The Province 

Area: 165,321 KM2
Population: 3,061,611
Main Cities: Córdoba Capital, Río Cuarto, Marco Juárez, Villa María, Cosquín, Alta Gracia
Temperatures ranging from 30°C/86°F to 10°C/50°F, the four seasons being clearly differentiated.
 

The province is located in the geographical centre of Argentina. Hills and valleys with a lot of springs, crystal clear rivers, artificial lakes with dams, the huge salted lake of Mar Chiquita (heaven of ornithologists), etc.
Cordoba, Capital city, has 1,200,000 inhabitants. It has the oldest and one of the most prestigious universities of the country, founded by the Jesuits in 1622.
The center of the city is rich in Spanish colonial architecture from XVI. Cordoba offers opportunities for traditional and adventure tourism. You have rupestrian (cave) paintings in Cerro Colorado.

Cerro (Hill) Uritorco is a heaven for "New Age" people for it is said to have positive energy and be a landing place for UFOs. Punilla Valley and Cuchi Corral have exceptional natural atmosphere for aerial activities (parapente, balloon travelling, etc). in San Roque Lake you can practice windsurfing, yachting and all kinds of nautical sports.

Calamuchita Valley has lakes and incredibly crystal clear rivers. Surrounded by mountains, it is ideal for swimming, mountain climbing and trekking, cycling, horse riding, fishing and all kinds of adventure tourism related to wilderness in this spot that is privileged by nature.

In Traslasierra Valley, across the Sierras Grandes, there is Pampa de Achala. On the peak, Quebrada de los Condoritos National Park, the only place in the world where you may see the condor (biggest bird on earth) in their natural habitat.
 

Sport Fishing
Excellent trout fishing grounds abound in the streams around Villa General Belgrano, Pampa de Achala, Quebrada del Condorito and Panaholma river, all of them teeming with brook trout. Although the rainbow trout is the most common species in this area, brown trout as well as salmon – which prefer brooks and tributary streams rather than lakes – have been recently introduced. The fishing season runs from October to May.
On the shores of San Nicolás, Ramallo, San Pedro and Baradero districts, rivers and creeks forming the Delta are home to a rich variety of freshwater fishes. Season: year round, but best in the summer.
Sport fishing in the Paraná, in lagoons such as Chascomús, Lobos, Gómez and El Carpincho (Junín), and on the Atlantic coast.

Quebrada del Condorito National Park
Quebrada del Condorito National Park is located on the eastern side of Pampa de Achala.
The park’s highlights are its landscape and geomorphological value: the high pampas covered by pastures, the rocky sierra without vegetation, and the deep gorges.
Within the park we find the gigantic and spectacular crevice 800 m. deep and with a 1,500 m distance between the edges, vertical walls impossible to climb, and the Condoritos river running through its bottom.
This territory is the easternmost natural habitat of the Condor, the coated eagle, and the peregrin falcon. These huge birds inhabit and nest in this zone, specially in the gorge.

Jesuit relics
Capilla de Candonga, oratory of the Jesuit estancia Santa Gertrudis. Jesuit estancias Santa Catalina, Jesús María, Caroya, Alta Gracia and La Candelaria, and the Jesuit block in the city of Córdoba, have been declared World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO.

Getting Here

By air. Flights from Buenos Aires to Córdoba and Río Cuarto.

By bus. From the City of Buenos Aires to Córdoba and the main towns in the sierra. Direct services from Córdoba to Mar del Plata, Paraná, San Miguel de Tucumán, San Luis, San Juan, Santa Fe, Salta and San Carlos de Bariloche.

Distances from Córdoba: Buenos Aires 710 Km, Mendoza 670 Km, Santa Fe 329 Km, San Miguel de Tucumán 578 Km.

Things
to do

Adventure Tourism. Mountaineering, trekking,horseback riding, mountain-biking paragliding, hang-gliding and aerostatic balloons in the Sierras of Córdoba.
Beer, Viennese pastries, and chocolate. In October, Villa General Belgrano, a town of German origin, holds a beer festival. On this occasion, visitors can drink beer and try excellent Viennese pastries and chocolate.
Pampa traditions. During the second half of the month of January, the town of Cosquín holds the country's most important folklore festival.
Holiday resorts. Along the shores of reservoirs, rivers and streams. Thermal resort in Mar Chiquita. Fishing and water sports.
Casinos in La Falda, Mina Clavero and Villa Carlos Paz.