Salta Travel Guide: Transportation

Getting to Salta

Salta has scheduled flight connections with Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Tucumán and Jujuy; and occasionally, during the tourist season, international flights from and to several cities within bordering countries are arranged. All flights arrive at the General Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (+54(0)387 424-3162), which is located 6 kilometers from central Salta.

The airlines servicing Salta are: Aerolíneas Argentinas, Austral, SW, LAB, American Falcon, Lapa and Dinar.

There is a bus service (no. 22 costing US$0.35) and taxi service from the airport to the city centre.  Taxis cost approximately US$12 or AR$30.

Salta’s main bus terminal, Terminal de Omnibus de la Ciudad de Salta (+54 (0387) 431-5227), is located on the Avenida Hipólito Irigoyen y Tavela, and can be reached in about 15 minutes walking from Plaza 9 de Julio (about 10 blocks). A taxi from the terminal to the city center costs between US$ 2 and 2.50.   The terminal has no locker service but does offer paid baggage storage at a maximum of six hour intervals. This bus terminal has daily connections with the cities of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Resistencia, Posadas, Puerto Iguazú, Mendoza and Jujuy, and transfers from other parts of the country as well.

Getting Around Salta

Fortunately, Salta is small and easy enough to explore on foot, but be warned; drivers here are notoriously unwilling to look out for pedestrians, so be sure to look out for them! The Peatonal Florida is Salta's pedestrian only street - a smaller version of Calle Florida in Buenos Aires - where most of the city's shops are located. The city’s principle sites are centered on Plaza 9 de Julio, and all the other attractions -- except the Salta Tren a las Nubes -- are within easy walking distance from it.