Tourism
Merlo may be divided into two from the standpoint of tourism.
- La Villa Colonial ("the colonial town"), whose settlement began at the end of the eighteenth century at Piedra Blanca, with its mild climate and numerous streams, includes the chapel of Nuestra Señora del Rosario ("Our Lady of the Rosary"), a national monument and one of the oldest buildings in the country.
- La Villa Veraniega ("the summertime town") possesses an important infrastructure to support tourism.
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“In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.”
—Robert Runcie (b. 1921)