Cerro San Bernardo & Cable Car
Cerro San Bernardo / Teleférico
Ride a cable car up the small hill east of the city to a summit garden with a waterfall, overlooking all of Salta and the Lerma Valley.
Cerro San Bernardo rises east of Salta city, about 270 meters above the town. The cable car station is beside the Monumento a Güemes at the foot of the hill. The ride to the top takes about 8 minutes. If you are fit, you can also climb roughly 1,000 steps on foot, which takes about 40 minutes to an hour. At the summit you will find gardens, an artificial waterfall, cafés, and souvenir shops. The lookout offers views over the grid-patterned old town and the surrounding mountains. Sunset is the most beautiful time to visit. Round-trip cable car fares vary, so check on site.
Opening hours
Cable car about 10:00–19:00
Nearby sights
- Monument to General Güemes
- Convent of San Bernardo
- Church of San Francisco, Salta
- Plaza 9 de Julio
- Salta Cathedral
- Cabildo of Salta
- Museum of High Altitude Archaeology (MAAM)
- Calle Balcarce Peñas