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Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Subida al Fortin de Tandil panoramio, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Municipalidad Tandil, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tandil Entrada al paqeue Centenario panoramio, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

About Tandil

On the flat Pampas of Buenos Aires province, Tandil comes as a surprise: a ring of ancient granite hills, the Sierras de Tandil, rises around the town, with rocky summits, a lake and quiet valleys a few minutes from the main square. The town began in 1823 as Fuerte Independencia, a frontier fort, and grew into a prosperous farming and quarrying centre settled by Spanish, Italian and Basque immigrants.

Tandil's most famous symbol is the Piedra Movediza, a huge boulder that once rocked on the edge of a hill until it fell in 1912; a replica now stands in its place. Holy Week brings pilgrims to the Stations of the Cross on Monte Calvario, and Parque Independencia, crowned by a Moorish-style castle, overlooks the town.

Weekends fill with visitors from Buenos Aires who come to hike, climb, ride the chairlift up Cerro El Centinela and eat. The town is celebrated for its cured salami and cheeses, best tasted on a picada board in one of its old corner shops.

Best seasonSpring and autumn (October-November, March-May); Holy Week is busiest

Ideal stay2-3 days

ArrivingRoughly five hours by road or long-distance bus from Buenos Aires

Exploring Tandil: 10 Must-See Spots

Landmarks 2

Piedra Movediza, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Piedra Movediza

For generations visitors came to Cerro La Movediza to see a giant granite boulder that rocked on the edge of the hill without fall...

Castillo Morisco Tandil, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Castillo Morisco Tandil

Crowning the hill of Parque Independencia, the Castillo Morisco is a small white Moorish-style building with crenellated towers, b...

Parks 2

Parque Independencia Tandil, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Parque Independencia Tandil

Parque Independencia rises from the edge of the centre, entered through a grand stone gateway and climbing by winding roads and pa...

Lago del Fuerte, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lago del Fuerte

Lago del Fuerte is a reservoir lake on the southern edge of town, framed by the sierras and circled by a waterside road and footpa...

Temples and Shrines 1

Monte Calvario Tandil, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Monte Calvario Tandil

Monte Calvario is a rocky hill where the Stations of the Cross are set out along a path that climbs to a large cross at the top, w...

Nature 3

Cerro El Centinela, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cerro El Centinela

Cerro El Centinela is named after a tall rock that seems to stand guard on its summit, balanced on a narrow base. A chairlift carr...

Reserva Natural Sierra del Tigre, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Reserva Natural Sierra del Tigre

The Sierra del Tigre reserve protects a stretch of the hills south of town, where a road and footpaths climb to lookouts with wide...

Valle del Picapedrero

The Valle del Picapedrero is a former granite quarry where the stonecutters who helped build Tandil once worked; today the flooded...

Museums 1

Museo Tandil Fuerte Independencia, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Museo Tandil Fuerte Independencia

This history museum tells the story of Tandil from the founding of the Fuerte Independencia in 1823 on the southern frontier, thro...

Food and Drink 1

Epoca de Quesos

Epoca de Quesos occupies an old corner building in central Tandil and is one of the best-known places in town to sample the local...

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