La Rioja Province
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La Rioja’s highest-profile destination is Parque Nacional Talampaya, a series of fossil-rich desert canyons so near San Juan’s Ischigualasto that the two parks are often visited in the same day.
That said, the provincial capital is a major devotional center, and the historic mountain town of Chilecito—high enough to offer some relief from the capital’s oppressively hot summer—is also part of a small but significant wine district that produces some of the country’s best torrontés.
© Wayne Bernhardson from Moon Argentina, 3rd edition
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