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Thermal baths
Termas del Daymán
Thermal center 10 km from Salto, beside the Río Daymán, with a municipal thermal park whose pools are fed by water from the Guarani Aquifer, hotels, cabins and camping around.
Salto · Uruguay Capital
Salto
In the destination Termas do Salto.
In the photo: Teatro Larrañaga in Salto
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The city
What to expect from Salto.
Salto, the department capital, is on the bank of the rio Uruguai, opposite Concordia in Argentina. Ten kilometres away are the Termas del Daymán and the Acuamanía waterpark; about 90 km away are the Termas del Arapey. To the north, the Represa de Salto Grande offers guided visits. Downtown are the Catedral, Plaza Artigas and Teatro Larrañaga; near the river are the Muelle Negro, Salto Chico and Casa Horacio Quiroga.
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The local experience
What to see in Salto
Water park
Acuamanía
Thermal water park in Termas del Daymán, with slides, pools for all ages and a restaurant. It operates seasonally, usually from September to March or April.
Thermal baths
Termas del Arapey
The first thermal resort in Uruguay, about 90 km from Salto, on 250 hectares of countryside and woodland by the Arapey River, with a municipal thermal park open year-round.
Dam
Represa de Salto Grande
The first binational hydroelectric power plant in Latin America, 15 km north of Salto, with guided tours on the Uruguayan side that include a lookout, the engine room and crossing the international bridge.
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Theater
Teatro Larrañaga
Theatre from 1882 in downtown Salto, designed by the English engineer Roberto Wilkinson and declared a National Historic Monument, with galleries without columns and a large crystal chandelier.
Museum
Casa Horacio Quiroga
House where the short‑story writer Horacio Quiroga spent his childhood, today a municipal museum with personal objects, books, photographs and the mausoleum with his ashes, in an urn carved from an algarrobo root.
Church
Catedral Basílica San Juan Bautista
Salto's cathedral, dating from 1889, facing Plaza Artigas, with an eclectic façade and a bronze Christ by Edmundo Prati. It was elevated to a minor basilica in 1997.
Observation deck
Muelle Negro
Old iron railway quay over the Uruguay River, built by the English in the 19th century and today a public promenade in the port area, with views of Concordia.
Natural park
Salto Chico
Basalt rapids of the rio Uruguai, about 3 km north of the center, with small beaches, camping, dorado fishing and the place where Artigas crossed the river during the 1811 Exodus.