Mendoza, Argentina Travel Blogs

Jumping the Mountains
May 29, 2006 (9 photos)

Notice: I will be returning to the US on August 6th, having changed my ticket. When Santiagüinos hop on a bus and travel to Mendoza, Argentina, they do it for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, it's a heck of a lot cheaper there (especially for ...

Stuck in Mendoza
Jul 21, 2008 (7 photos)

... to do! We had a BBQ Buffet the other night.... the most meat i have ever eaten in one sitting i think ....apparently Argentina is famous for its BBQ´s and Steak..... Me and Zoe ate soooooo much meat i hurt afterward, i have attached a pictures of ...

The road to Mendoza
May 14, 2005 (10 photos)

... enable us to cover a lot of ground on good roads, as well as give us the opportunity to see another part of Argentina. We were assured that the road between the lakes and Neuquen was flat: after a particularly steep 8-mile climb we weren't entirely ...

A holiday within a holiday.
May 29, 2005 (15 photos)

... , wonder... I am sitting on a bus in one of Santiago's many bus terminals. I am waiting for our departure to Mendoza, in the Argentina vine district. Ahead of me is another long-haul. Nine hours or so crossing the Andes mountains. The window seat next ...

Mendoza and wine!
Jul 18, 2008 (11 photos)

... the effect is wide open inviting streets, lined with restaurant's and shops. One thing i want to say about our experience in Argentina so far is the fact that everything has a much more European feel about it... I guess it is because everything is more ...

Downhill with a following wind
Apr 21, 2006 (5 photos)

... . Adam, I have unfaltering respect for you! However, staying in Uspallata introduced me to the benefits for a foreign tourist of Argentina´s disastrous econmic collapse a few years ago - my hotel room, which contained a double bed for me and a bunk for ...

Meat
Sep 16, 2005 (2 photos)

... was arrested when the police found a pipe in his bag that looked nothing like the kind my Dad used to smoke. Mendoza, one of Argentina's biggest cities, is surrounded by the snow-covered Andes and is the wine capital of the country. I learnt how to ...

The business class backpacker.
Jul 7, 2005 (9 photos)

... once before, I am not out to prove myself, but to have a good time. And I do!!! Well, I have just returned from Easter Island and I am back in Mendoza for the third time. I feel like I know this place now, so it's time to make a move north. I promise!

Dozy in Mendoza
Apr 30, 2006

... back garden of a beautiful house after we were done (with some wine of course). We went on another wine tour. Mendoza is the wine capital of Argentina. There were 2 wineries and an olive oil factory on this tour, but some tours take you on a bike tour, ...

DOMINEY FAMILY VACATION - Print Edition
Jun 11, 2007 (34 photos)

... up once or twice. Day 6 We return to Buenos Aires with our day packs. We´re planning to leave for Iguazu Falls in northern Argentina/southern Brazil on the bus that night. The trip takes 18 hours, so we decide to grab some dinner first. We walk by ¨El ...

Shakin' it down with the mozzies
Apr 25, 2006 (3 photos)

... I was. It was pretty late by this time so really I should've looked for somewhere to bed down for the night, but clearly Mendoza had started to feel tame because I decided instead to take advantage of the remains of the day to make a break. Finding my ...

Madrid to Mendoza via Buenos Aires - Day 2
Jan 9, 2009

... over the Christmas holiday's and generally being lazy, but I'll give it my best shot. Haven't really seen a lot of Mendoza today, went for a brief walk but I'm feeling completely knackered, just hung around the Crillon hotel where I'm staying for most ...

Mendoza
Nov 23, 2006 (10 photos)

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Mendoza - Day 22-23
Jan 29, 2009

... some internet admin and continued to be depressed about not summiting Aconcagua. Went for a walk around hot and sticky Mendoza, a 70 degree temperature diffrence from the freezing conditions on the mountain. My body still needs to adjust to this crazy ...

Making it to Mendoza
Jul 17, 2008 (14 photos)

... my kind of place...   There´s supposed to be lots of stuff to do, but the main attraction of Mendoza is the countless vineyards... around 80% of Argentina´s wine is produced here.  So Tom and I (once again) got some bikes and set off to do a ...

A really beautiful city
Apr 24, 2006 (9 photos)

... benches doing not very much. I am trying not to become too comfortable here... I have taken the opportunity while in Mendoza to sample Argentina´s famous steaks, and though no great meat-eater, they really are good. I have also sampled some of the local ...

Downtime...
Apr 17, 2008 (37 photos)

... of things to get used to. Shit here is so different, even to Chile. Here are the top 5 things to adjust to in Argentina: 5. Booze is ridiculously cheap. That is not good for me. Bottle of decent wine? $1.50. 1 Litre bottle of beer? 90c. Booze ...

No excuses for not drinking wine
Oct 31, 2005 (8 photos)

... was produced and see the difference between a big slick operation and a family run vineyard. This area produces a huge proportion of Argentina's wine so there is a lot to see. Also the tasting was good! The first chocolate place was really cute, they ...

Merry Christmas Mendoza
Dec 25, 2005 (4 photos)

... it´ll be mobbed, expensive, hard to get transport and accomodation. In fact it could really be a nightmare. Secondly, I really love Argentina but it´s also nice, clean and predictable. I´m getting itchy feet for a little bit of adventure again and I know that ...

Mendoza - wine and mountains
Apr 7, 2005

... . Turned into 16 hours, and we had just one 20 minute stop in all that time. A word of advice to people going to Argentina, NEVER travel T.A.C! Plus I now know it was overpriced, I have a trip back to Buenos Aires booked on a full Cama bus (your seat is ...

Mendoza
May 16, 2008 (6 photos)

By the wine buff! Saturday was a day for vino and finding out more about the heart and soul of Argentina´s wine region - Mendoza. We decided to head to Maipu one of the main wine areas located about 12 km south of Mendoza. Our very helpful ...

¿Cómo se dice...?
May 17, 2005 (8 photos)

... . Breaking the barrier..., sort of. I'm back to Spanish school once again. I have signed up for a two weeks course here in Mendoza. The one week I did back in Guatemala, at the start of my trip, didn't really help much as I knew absolutely nothing when ...

Malbec-land
Oct 7, 2008 (21 photos)

Greetings from Mendoza, Argentina - the heart of  Argentina's wine country.  There are over 1000 bodegas (wineries) around Mendoza with a combined annual production of over a Billion liters.  The majority of the& ...

A Hike in the Snow
Jun 14, 2005 (20 photos)

... , and we have since spent a lot of time getting to know each other in Peru, Bolivia, Chile and especially in Argentina. From the amazing active volcanoes in the Cordillera Real south of Quito, to the magnificent snowy peaks of the Cordillera Blanca north ...

Wine and Olives
Jun 6, 2005 (20 photos)

... tours, and of course the "obligatory" samplings! The Mendoza area with its charming vineyards produces about three quarters of Argentina's wines, and until recently they were all consumed in-country. After all, with prices starting as low as Cdn $1.00 ...

Bed bug nightmares, Part II
Jan 11, 2009 (8 photos)

... and scary view of the switchbacks below as we climbed up to Paso Libertadores where the boarder was between Chile and Argentina. The views were naturally spectacular and we passed what looked like remains of glaciers creeping down the mountain, gushing ...

Thou shalt eat STEAK!
Jul 19, 2008 (10 photos)

OK... so having sampled all the wine that we could find in Argentina, we decided to go for the other thing this country is famous for.... BARBEQUE!!!  Even a part-time meat eater like me can appreciate the setup they have here... The place ...

Wine, Spanish and big mountains
Apr 2, 2005 (14 photos)

... really good this time. We have both improved alot since leaving Brazil and feel we can at least make ourselves understood in Argentina now. Whether anyone will be able to understand us in Ecuador is another matter!People have finally stopped looking at me ...

Do we really need more wine?
Nov 28, 2006 (5 photos)

Bus arrived Monday morning and we got a free lift with one of the ever-present touts at the bus station to the Lifehouse Hostel one block from Plaza Independencia in the centre of town. A double room with bathroom for 60 pesos. We wander around town which ...

Mendoza - Day 3-5
Jan 10, 2009 (7 photos)

... and chairs from the numerous cafe's and bars. Day 4 - 10/01/09 Spend most of the morning sat outside a café on Mendoza's main drag, eating, drinking and people watching. Mendoza's a fantastic place to just sit around and do nothing and that's exactly ...