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Lagoon and Sierra de Los Padres

Integral Reserve Laguna de los Padres

Delimited by a natural protected area that comprises 687 hectares, the Laguna de los Padres, has a Length and a maximum width of 2065 and 1700 meters, respectively. Its vegetation can be classified into: emerged, submerged and floating. Regarding its fauna, in the area you can see over 90 bird’s species which use the sector as a nutrition zone, shearing its habitat with mammals and amphibious, which are the permanent residents of the area.

It has big parks, ideal for making picnics and outdoor games. Boats and firesides can be rented. The entire region is perfect for a photographic safari.

Nuestra Señora del Pilar Reduction

Founded in 1746 on the coast of Laguna de las Cabrillas in order to provoke the settlement of the nomad tribes of the area, the Reduction had a short-lived life, disappearing in 1751. The construction, that can be visited today, is a copy of the original one.

Bike Adventur

Bicycling sport recreation, along rural roads and natural spaces. The bike tourism permits to arrive at natural places without causing damages to them and, at the same time, developing a complete aerobic activity.

You will transit over the most ancient rocks of our country or you will go over part of the city’s origins’ history. You will be able to make bird sighting near the nesting zone.

José Hernández Municipal Museum

On March 11th 1960, a group of distinguished personalities proceeded to found an institution destined to maintain and spread out the argentine values, with elements provided by the Culture National Direction (Dirección de Cultura de la Nación), the José Hernández Museum from Buenos Aires city and individual donors.
Today it functions in the old Laguna de los Padres Ranch (Estancia Laguna de los Padres) on the coast of the homonym lagoon, founded by Mr. Ladislao Martínez Castro, along with his brother. As their guest, José Hernández, together with his father, arrived at the ranch in 1848. There, he knew the gaucho’s way of life and the environment where his existence was developed; surely, the experiences and memories of this period of life that he would preserve inspired him to create Martin Fierro, masterpiece of vernacular literature.
From the current collection, we must distinguish daggers and larger knives of different types, General San Martin’s and other patriots’ manuscripts and, among works of art: Castagnino and Monticelli’s paintings and Chacho Waks’ sculptures. The Regional Historic Sector offers a panorama about the evolution in our region since 10.000 B.C. until today.
Last century’s carriages can be seen below one of the building’s eaves, distinguishing, among them, the one that was passenger’s transport and the one used by one of the first doctors of the region, Dr. Juan H. Jara, to visit his patients.
There is also a José Hernández monument constructed in the museum park, product of Luis Monticelli’s inspiration, a sculptor from Mar del Plata.

Likewise, you can find Martin Fierro’s issues of different English and Spanish editions.

	Golf Club Sierra de los Padres In one of the topmost mountain’s points, we find this golf course with 18 holes in an absolutely natural setting, characterized by its narrow greens and fractioned fairways.
	Zoo The Paradise t is a recreational tourist place that comprises seven forest hectares. This particular place is used as the development surrounding of a farm with domestic animals, a sector destined to autochthonous species of our continent and a zone for exotic species where Red Deer, Axis, Damas and Antelopes.

Santillán’s Large Crag

It is a stony mass, worthy to be studied, mushroom shaped and has big dimensions.

Handkerchiefs grotto

In 1949, an Italian married couple that couldn’t have children, put a virgin image inside the grotto and tied the first handkerchief begging her to concede them a son. Some months later the couple came back to the grotto thanking for the son they were expecting for. Years go by and the grotto continued receiving a lot of visitors, who go on tying their handkerchiefs in a very long chain that already has some kilometres.