food alongside the music.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Empanadas salte\u00f1as | Small, juicy and eaten by hand. Order a dozen\r\nLocro and humitas | Andean classics of maize, beans and corn\r\nTorront\u00e9s | Fragrant white wine from Cafayate's high vineyards\r\nMercado San Miguel | Cheap lunches where the locals eat","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Salta","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Nights in Salta mean pe\u00f1as. These folk music venues serve wine, empanadas and locro while bands play zambas and chacareras, and as the night goes on the audience joins in, singing, clapping and dancing with handkerchiefs. Calle Balcarce, north of the centre, is lined with them, and it is busiest from Thursday to Saturday.\r\n\r\nBalcarce also has bars and a few clubs, which fill late in the usual Argentine way. In the centre, bars around Plaza 9 de Julio are good for a quieter drink.\r\n\r\nHostels in Salta are sociable, with asados and group trips to the pe\u00f1as, which is the best way to go if you are travelling alone.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Calle Balcarce | Pe\u00f1as, bars and clubs, busiest Thursday to Saturday\r\nPe\u00f1as | Folk music, wine and empanadas, with the audience singing\r\nTiming | Music from around 22:00, clubs from 02:00\r\nHostel nights | Asados and group trips to the pe\u00f1as","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Salta","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The centre is compact and easy to walk. City buses, run by SAETA, use their own rechargeable card or a QR payment app, and taxis are cheap and plentiful for anything further.\r\n\r\nThe airport is about 10km south-west of the centre, around 20 minutes by taxi. The long-distance bus terminal is a short walk east of the centre, near Parque San Mart\u00edn, with services to Cafayate, Jujuy, Purmamarca, Tucum\u00e1n and over the Andes to San Pedro de Atacama in Chile.\r\n\r\nFor the region, a hire car shared between a few people is the most flexible option. Roads like the Ruta 40 between Cachi and Cafayate are partly gravel, so allow time. The alternative is day tours, which cover all the main routes from the city.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"City buses | SAETA card or QR app. Most visitors walk\r\nAirport | About 10km, around 20 minutes by taxi\r\nHire car | Best for the region. Share between a few people\r\nTo Chile | Buses over the Andes to San Pedro de Atacama","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Salta","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Salta costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Salta is one of the cheapest places to travel in Argentina. Dorm beds run from about \u20ac9 to \u20ac13 in well-rated hostels, and a dozen empanadas or a bowl of locro costs very little.\r\n\r\nThe costs come with getting out into the region. Day tours to Cafayate, Cachi or the Quebrada de Humahuaca are fairly priced, and a shared hire car can work out cheaper. The Tren a las Nubes is the big splurge: in May 2026 the trip cost ARS 218,000 for foreigners, around \u20ac120 at the time of writing.\r\n\r\nPrices are set in pesos and move with inflation, so check them close to your trip. Cards are accepted in most places in the centre, but keep cash for markets, pe\u00f1as and small towns.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | Around \u20ac9\u201313 in well-rated hostels\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac25\u201340 without tours\r\nTren a las Nubes | ARS 218,000 for foreigners in May 2026\r\nCash | Useful for markets, pe\u00f1as and small towns","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Salta","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Safety and scams","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Salta is a calm and friendly city, and serious crime against travellers is rare. Take the usual care with phones and bags in busy places like the bus terminal and markets, and use a taxi late at night when leaving Calle Balcarce.\r\n\r\nAltitude is the main thing to plan for. The city is at a comfortable 1,150m, but day trips climb fast: the Salinas Grandes sit at around 3,450m and the Tren a las Nubes reaches 4,220m. Take it slowly, drink water, and try coca tea, which is sold locally for altitude.\r\n\r\nThe sun is strong at altitude, and summer storms can bring landslides that close mountain roads, so check conditions before road trips. In an emergency, call 911.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Emergency | 911\r\nAltitude | Day trips reach 3,000\u20134,200m. Take it slowly\r\nSummer storms | January to March rains can close mountain roads\r\nLate nights | Take a taxi home from Calle Balcarce","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Salta","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Worth leaving the city for","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"The landscapes of the north-west are the reason to come. Most are long days, or better with a night away.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Cafayate and the Quebrada de las Conchas | About 3.5 hours | Bus, tour or hire car | Red rock canyons, then a relaxed wine town known for torront\u00e9s. |  | 1306112\nPurmamarca and the Salinas Grandes | About 3 hours to Purmamarca | Tour or hire car | The Hill of Seven Colours, then a vast white salt flat at around 3,450m. |  | 1306113\nQuebrada de Humahuaca | About 4 hours | Tour or bus via Jujuy | A UNESCO-listed valley of coloured mountains and adobe villages. |  | 1306114\nCachi | About 3.5 hours | Tour or hire car over the Cuesta del Obispo | A whitewashed village, giant cacti in Los Cardones National Park, and Andean peaks. |  | 1306115","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Salta","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"April to November is dry and sunny, with warm days and cool nights. December to March is the rainy season, green but stormy, with some roads affected.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs, rounded. Winter nights get cold, especially at altitude.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 27 | 3 | Rainy season. Green, with afternoon storms\r\nFebruary | 26 | 4 | Carnival, still rainy\r\nMarch | 25 | 3 | Rains easing\r\nApril | 23 | 3 | Dry season begins. A great month\r\nMay | 21 | 3 | Dry, sunny and mild\r\nJune | 20 | 3 | Winter. Sunny days, cold nights\r\nJuly | 20 | 4 | Winter school holidays\r\nAugust | 23 | 3 | Pachamama celebrations\r\nSeptember | 25 | 4 | Se\u00f1or y Virgen del Milagro festival\r\nOctober | 27 | 3 | Warm and dry. A great month\r\nNovember | 28 | 3 | Warm, before the rains\r\nDecember | 28 | 3 | Rains begin, festive season","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"Folk festivals, carnival and one of Argentina's biggest religious celebrations.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Salta","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/south-america\/argentina\/salta\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Se\u00f1or y Virgen del Milagro | 13 to 15 September | Salta | One of Argentina's biggest religious festivals, with pilgrims arriving on foot from across the north. |  | \nCarnaval | February | Salta and the Quebrada de Humahuaca | Andean carnival with music, dancing and plenty of flour and paint. |  | \nPachamama | August | Across the north-west | Offerings to Mother Earth, a living Andean tradition. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Per night, for one person, based on Salta prices. Doing things includes a share of day tours.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Prices move with inflation, so treat these as a guide. The Tren a las Nubes costs extra.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5\r\nMiddle of the road | 20 | 18 | 5 | 20\r\nComfortable | 38 | 32 | 10 | 45","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in Salta, straight from Hostelworld. Prices and availability are live on each property page.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Salta","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/south-america\/argentina\/salta\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_team_title":"","hw_hub_city_team_intro":"","hw_hub_city_team":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Salta questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"How many days do you need in Salta? | Four or five: one or two for the city and a pe\u00f1a night, and the rest for day trips to Cafayate, Purmamarca and the Salinas Grandes. With a hire car, a week flies by.\r\nWhat is the best time to visit Salta? | April to November, the dry season, with sunny days and cool nights. December to March is rainy and green, and storms can affect mountain roads.\r\nWhat is the Tren a las Nubes? | A bus-and-train trip from Salta to the La Polvorilla viaduct at 4,220m. In May 2026 it cost ARS 218,000 for foreigners. Book ahead and take the altitude seriously.\r\nIs it worth hiring a car in Salta? | Yes, if you can share it. The region's roads are spectacular, some partly gravel, and a car lets you stop wherever you like. Day tours are the alternative.\r\nWhat is a pe\u00f1a? | A folk music venue where bands play and the audience sings and dances along, with wine, empanadas and locro. Calle Balcarce has the most.\r\nWill I get altitude sickness on day trips from Salta? | Possibly. The city is at 1,150m, but the Salinas Grandes are around 3,450m and the Tren a las Nubes reaches 4,220m. Go slowly, drink water and try coca tea.\r\nIs Salta safe? | Yes, it is a calm and friendly city. 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