We went to Alta Gracia as a day trip from Cordoba. The town started out as a Jesuit estate and much of the tourism here is based around visiting the ruins (and Che Guevara’s childhood home).
The museum, housed in the 17th-century Jesuit quarters, has a collection of artifacts relating to both the history of the building and local life through the ages.
These are three of my favourite items, discovered as we wandered up and down stairs and in and out of Jesuits’ cells.
A gaucho’s stool made out of cattle bones.
The ceramic water purification system used in the 19th-century.
A gaucho’s cow udder bag.
Museum entrance fee: ARS$5
How to get there: take a bus from Cordoba, ARS$28 return fare. Tourist maps available from the bus station in town.
Strolling South America 