Written by SeenThat on November 29, 2008
- A park larger than its own townOccupying 307 hectares, and offering 17 kilometers of paths, the San Martin Park in Mendoza is larger than the adjacent downtown area and probably is the town’s main attraction....
Written by SeenThat on November 29, 2008
- Zoning TimeI had left Buenos Aires in the afternoon. Next morning just before 8 AM, we entered the Terminal del Sol, Mendoza’s bus terminal. I picked up my luggage and entered the building, which looked...
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on August 24, 2007
- In 1967 I arrived at Mendoza city selling books and decided that it was the city where I wanted to live, after having traveled town by town over fourteen different Provinces of Argentina. Even today,...
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on April 23, 2007
- THE ROAD TO THE ACONCAGUA (PUENTE DEL INCA, POLVAREDAS, PENITENTES, AND LAS CUEVAS)
The second last time I took this tour (in September, three years ago), I was fortunate. As the road to the Cristo...
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on April 22, 2007
- San Rafael is a medium-sized city (some 50,000 inhabitants), is an important vineyard and winery area, but also has beautiful places that, in some cases, can be visited by bus. Valle Grande,the lower part...
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on August 24, 2007
- Knowing that Las Leñas is very expensive, I had never visited this prime ski resort, until I found out that I could visit it on a tour from Mendoza for less than thirty dollars… This...
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on April 23, 2007
- Las Leñas is beautiful and expensive. International skiers come to train here, because a combination of three tracks allows them to ski some seven miles at a time.
During the high season, July, a single...
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on April 22, 2007
- The tour to Las Cuevas/Aconcagua Provincial Park is the milestone of any tour to Mendoza. The Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the American Continent, over 23,000 feet high. It is on...
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on April 21, 2007
- Mendoza is a miracle of human effort. It is in the midst of the desert and the effort of man, starting with the Incas and Huarpes Indians who constructed the main irrigation channel (Cacique...
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on November 1, 2006
- Apart from the city tour and the High Mountain tour (Aconcagua and/or Cristo Redentor), the Atuel Canyon is another very nice tour, although it takes 12 to 14 hours (depending on the driver) and means...
Mendoza
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