Essential Information: Salta bus station is near the town centre. It is fine to walk there during the day. The airport is 9 kms southwest of town. It has services to Buenos Aires and Santa Cruz in Bolivia. Cambio Dinar (Mitre 101) changes cash and travellers' cheques.

Recommended tourist sites and activities: Salta is in cowboy country. I was there in June and there were cowboy parties at night with music, food and drink and there was a big parade through town of 100s of mounted cowboys. There's plenty of colonial architecture to admire including the Cathedral and Town Hall on Plaza 9 de Julio, the San Francisco Church with its high towers and the San Bernado Convent with its hand carved carob tree wood doors. The Museo Arqueologico de Alta Montana has a collection of Inca artifacts and there are interesting paintings to view at the Museo de Belles Artes. Finally, there's San Bernado Hill which you can walk up or take the cable car (teleferico).

The nightlife centres around Balcarce Street.