The town of Cacheuta in the Lujan Department of Cuyo, West of the province, and is part of the circuit of high mountain of the province of Mendoza. Cacheuta is a beautiful town at 1245 m above the sea level, which stands out by providing thermal waters in quality and quantity. This town is located on the Mendoza River, at the foot of the cordillera de los Andes and its strategic importance throughout the history of the province is because it is about the way that it previously took to reach the passage of Uspallata, one of the few international steps by the high mountains between Argentina and Chile. Cacheuta is an important town of tourism in Mendoza, this being their main source of income.The history of the thermal baths of Cacheuta goes back in the early 20th century, more precisely towards the year 1904. At that time there was an important investment that gave rise to the creation of a luxury hotel five star on the shore of the River, at the foot of the mountains. It is a heavenly place. In the year 1910 is He established the trans-Andean railway station, that parabaprecisamente in the hotel.
Passengers descended a staircase directly towards the spa, while their luggage was unloaded from the train and sent to the hotel. The place was the headquarters of lavish dances and events that made all the rage at the time.But nature is treacherous, and in 1934 a calamity occurred. The Mendoza river overflowed due to a glacial meltwater unprecedented and the water completely destroyed the hotel, which never recovered. However, the tourist potential of Cacheuta remained intact. A new smaller hotel, was built in the year 1986, within the ruins of the former hotel. The establishment boasts a swimming pool in the garden, and the thermal baths have been built closer to the River, with which it is possible to provide to different temperatures, massages and other therapies mud baths.
You can also arrange horseback riding, hiking, and other outdoor activities. Is not possible to have a new flood like the one above, since the the PRI Potrerillos dam controlling the flow of the River. Just half an hour’s journey from the city of Mendoza, the Cacheuta spa is an excellent reason to search for accommodation in Mendoza and forget stress and the daily routine.