Destinations Visited
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Buenos AiresBuenos Aires is a cosmopolitan city and it is characterized by the big contrasts among the different neighborhoods that form it. It has an intense cultural life that is reflected in the numerous artistic shows that offer, ideals for the tourist that looks for to know it from their roots and more primitive customs. Their inhabitants, denominated " Buenos Aires " for the great port influence that helped vastly to the development of the city, they arrived of all the points of the country or they are descending of European. The buildings of century principle reflect the desire of an entire generation that wanted to place then to the country among the world powers of that. Their parks, their fairs, their theaters and bookstores; soccer stadiums, museums and coffees... they grant him a colorful inigualable. Buenos Aires contain neighborhoods of low houses with gardens and wide sidewalks; old neighborhoods with conventillos; luxurious neighborhoods with mansions of styles refined in the neighborhood of the Recoleta; big avenues and six terminals of train of great architectural value... The list continues and it is endless. Buenos Aires is difficult to describe, difficult to explain and impossible to embrace. To stop next to the mythical Shaft, in the intersection of the avenues 9 of Julio and Currents can be the ideal place to begin the great adventure of knowing Buenos Aires. |
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BarilocheLocated in the western area of the Province of Río Negro, Bariloche is in the heart of the Nahuel Huapi National Park . Lying on the southern shore of the lake after which the park is named, it is the perfect combination between the speed of the city and the quietness of nature. Only 1,640 kilometers away from the city of Buenos Aires , this tourist city has a hotel and gastronomic infrastructure that was first developed over eight decades ago. Not only is San Carlos de Bariloche a mandatory destination for students on their graduation trip, but it also welcomes visitors from all over the world who enjoy its wonderful landscapes, its tourist services and the facilities of one of the main ski resorts in Argentina: Cerro Catedral. The scope of activities seducing the tourists that visit Bariloche is in force all through the year. During the summer, adventure tours are protagonists: rafting, hiking, mountain biking, horse-riding and fly fishing excursions. In winter, snow sports enter the scene. Likewise, lake excursions across the Nahuel Huapi provide access to spots that are unique in the world, such as the Myrtle Forest and Victoria Island . The various tourist circuits in Bariloche include sites like Mount Tronador , Puerto Pañuelo, Puerto Blest, Los Alerces Cascade and Small Circuit. Bariloche is a pioneer among the lands that man has chosen as a destination to meet their need of traveling for pleasure. |
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El CalafateIn El Calafate you will find yourself at the gateway to the majestic world of glaciers. This town is near Lake Argentino , a green water surface covering 1600 km2, with a length of 60 km ., a width between 12 and 14 km ., and depths from 35 m . in Feruglio on the coast and centre, to 300 m . in the Avellaneda Peninsula. El Calafate presents a dry climate, with an average maximum temperature of 19ºC, and an average minimum in winter of -2º. In summer the sun rises at 5.30am and sets at 11pm. In winter the day is shorter, there are only 8 hours of light. El Calafate is the main supplier of the area, a city of around 8,000 inhabitants on a surface of 155,000 hectares , with rivers and creeks draining into the Atlantic Ocean through the Santa Cruz River . Los Glaciares National Park covers a surface of some 600,000 hectares with 47 glaciers, such as the Marconi, the Viedma, the Moyano, the Upsala, the Agassiz, the Bolado, the Onelli, the Peineta, the Spegazzini, the Mayo, the Ameghino, the Moreno and the Frías, all of them draining into the Atlantic . From El Calafate, you can go on excursions by bus or in modern ships. Tours and outings to the classical viewpoint of the Perito Moreno Glacier or the audacious expeditions to cross the glaciers can be organized. The International Airport of El Calafate, inaugurated on 17th November, 2000, receives direct flights from Buenos Aires , Trelew, Bariloche, Puerto Natales, and other cities. |
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