Bariloche, Argentina Travel Blogs

the last stretch in Patagonia .....
Jan 21, 2006

... it's the place to sleep, drink beer, eat chocolate and plan your route into Chile. After four months in Argentina, I'm oddly apprehensive about going to a different country. Argentina is fantastic, with friendly people, great steaks, cheap wine, and ...

The Lake District
Apr 22, 2005 (19 photos)

... extreme temperature of -45 degrees centigrade: Philsy is hoping that this will not be absolutely necessary . . . Bariloche's also the 'chocolate capital of Argentina', and we're now doing our best to test this Lonely Planet claim - elderly ladies in ...

My katzenjammer with the Million Dollar Baby.
Apr 25, 2005 (3 photos)

... in Asuncion, idling on a park bench in Antigua, dipping your toes in the Pacific Ocean, sampling delicious chocolate in Bariloche, diving with sharks in Honduras, looking at the girls..., everywhere, getting your clean clothes from the laundry, waking up ...

Shit, where's the Spanish phrase book?
Jan 8, 2005 (12 photos)

... the simplest Spanish. This could have something to do with the main sounds of Spanish being pronounced completely differently in Argentina. Even after starting school the blank stares and the crumpled faces continued, until we had got the pronunciation of ...

Could be in the Alps
Oct 26, 2005 (4 photos)

... Once we arrived in Puerto Montt, Rebecca, me and Christy and Andy, an Aussie couple, jumped on a bus to Bariloche, Argentina. We tootled over the Andes and messed about for a while at customs (very entertaining officials blatantly playing soliaire on ...

Bariloche
May 3, 2008 (22 photos)

... are famous, we visited five, but donīt think they were all belonging to the seven lakes, still following me?! Meanwhile in Bariloche, it was raining Ash. It was being carried over the mountains from the Volcano in Chile. So the town looked like it was ...

Indulgent Argentina
Oct 29, 2004 (5 photos)

... him to take us on drives through the surrounding mountains and on a tour of the cityīs eateries and chocolate shops. Bariloche is surrounded by beautiful lakes and the beginnings of the Patagonia mountains. Itīs a popular tourist destination with plenty ...

Bariloche, El Bolson, Esquel
Dec 5, 2006 (23 photos)

... see if the Argentinian side of this area of outstanding natural beauty can impress us as much. We base ourselves in Bariloche, Argentina's Chocolate capital, what a great place! Nearly every second shop is a chocolate shop on Bariloche's main drag, ...

El Gaucho Gordo
Apr 4, 2007 (13 photos)

From San Martin the posse moved south to Bariloche the main tourist town in the area. The bus - driven I think by Juan Fangio Jr - took us on unmade twisty ripio roads around the reknowned Seven Lakes Drive until we finally made it to Lake Nahuel ...

Are Cow-Collisions Covered by the Damage Waiver?
Oct 16, 2008 (19 photos)

Next time I rent a car in Argentina, I'm going to make sure to ask if cow-collisions are covered by the damage waiver. One of the best parts of Bariloche was getting away from it to check out all the tiny villages nestled along alpine lakes in the ...

Flying through the woods at obnoxious speeds
Oct 15, 2008 (13 photos)

OK - so I have never done a "zip line" before and I had a major misconception about what it is really like.  Originally I thought it would be a relaxing trip through the tops of the trees where you pull yourself hand-over-hand and check ...

Snowboarding the Andes II - Boarding in Bariloche
Jul 1, 2005 (11 photos)

Our second 'base' for snowboarding was back in the beautiful city of Bariloche. From the slopes at 'Cerro Catedral' we get great views of the surrounding mountains and down to the lake in the valley below. We had lots of fresh snow this week and both ...

The Heart of the Lake District
Jan 14, 2007 (8 photos)

... better.  Although the town of Bariloche is nothing special to look at, the surroundings are what make this place Argentina's 2nd most popular destination.  There's great skiing in the winter and every other outdoor pursuit in the summer.  ...

Touristy Bariloche
Oct 21, 2006

... nice but Iīm wearing the effects of 40 hours on buses this week with feeling very tired. My first impressions of Bariloche are negative. I canīt stand touristy resorts as previously mentioned on this travelpod. I canīt stand being surrounded by toffee ...

"Home" for Newyear
Dec 29, 2006 (6 photos)

... there was nice people, until the light went out...     In the newyear it was finaly time to say goodbye for good to Bariloche, which also meant goodbye to Jay, my climbing partner. We did it in style, with a beer degustation in a local home brewery ...

Climbing and trekking
Nov 19, 2006 (21 photos)

... reading, chatting with the climbers, watching the mountains, enjoying the sun (weather has been great!!),... Back to Bariloche, via refugio Jakob The way back to Bariloche I did via a trek to another refugio, refugio Jakob. ...

Argentina again!
Feb 2, 2006 (25 photos)

... , densely wooded terrain that was breathtaking. We finally got to the Argentine border stop to much relief and crossed back into Argentina. The scenery seemed to get even better as we got closer to Bariloche and as the sun went down the mountains appeared ...

Bariloche
Dec 12, 2006

En-route to the Lake district we stooped for one night in the town of Bariloche. Unfortunately, I don not have any photos of my short visit. I was in search of something off the beaten path and left the backpacking town quickly.

Mirrored Lakes & Snow Peaks
Oct 12, 2007 (70 photos)

... ... In the end we were in Bariloche for a couple of extra days thanks you the ever reliable sales staff here in Argentina... Thursday So upon arriving on Thursday, refreshed from our up-grade to a coche cama type bus.... Time out: To clarify, ...

"Crash course" in Spanish
Oct 15, 2008 (16 photos)

... in the raft was inside and bracing while I was paddling forward and vice versa. Either way, the rafting in Bariloche is hands-down the most spectacular I've ever done.  The water was vivid turquoise and the river went through a gray ...

Little Switzerland (or maybe Big Switzerland)
Oct 15, 2008 (9 photos)

... 19 hours by over-night bus south from Mendoza along the Andes to the little alpine town of Bariloche. Bariloche is Argentina's premier ski destination and one of the prettiest places I've ever seen.  It feels a lot like ...

Bariloche: Does this chocolate make me look FAT?
Feb 6, 2008 (17 photos)

... Pucon was rumoured to be equally amazing and so we hopped a bus to find out for ourselves.  We quickly discovered that Argentina`s lax border crossings were not the norm as every individual bag on our bus was x-rayed as we passed through the Chilean ...

Skiing and hiking around the Lake district
Oct 2, 2004

... high up a mountain side that is home to many of the young men from the district who lost their life fighting for Argentina. There were many headstones with 1982 as the date of their death so they must have lost their life fighting in the Falklands war or ...

Going South
Nov 11, 2006 (17 photos)

... a good night sleep in a comfortable bus and some nice views at the last part of the ride made it a nice experience. Here in Bariloche I have spent some more easy days. I spent lots of time in the magnificent hostal 1004, at the 10th floor of an ...

Frey, revisited
Dec 5, 2006 (45 photos)

... and enjoying the extraordinary nice weather.   The birthday But first came my birthday, which I celebrated down in Bariloche. As a coincidence there was a wine, chocolate and chees tasting night at the hostal the night before my birthday. A ...

Again
Dec 25, 2006 (1 photos)

Again, indeed... Together with Colleen and Carey I traveled on to Bariloche, where we spend two easy days, recovering from Christmas eve and having a Christmas dinner (as in Canada people celebrate Christmas on the 25th). We shared that Christmas ...

Winter Wonderland - Bariloche Revisited
May 29, 2005 (15 photos)

... mountain passes behind us - thankfully successfully negotiated - we dropped down to Lago Nahuel Huapi and arrived in a very different Bariloche than the one we remembered from our visit in February. The summer season is now over and the ski slopes have ...

Patagonia Lake District
Nov 5, 2005 (4 photos)

... from the cooler that was almost the size of half a cow, just to make the picture more authentic... Vegetarians beware of Argentina, it can bring out the animal in you!! The great food was accompanied by fine Argentinean wine, very cheap and incredibly ...

Chocolate Lovers Paradise!
Feb 5, 2005 (3 photos)

Took the scenic 7 hour trip from San Martin to Bariloche and arrived late afternoon.... another lovely picturesque town in the outdoor playground of Patagonia. This is as far south as we are travelling before heading back north to Buenos Aires.... ...

HITCHING TO BARILOCHE - PART II
Dec 9, 2002 (4 photos)

... of the Argentinian gaucho began exciting me so much I wanted myself to work on a farm. Nearing the city of Bariloche, snow-triangle-topped Andes mountains stood beautifully in the distance. Below the road to the left, large powdery white-blue ...