Things to do in Alta Gracia
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Museo Casa de Ernesto Che Guevara
In the 1930s, the family of youthful Ernesto Guevara moved here because a doctor recommended the dry climate for his asthma. Villa Beatriz was recently purchased by the city and restored as this museum. Its cozy interior is now adorned with a photographic display of Che’s life, and a couple of huge photos commemorating a recent visit from Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez.
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Sol de Polen
A few short steps from the Che museum, this Cuban-themed restaurant serves up a couple of Cuban dishes alongside all the Argentine standards. Friday nights there’s live music and if you really like the place, it rents out basic double rooms at the back for AR$90.
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Museo Histórico Nacional del Virrey Liniers
Beside the Iglseia Parraquial Nuestra Señora de la Merced is the Museo Histórico Nacional del Virrey Liniers is named after former resident Virrey Liniers, one of the last officials to occupy the post of Viceroy of the River Plate.
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Rent a Bike
Rent a Bike does pretty much what its name suggests, rent's bikes per day. Alta Gracia is a good place for bike riding - not much traffic and the two main sights are just far enough apart for it to be a pain to have to walk it.
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Tajamar
Directly north of the Museo Histórico Nacional del Virrey Liniers, the Tajamar is one of the city's several 17th-century dams, which together made up the complex system of field irrigation created by the Jesuits.
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Paracenter
If all Alta Gracia's history makes you feel like throwing yourself out of a plane, contact recommended local outfit Paracenter, which offers tandem skydives.
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Iglesia Parroquial Nuestra Señora de la Merced
From 1643 to 1762, Jesuit fathers built the Iglesia Parroquial Nuestra Señora de la Merced, the estancia’s most impressive building.
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Morena
Some of the best eats in town are on offer in the lovely dining salon of this upscale restaurant, a couple of blocks uphill from the reservoir.
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El Obraje
Directly south of the Iglseia Parraquial Nuestra Señora de la Merced, the colonial Jesuit workshops of El Obraje are now a public school.
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