Arguably Argentina’s most famous train trip, the Tren a las Nubes (Train to the Clouds) takes a journey into the clouds. The tourist train departs from Salta’s central station and descends into the Lerma Valley before beginning the steep climb up into the mountains around the Quebrada del Toro. It passes several ruins along the way and regularly steams through clouds before reaching the town of San Antonio de Los Cobres, one of the highest villages in Argentina at an elevation of 4,220m. Here the train crosses on the La Polvorilla Viaduct, a spectacular feat of engineering that spans an immense desert canyon, offering breathtaking views of the beautifully colored cliffside rocks and the valley far below, before descending back to Salta.
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