Hotel Ruta 40

Catamarca & La Rioja


A laid-back budget hotel a couple of blocks from Chilecito's plaza, this comfortable spot offers a variety of rooms with newish mattresses and clean, spacious bathrooms. Check out a few – some look over a vine-covered patio to the hills beyond.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Catamarca & La Rioja attractions

1. Cristo del Portezuelo

0.34 MILES

Head down Maestro from Chilecito's plaza to reach this relatively recent addition to the town: a huge statue of Christ on a platform accessed by a 203…

2. Molino de San Francisco

0.62 MILES

Chilecito founder Don Domingo de Castro y Bazán owned this 300-year-old flour mill, which houses an eclectic assemblage of archaeological tools, antique…

3. La Riojana

0.79 MILES

La Riojana is the area’s main wine producer, and a sizable concern; some 30 million liters a year are produced here thanks to fruit sourced from vineyards…

4. Museo del Cablecarril

0.94 MILES

This old cable-car station documents the extraordinary engineering and mining project that created modern Chilecito at the beginning of the 20th century…