Plottier

Plottier is in the Confluencia department, 15 km from Neuquén city, on the Limay River and National Route 22. With 52,190 residents (2022 census) it is the province’s second largest town.

Things to do

It has 15 km of open-access riverfront along the Limay. The European-style house built by its founder still stands by the river. It is part of the Wine, Apples and Dinosaurs Route of northern Neuquén.

Getting here

Along National Route 22, now a dual carriageway, from Neuquén; the same road continues to the bridge linking it to Cipolletti.

Climate

Cold-temperate and semi-arid, with average temperatures of 12 to 14 °C and under 300 mm of rain a year. Between September and December the area’s characteristic strong wind blows.

History

It was founded by Uruguayan doctor Alberto Plottier, who in the early 20th century built a network of irrigation canals — with pumps brought from Europe to draw water from the Limay — turning dry land into fruit farms. The Southern Railway station opened in 1914 and the local development commission was created in 1935.

Distances: 15 km from Neuquén city · National Route 22