Circuito Chico San Carlos de Bariloche

Loving the long distance bus rides by now 22 hours to Bariloche! But at least on tho one we got meals, wine and a nightcap!

Bariloche is like and Argentinian Austria or Switzerland Log cabins and chocolate shops galore with some pretty fantastic scenery to match.

We stayed at Penthouse 1004 on our first night so cool a penthouse …

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Feels like I have a lot to catch up on because we have done and seen so much here in South America. For those of you wanting to do Blogs while travelling, please consider buying a small netbook to take with you. It is difficult to find computers at Hostels with the capability to read memory sticks and a good internet …

If you like fake Austrian chalets, gourmet chocolate shops on every corner and the opportunity to get your picture taken with a giant St Bernard and its very fluffy puppy then San Carlos de Bariloche in the Argentinian Lake District should be high on your list of places to visit...I sort of knew this was what to expect after reading the guide books …

After an 8 hour bus journey, a couple of border stops and a police check with a sniffer dog we arrived in Bariloche. We took a cab from the bus terminal into town to our hostel and arrived around 11 pm. The welcome in Argentina was just fantastic. Despite not having any peso on us (only US dollars) the cab driver took us into town and we had an …

Traveling to Bariloche all on my own took me back to my first year in the dorm at university. I arrived at the hostel after having the stroke of luck that another traveler approached me in the bus terminal with a bus card that she would no longer be using. I took the bus 20 that went along the main road and was marked by kilometers to identify …

Yeah, you read that right, I actually had some tasty beer here! It was quite a treat (definitely a step up from the quinoa beer in Bolivia).

Bariloche is the second most visited place in Argentina, after Mar del Plata. With over 120,000 permanent inhabitants it has the capacity to house 30,000 tourists when all establishments are open. The …

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After a 20 hour bus ride from beautiful Mendoza, we checked into Tango inn, got some advice from Tango inn on where to get a cheap cheerful meal and then we went to the place next door cos the1st place was a rip off.
Not much to do in Bariloche town, very commercialised as it is a commuter town for skiing,but it is a nice place …

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After an incredibly long, 22-hour bus ride we landed in a quaint little German-influenced town on a lake with a mountain range backdrop. We settled into a hostel – Penthouse 1004 which was on the 10^th floor of a residential building around sunset and the views were spectacular. The town of Bariloche is fairly …

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,Out trip from Puerto Natales to Bariloche went via Punta Arenas and Rio Gallegos. We spare you the details, the journey was about 36 hours...

So after havinng crossed the border from Chile to Argentina we arried in Rio Gallegos where we hab about 5 hours until our next bus to Bariloche was supposed to leave.
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... from the top were disappointing so we descended. Despite the drizzle turning heavier we decided to rent mountain bikes and complete the Circuito Chico, a 27 kilometre up and down ride around several of the lakes.  Soon after setting out we were in ...

... stayed in is that is was close to a lot of the incredible vistas and hikes that we wanted to take. Drove the "Circuito Chico" - or little circuit - which was a breathtaking drive along the beautiful Lago Nahuel Huapi, one of the biggest lakes in South ...

... strolling through a small field of wild daisies trying to take a million pictures of them! I think heaven must have wildflowers everywhere... The Circuito Chico is 60 km however you can catch a bus for part of it so that you don't have to ride along ...

... te huren en de buurt te gaan verkennen.  Plannetje gekregen, helmpje op en 'off we go'.  De route wordt de 'Circuito Chico' genoemd en brengt je langs een aantal bekende meren rond Bariloche,  Dit is een vrij heuvelachtige omgeving en ...

... btw, not really).   I hit the ground running and I rent a mountain bike for 5 hours in order to cruise the Circuito Chico which is 62km and supposedly awesome as it winds around a few stunning lakes.  I have a long day ahead of me ...

... around, almost thought I was in Switzerland! We rented mountain bikes for the day and rode over 40 miles in what is called the "Circuito Chico". What we thought was going to be a fairly easy ride felt like it was all up hill!! Needless to say my bum ...

... received a ton more advice about the places we have next on the itinerary. Thursday we rented mountain bikes to check out Circuito Chico, a 30km circuit through some of the most beautiful landscape west of Lago Nahuel Huapi. Adrian had the same idea as ...

... . Mikael raadde ons aan de Chico Loop te doen, een rustig fietstochtje met prachtige views. Wat hij er niet bij vertelde, was dat het Circuito Chico geen vlak paadje is. Het ging op en neer en in totaal deden we ongeveer 40km met de fiets. Maar ere wie ...

... the apologies from the 2 Germans that kept me l caged in my room) we hired some bikes and did the Circuito Chico a 40+ mile cycle route though the lakes around Bariloche. After Km 1 my back tyre exploded...oh dear - got a new bike and after 8 hours (the ...

Late on Wednesday afternoon we arrived at our hostel in San Carlos de Bariloche, the capital of the Argentinean Lake District. The town stretches along the southern shore of Lago Nahuel Huapi, and although the town itself is not very pretty, the ...