Among the many attractions San Rafael has to offer, beautiful landscapes, fresh clean air and the contact with nature are some of the main ones. In addition, an excellent gastronomy can be enjoyed here as well.

Nowadays, this city can be roughly divided into two areas. On the one hand, in the east, the oldest area of the city can be found. The new urbanized area lies west of San Rafael.

In the east area is highly recommended to visit San Martin Square, the Train Station, the San Rafael Archangel Cathedral and the Mariano Moreno Library. Also, the Municipal Palace and the Elena and Fausto Burgos House are a must.

On the other hand, in the west area, the Hipolito Irigoyen Park and the Greek Theatre named Chacho Santa Cruz are the main tourist facilities, apart from the wide range of entertainment centers that can be enjoyed there.

This amazing country house, built in the early twentieth century, is nowadays an important cultural center. This house belonged to the writer Fausto Burgos, promoter of the culture in the city of San Rafael, and to his wife, Elena.

Fortunately, inside the building, the library and the art collection from the previous owners are still very well preserved nowadays. This house is located at the corner of Saavedra Street and Chile Street.

This Cathedral is located facing the San Martin Square, at the corner of Belgrano and Pellegrini Streets. On the right-hand side stands the Torre San Marcos (San Marcos Tower) which was donated by the Viñuela family in 1952 when the works were finished.

Regarding the architecture of this building, it has a neo- colonial style. All the construction work was carried out between 1935 and 1952.

Monsignor Ernesto Vicente de Miguel, who was by then the priest (from 1941 to 1985), worked really hard to finish the Cathedral.

Therefore, his body rests in the outside part of the entrance, where a wall made of black marble can be found.

The place where the San Martin Square is found was donated by the French citizen Rodolfo Iselín. Then, it was engineer Fiorini who was in charge of the layout.

Firstly, in 1925 only the bust of the General could be found in this square. However, in the year 1928 the monument was already finished and it consisted on a equestrian statue made of bronze, which is still well preserved nowadays.

Such statue represents the moment when General San Martin raises his right arm and points at the road that the Army from the Andes had to follow in order to achieve the independence of the South American people from the Spanish Crown.

This library is located on Bernardo de Irigoyen Street N° 148. Its facade is painted yellow so it attracts the attention of passers-by.

Thousands of interesting volumes can be found in this library since 1919. What is more, this library works as a Museum of Fine Arts and a Communitarian Technology Center.

Hipolito Irigoyen is a pleasant and picturesque park, to be enjoyed without any hurry, restlessly wandering or doing some sport.

The park is located only ten blocks away from the city center and it is possible to have access to it through one of the main streets, H. Irigoyen Avenue. It is encircled by Ameghino, Sobremonte and Lisandro de La Torre Streets.

Inside the park, the monumet to the Argentine “Gaucho” and the the Greek Theatre "Chacho Santa Cruz", an outdoors scenario, are some of the main attractions.