With the wine aficionados in their element, non-wine-lovers can discover the city’s wide, tree-lined avenues, pergolas and plazas – on Saturdays, stop at Plaza Espana for its weekly artisans’ market or abscond to the mountains for magical nighttime horse-riding. Siestas are still common in Mendoza, with stores usually closing between 1pm and 5.30pm, so make sure you have organised something to do during this time. However, with year-round high temperatures, no humidity and sporadic rain, there is every reason to stay outdoors and bask in the Argentine sun.