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Natural landscape
Cerro de los Siete Colores
Formation of colorful layers beside Purmamarca, seen from the town's streets and nearby viewpoints.
Jujuy · Argentina
Purmamarca
In the destination Jujuy and Quebrada de Humahuaca.
In the photo: Cabildo de Purmamarca
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Purmamarca.
Purmamarca sits beside the Cerro de los Siete Colores, with compact streets around the plaza. The Iglesia Santa Rosa de Lima preserves adobe architecture and religious paintings. The Paseo de los Colorados passes by red slopes; the Salinas Grandes require a separate road trip via Ruta Nacional 52.
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The local experience
What to see in Purmamarca
Trail
Paseo de los Colorados
Dirt circuit on the outskirts of Purmamarca, among reddish formations behind the Cerro de los Siete Colores.
Church
Iglesia Santa Rosa de Lima
Church next to Purmamarca's plaza, with adobe walls and religious paintings from the colonial period.
Natural landscape
Salinas Grandes
Salt plain in the Puna, reached from Purmamarca via Ruta Nacional 52 and the Cuesta de Lipán.
Routes in Argentina
Purmamarca is part of the Quebrada de Humahuaca
From San Salvador de Jujuy to Humahuaca via RN9, with the branch to Purmamarca and stops at Maimará, Tilcara and Uquía.
