Valle Hermoso ('Beautiful Valley') is one of a number of small towns straddling Route 38 and the now disused railway line, which runs through the Punilla Valley from the south, and the city of Córdoba, north to La Rioja.

Valle Hermoso sits at an altitude of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) providing a temperate climate.

It is high enough to moderate summer heat yet low enough that winters are mild.

[citation needed] Tourism peaks during the summer months of December through February when town population can double.

Hotel Vaquerías, over a century old, sits in a hillside niche with artesian springs, swimming, and horseback riding.