Cosquín
Argentina's folk music capital. Its national folk festival, held every January, is renowned across Latin America, and you can ride a chairlift up Sugarloaf Mountain.
Cosquín lies about 60 kilometers northwest of Córdoba in the Punilla Valley. Every late January, it hosts a national folk festival that has run for more than 60 years, with nine consecutive nights of performances at Plaza Prospero Molina. It is one of Latin America's most important folk music events. The town is quiet at other times. You can wade in the La Toma riverbank of the Cosquín River, or take the chairlift up Cerro Pan de Azúcar (Sugarloaf Mountain), at about 1,260 meters above sea level, to overlook the valley. From Córdoba it is about 1.5 hours by bus.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Cerro Pan de Azúcar
- San Roque Dam
- Hotel Edén (La Falda)
- Villa Carlos Paz
- Cuckoo Clock (Reloj Cu-Cú)
- Cabalango
- Aerosilla Carlos Paz
- Cascada Los Chorrillos