San Salvador de Jujuy

San Salvador de Jujuy needs 1 day: the Cathedral with its gold-leafed carved wooden pulpit, and the historic Cabildo on the main square, on the same walk through the colonial center. April-October is best, avoiding summer rains. It's cheaper than Salta city. It's the mandatory gateway to the Quebrada de Humahuaca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the site of the 1812 Jujuy Exodus, when the entire population abandoned the city to deny resources to the royalist army, an episode commemorated each year with a horseback parade.