It is head of the most extensive of the departments of Mendoza's county that covers a room of the provincial surface and guard promissory mining wealth almost, cattlemen, agricultural and tourist.

This considered the National Capital of the Tourism of Adventure, has an excellent Municipal Address of Tourism

The attractiveness of the place are not all in the city, but in the surroundings, with access for different roads. Their description is carried out as separate landmarks.

There are guides that it can contact in the, stand on the north access of the RN 40, here it can negotiate the permission to visit the lagoon of Llancanelo and to carry out the steps customs officers to cross Chile .

Located to the entrance of Malargüe, it belonged to the general Rufino Ortega, pioneer, highlighted in the conquest of the south. Visit the Floury Mill (MHN)

At the moment it is headquarters of a cultural living room, the building testifies the activity triguera that had the area at the end of the XIX century, until the eruption of the Beheaded volcano in 1932 affected the cultivations. The building understands a long deposit, the mill room, of double height, and some rooms.

It has powerful and traditional adobe walls that 1,20 m of thickness reaches, on stone foundations and wooden cabriadas in the roofs. It was the first one in the country in using hydraulic turbines, worked with water of the channel of the mill.

It possesses three rooms that keep paleontological, mineralogical, archaeological testimonies and of the recent history. It is small, but it is worth a visit. In the museum can request reports on it hunts and fishing in the department. It is very important to be informed, because in 90% of the territory these sports are forbidden.

Built in 1892 like part of the helmet of the stay, it was the temple malargüino until the parochial church was built, in front of the square.

They are surrounded of potent built fences with stones taken with mud. Here they are carried out samples of Creole dexterity regularly, although without fixed dates; an occasion is the Party of the Male goat.

It is located in the south exit of the city. It offers flights of baptism and air visits to the interesting reservations of Lagoon of Llancanelo and The Payunia.

The airport has great activity in ski season, with commercial and private flights that travelers bring to The Firewoods.

8 km is located to the south of the city, by the RN 40. It derives the waters for channels that water 5.000 there is, before ending in Llancanelo. This artificial lake is capable for fishing, but it doesn't stop bathrooms. It attracts acampantes, especially in January, during the Triatlón of the Adventure, since the slope in rubbers for the river is released in the vicinities.

Near 12 km to the south of the city, after crossing the stream Loncoche, double to the right 500 m for a consolidated road that it will take it to a pleasant place, forestado with poplars and sallows, where it can camp.

Remains of walls remember the house-outpost that the captain built Juan Troncoso in the cacique's support Fraipán, rebel pardoned in 1847 by the governor Sure Pedro who received lands and it began the exploitation agricultural cattleman in the area.

The thick walls of tufa stone, of almost 2 m of thickness, they were traditional in the corrals of these solitary stays, threatened by ferocious malones that stole livestock, they set on fire, they murdered and they took captive to their tolderías.

Due to the oil companies and to the tourism, there are several very advisable alternatives.

It is beautiful and reflective faithfully the cattle tradition of Malargüe. Boleadoras, guachas, knots, caronas of raw leather, maneas, whips, cinches and other beautiful pieces are carried out by proud guasqueros who are priced of dominating this meticulous ability that culminates with the elaboration of delicate details in tempt fine.

The most attractive technique is the one of the one braided, the process begins with the cuereado of the animal (bovine, yeguarizos, sheep), then it depilates himself with ash and sharp knife or stick of cut jarilla to the bevel. They intersect the tientos, they become moist and already, soft, it puts them to him to dry off so that, suspenders, stretch out.

Then decants them and it scours to equal the thickness and they are wound in a ball in sticks, maintaining them humid among wet sackcloths.

Finally they are tied by an end to a post and they writhe or they braid, humidifying them of so much as long as with saliva.

The guasqueros malargüinos prefers the knots of four six tientos with - yapas - for reinforcement instead of the simple knots or cords (of 1, 2 or 3 gnarled tientos) that, in general, they use the Chilean huasos.

The best place to get them is Mendoza 's Handmade Market, in downtown that takes charge of to visit the remote positions and to gather leather works and looms for its exhibition living room and sale.