20170803_Bolivia_1024 Samaipata sRGB
Our hotel complex sits on a hill overlooking the town of Samaipata. In the near ground are the vineyards of Uvairenda (‘grape place’ in a mash-up of Spanish and Guaraní), producers of 1750-brand wine, Vino de Altura (high-altitude wine) grown at 1,750m/5,742ft above sea level. The restaurant at our hotel has only 1750 wine—a red and a white (Torrontés)—on hand.
Samaipata (elev. 1,650m/5,413ft), which means ‘resting place in the heights’ in Quechua, the language of the Incas, was founded by the Spanish in 1618 as Pueblo del Valle de la Purificación (Village of the Purification Valley). Today it is a popular resort for those seeking to escape the heat of Santa Cruz.
On Google Earth:
El Pueblito Resort 18°11'19.90"S, 63°53'0.93"W
Samaipata 18°10'47.22"S, 63°52'32.78"W
20170803_Bolivia_1024 Samaipata sRGB
Our hotel complex sits on a hill overlooking the town of Samaipata. In the near ground are the vineyards of Uvairenda (‘grape place’ in a mash-up of Spanish and Guaraní), producers of 1750-brand wine, Vino de Altura (high-altitude wine) grown at 1,750m/5,742ft above sea level. The restaurant at our hotel has only 1750 wine—a red and a white (Torrontés)—on hand.
Samaipata (elev. 1,650m/5,413ft), which means ‘resting place in the heights’ in Quechua, the language of the Incas, was founded by the Spanish in 1618 as Pueblo del Valle de la Purificación (Village of the Purification Valley). Today it is a popular resort for those seeking to escape the heat of Santa Cruz.
On Google Earth:
El Pueblito Resort 18°11'19.90"S, 63°53'0.93"W
Samaipata 18°10'47.22"S, 63°52'32.78"W