Near this city, the hot springs of Monterrey and the airport of Anta are located.

The city displays a Hispanic and colonial style, keeping its old casonas.

The zone, located in the right margin of the Santa river, has a moderate and agreeable climate.

In the surroundings, there are propitious places for hunting tarukas, partridges and viscachas, as well as for fishing trout.

This road leads to the mineral-medicinal[citation needed] fountains of Chancos which has been dubbed[by whom?]