San Miguel de Tucumán
San Miguel de Tucumán, usually called simply Tucumán, is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina 1,311 kilometres (815 mi) from Buenos Aires.
San Miguel de Tucumán, usually called simply Tucumán, is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina 1,311 kilometres (815 mi) from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth-largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario and Mendoza and the most important city of the northern region. The Spanish conquistador Diego de Villarroel founded the city in 1565 in the course of an expedition from present-day Peru. Tucumán moved to its present site in 1685.
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Worth seeing in and around San Miguel de Tucumán
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01National University of Tucumán
The National University of Tucumán is an Argentine national university located in Tucumán Province and the largest in Argentina's northwest region. Founded on 25 May 1914 in San Miguel de Tucumán, access to the university is unrestricted and free of charge.
3.2 km · Public university in Argentina · Wikipedia - 02Estadio Monumental José Fierro
The Estadio José Fierro is a football stadium in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is the home ground for Club Atlético Tucumán.
1.8 km · football stadium in Tucumán, Argentina · Wikipedia - 03Our Lady of the Incarnation Cathedral, San Miguel de Tucumán
The Our Lady of the Incarnation Cathedral, also called San Miguel de Tucumán Cathedral, is the mother church of the city of San Miguel de Tucuman, in the province of Tucuman, in the South American country of Argentina. The temple was founded in the seventeenth century and is home to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Tucumán since 1897.
2.1 km · church in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina · Wikipedia - 04Historical House of Tucumán
The Historical House of Tucumán is a historic building and museum located in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, built during the colonial times. The Congress of Tucumán worked in this house during the Argentine War of Independence, and issued the Argentine Declaration of Independence on July 9, 1816.
2.2 km · colonial house located in the center of the Argentine city of San Miguel de Tucumán. · Wikipedia - 05Eva Peron "La Ciudadela"
Estadio La Ciudadela is a football stadium located in the Ciudadela district of San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Inaugurated in 1932, the stadium is owned and operated by C.A. San Martín and has a capacity 30,250 people.
2.5 km · football stadium in Tucumán, Argentina · Wikipedia - 06Timoteo Navarro Museum of Art
The Timoteo Navarro Provincial Museum of Fine Arts is the leading museum of its kind in Tucumán Province, Argentina.
2.1 km · museum in San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina · Wikipedia - 079 de Julio Park
Ninth of July Park is the largest public park in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
3.6 km · park in Tucumán, Argentina · Wikipedia - 08National Technological University – Tucumán Regional Faculty
The National Technological University is a country-wide national university in Argentina, and considered to be among the top engineering schools in the country. Hosting over 85,000 students, its student body is comparable to Argentina's third-largest university and exceeded significantly only by the University of Buenos Aires.
1.8 km · university in San Miguel de Tucumán · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Independence House
- 02Government House
25 de Mayo 90 (across from the main square "Plaza Independencia").
- 03San Francisco Church
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Where to eat
Find where the locals eat! This includes an indoor market somewhere on the corner of Muñeca & Mendoza: empanadas, tamales, pizza, fresh fruit & vegetables, all very cheap.
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Getting to San Miguel de Tucumán
- Airports
- Teniente Benjamín Matienzo (TUC), 11 km · Martín Miguel de Güemes (SLA), 220 km · Gobernador Horacio Guzman (JUJ), 270 km
- Stations
- Tucumán Mitre train station, 700 m · Mauricio Gilli Aerodrome, 9.5 km
- Salta → San Miguel de Tucumán224 km · quickest by road, 4h 39m · AR$17,750–23,650
- San Salvador de Jujuy → San Miguel de Tucumán292 km · quickest by road, 5h 4m · AR$19,400–25,900
- Cordoba → San Miguel de Tucumán520 km · quickest by air, 6h 14m · AR$82,920–128,660
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