Santa Rosa

CULTURE AND HANDICRAFTS

Teatro Español: the doors of Teatro Español have been open since 1908; it is one of the most beautiful theaters in the country. During its existence, the original building was gradually modified to reach the present style, which is admired and recognized by the international artists who visited it. H. Lagos 44. tel: 45-5325.

Municipal Center of Culture: exhibitions are held permanently. The center concentrates multiple activities related to the social development of the pampean capital. This new building has 9 workshop classrooms, an auditorium whose capacity is over 100 seats and a backyard for artisans. Besides, this is the seat of the Municipal Bureau of Culture and the Municipal Historic Archive. Quintana 174, tel: 45-5324.

Municipal Center of Culture

Museo Provincial de Historia Natural (Provincial Museum of Natural History)
It was created on July 9, 1935. At present the collection comprises pieces of natural sciences (animals, plants, fossils, minerals, etc. with approximately 2,300 items) and anthropological sciences (bolas, projectile points, mortars, etc. with almost 360 items), which are shown as collections or in exhibitions. The building is 600 sq. m distributed in seven rooms. The admittance is free and the museum is open from 8 a.m. through 7 p.m., from Mondays through Fridays, except in January and February when it is open during the morning. Weekends, the museum is opened in the afternoon. Address: Pellegrini 180, Tel.: 42-2693

Museo Provincial de Artes (Provincial Museum of Arts)
It was created on December 20, 1984. It comprises 490 works of provincial and national artists, among paints, drawings, sculptures, pottery, engravings and photographs that come from public and private donations. The building has four exhibition rooms, a restoration laboratory, a warehouse, a library, a workshop, and a multi-purpose room. Open hours: Monday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday: from 6.30 p.m. through 9.30 p.m. The museum is in permanent activity. We suggest you should check out the schedule. Address: 9 de Julio and Villegas. Tel.: 42-7332.

Provincial Artisanal Market
You can appreciate and buy craftsmanships made of rope or leat her with certificate of origin, which are manufactured under aboriginal techniques, also, knitted items and embroidery. Address: San Martín and Luro Ave. Tel.: 43-0168.

RECREATION AND SPORTS

Recreational Center "Don Tomás"
Without leaving the city, this center is located a few blocks from downtown. It consists of 250ha that surround the homonymous lagoon and sets the ideal stage for family recreation. There you will find many barbecue shops, stores, swimming pools, football and softball pitches, volley and basketball courts, a health track, games for children, bicycle track and athletics track.
The tourist train "El Puelchito", which passes over there on its way from Plaza San Martín.
The lagoon is suitable for fishing; mackerel is the predominant specie. Other activities are windsurf, kayak, canoeing, water ski, and offshore.
We recommend the "Salitrero", a modern ship that departs from the municipal quay every weekend.
Another exciting options are the water bikes. After crossing a bridge, you can reach the view point of the "little island", located in the center of a lake for tourists, which is also a wharf. By going along the shore you will reach the "large island". In front of the parking area you will find a bridge that leads you to a well-furnished tea room and a pier. There you will find a fountain with colorful fishes, a cascade, a view point and the "birds' island". Further on, you will find the esplanade of the "Mirador de la Cruz" (cross' view point), and then the symbolic "Lagoon Lighthouse". The Nautical Club and the boat storage is located on the premises, where you can also practice water activities.

Hunting Club Camping and Mini Zoo
Going towards Toay, by Perón Avenue, the Big and Small Hunting Game Club Vey Puudú is located six kilometers from the city and has a beautiful camping area of 22 hectares with old caldenes placed in the middle of giant sand banks. It has an autochthonous forest and the following facilities: storehouse, mud hut, grills, tables, drinking water, rest rooms, swings, climbing gym, and swimming pool. There you will also find a regional mini zoo, where you can observe the different animals of the pampean fauna, most of which were set free. Tel.: 42-4198.

Golf Club
The golf course of Santa Rosa Jockey Club is located a few kilometers before arriving at the city, if you come from Federal Capital. Due to its features, the golf club became one of the best clubs in the region with 18 holes in the circuit. The course is suitable to held local and regional tournaments; international golf players have praised it.
The modern infrastructure offers players and visitors a friendly ClubHouse, a restaurant, rest rooms and a swimming pool. Tel: 42-1328.

Motorcar Race Track
Next to National Route 5, the premises of the motorcar Racetrack Park of Santa Rosa comprise 42ha. This circuit is suitable for national and provincial competitions.
The place has a camping area of 1,000m2, with barbecues, res-trooms, drinking water and light, surrounded by profuse vegetation.

Sports
The important structure of the city attracts the local attendees and allows national and international competitions to be held. You can practice: paddle, tennis, squash, ping pong, gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, handball, softball, hockey, rugby, golf, swimming, athletics, cyclist, car and motorcycle racing, sport fishing, kayak, canoeing, water skiing, windsurf, martial arts, yoga, equestrian sports, fencing, skating, boxing, mountaineering, sail-fliying., paragliding, airplane modeling, hunting, pigeon breeding, bowls, chess, etc.
Besides, Santa Rosa is seat of the marathon "A Pampa Traviesa" (cross-country), which every year has the participation of the most important national and foreign athletes.

Marathon "A Pampa Traviesa"

RURAL TOURISM AND ADVENTURE

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Rural tourism (estancias) in Santa Rosa

RELIGIOUS CIRCUIT

Cathedral Church: just in front of San Martín Square in Santa Rosa, stands the Cathedral. Its modern facade is made up by fourteen slender hexagons representing the mystical body of the church. Twelve figures symbolize the first Apostles; a bigger figure with a cross through it represents Christ and another different hexagon showing a crown, symbolizes the Virgin. Inside the Cathedral there is the «Vía Crucis», painted by Eduardo Barnes, a sculptor born in 1901 in Rosario city. «La Divina Realeza» is the subject of all his paintings and through the fourteen stations the images remind us of the christians in their way to the Calvary. Also there, are the mortal remains of Tomás Mason, founder of the province’s Capital. In the «Navidad de todos» celebrity inaugurated the new bell tower.

The sanctuary «Nuestra Señora de Fátima»: is on Don Bosco’s Square near the Provincial Legislative building. Being a modern design, it was architecturally inspired by David’s star. The first mass was celebrated in Christmas Eve in 1992 in an opened air night. Nowadays, the sanctuary is a heavily attended place by pilgrimages. In front of it, stands the «Cristo Pensante» hermitage, an image made of linden wood granted by Polish community. In Poland and Germany is a common thing to see this image in route crossings, that is why is called «Cristo del Camino».

Nazaret’s House: Nazaret, a house for spiritual exercises, is placed on Victor Arriaga Street, in the east side of the city. It is a building where men, women, young people and married couples go there to deepen into their interior life from a Christian point of view. The building is surrounded by gardens. The entrance has fifteen bas-relieves done by Eduardo Barnes, they represent the rosary’s mysteries. The visitor is received by the «Angel de la Guarda» brought specially from Rome. Next to Nazaret’s house is the Monastery of the «Carmelitas» nuns, where they voluntarily live in cloister. You can visit them through symbolic bars that the locutory has. The Monastery was opened in 1994. In the chapel, opened to the public, the image of Saint Mary Virgin of La Pampa is revered. The sculpture was done by a carmelite nun and the originality is that it has a little «poncho», whose copies can be bought there.

Nazaret’s House

Church’s Santa Rosa city:
• S. Rosa de Lima - Avellaneda 332, tel. 42-2420
• Sagrada Familia - Neuquén 756, tel. 42-6591
• Ntra. Sra de Luján - L. de Vega 525, tel. 42-4481
• Ntra. Sra de Fátima - San Jorge 168, tel. 42-7117
• Medalla Milagrosa - Barrio Butaló, tel. 43-2937
• Sagrado Corazón - Churrinche 1440, tel. 43-5715
• Ntra. Sra de Lourdes - Av. Spinetto y C. Provincialista
• Espíritu Santo - Lorruso y Magaldi
• San Cayetano - Pilcomayo y Stieben
• San José Obrero - Mendoza 1392
• Divina Misericordia - G. Vivas y S. López, tel. 43-0784
• San Martín de Porres - Chile y Pestalozzi

GAMBLING AND NIGHT LIFE

Try your luck at the Casino
Located in the center of the town, “Casino Club” attracts those wanting to try their luck with endless combinations of daily draws and special prizes. The casino is located on National Highway Nº 5; it is the largest and the most modern casino of the country.

Casino Club

Discos
Young visitors will find their discos on Irigoyen and 9 de Julio streets.
The main places are:
«V8», 9 de Julio 130.
«Club 222», 9 de Julio 222.
«Jockey Discoteca», 9 de Julio 234.
«Juanito», Ruta 5 km 606.

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