Malbec and Aconcagua. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit Mendoza

Best months: February, March, April, October, November and December.

What to see in Mendoza

1. Bodegas de Luján de Cuyo (Catena Zapata)
   This family-run winery in Agrelo, founded by an Italian immigrant in the early twentieth century, played a central part in putting high-altitude malbec on the map.
2. Parque General San Martín
   Designed by the landscape architect Carlos Thays, this huge park is Mendoza's green lung, with shaded avenues, a lake and a hill that looks over the whole city.
3. Cerro de la Gloria
   This small hill in General San Martín Park carries a large memorial to the Army of the Andes.
4. Valle de Uco (Salentein)
   At the foot of the Andes, this Uco Valley winery pairs high-altitude vineyards with contemporary architecture by Bórmida & Yanzón.
5. Aconcagua (Puente del Inca, excursion)
   Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside the Himalayas, and here you meet it from the valley floor, at the end of a mountain road whose colors shift with every bend.
6. Maipú (vélo & bodegas)
   Maipú is the easiest way into Mendoza's wine country: flat terrain, roads lined with vines and poplars, and the Andes on the horizon.
7. Plaza Independencia
   This is Mendoza's main central square, surrounded by four smaller plazas in a city plan redrawn after the 1861 earthquake, with wide streets and plenty of open space.
8. Mercado Central
   This is the covered market where people from Mendoza do their everyday shopping, well away from the tasting circuits aimed at visitors.

A sample itinerary for Mendoza, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €74 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My Mendoza itinerary, hour by hour

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