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San Ignacio Slideshow
Travel Blogs from San Ignacio, Argentina
And Then There Were Four
This is a top pick! ... and groceries, DC3 never missed a beat as the four of us made our way northeast to the Jesuit Ruins at Santa Ana and San Ignacio. The ruins were as impressive as on our first visit to similar sites across the river in Paraguay back in January, but these ...
Jesuit Ruins
This is a top pick! I might not have gotten to see the Paraguay ones, but I sacrificed myself and got a 6:30am bus to go see the Argentinian ones. Ruins After my 6 hour bus ride, I was dropped off by the side of the road to visit the ruins. I left my bags at the ...
The Jesuits of the Sierras
... ' weer doorgetrokken. Reizen is keuzes maken en soms hebben kleine keuzes grote afstanden tot gevolg. Na Iguacu stopten we namelijk in San Ignacio voor wat ruines en daar konden we, tegen de verwachting in, gelijk een bus naar Cordoba nemen (zo'n 20 uur ...
San Ignacio Miní
... ). I had some and I tried to hitch-hike for a while but as the bus came, I took it. The bus brought me to San Ignacio Miní. There I visited the Jesuitical ruins, such an interesting place. It was declared world heritage sites by the UNESCO due of its ...
4x4, missions and culinary disaster
... for us as the English guides were not present. Nevertheless a day trip to Paraguay was cool. Afterwards we then took a bus to San Ignacio. Followed by a brief walk to find a hostel! Between the 4 of us we managed to hash together one of the worst meals ...
Jesuit ruins
2/16 San Ignacio, Argentina Miles travelled: 47371 We made a stop today near the Jesuit mission of San Ignacio. The Jesuit priests from Spain & Portugal established 30 missions in the area in the 17th century to evangelize the native population. ...
Estancia and ruins
... some time to read.As soon as the sun dissapeared it was though time for the fireplace. Early in the evening we caught then a bus to San Ignacio where it was freezing cold and as we were so tired we all had an early night. The next day we visited the ruins ...
San Ignacio - River and Ruins
We arrived in San Ignacio by overnight bus at 5am. It was meant to arrive at 3am but due to some complications arrived late. Our transfer from the bus station had left, and Shauna trotted off to the hotel to wake the owners and get us a lift to the hotel. ...
San Ignacio Mini
Michelle and Anna an american mother and daughter from Washington State who i met in Iguazu decided to come to San Ignacio Mini with me. We stayed in a room in an artists house. It was pretty basic with cobwebs all over the ceiling and an outside bathroom ...
San Ignacio Argentina
... the lady kind of confused us when she quoted us prices, but we paid 25 pesos in the end. and the rooms were super-clean. San Ignacio Mini Heres a recap of how we arrived in San Ignacio Mini to make sure were all on the same page: From Colonia, ...
Back in Argentina
The only reason that I came to San Ignacio Mini was because I didn´t want to stay in the big border city of Posadas after the 14 hour bus ride from Salto. The bus ride ended up being ...
Street Art and Village Church at San Ignacio
This is a very pretty village with a museum, where photo's are sadly not allowed, and a pretty Jesuit church. there are traditional paintings on the walls in the picturesque ...
Arrival at Estancia Corralito
... 150 years? Lola runs the horse operation as a sideline, primarily for her own enjoyment. The Indians indigenous to Argentina rode paint ponies like the USSA natives. Lola owns one, not by choice. A roving stallion broke into ...
Feb 15, 2011
A tiny town, in the middle of nowhere...
... in Santa Fe and Rosario on the way. A nice stop over point on the road to Santa Fe is a small sleepy town called San Ignacio Mini, home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the ruins of the “Jesuit Guaraní Missions.” This was a ...
It never rains but it pours.
... So we booked our bus onwards for the next day. The next day came and we tried and failed to get up to be at the ruins (San Ignacio Mini - Jesuit Mission as in the film "The Mission" - yes the ruins were very traumatic for Tony) for 7 when they open and ...
The Ruins of San Ignacio
Hi Everyone, Last Wednesday we drove from Iguazu to the San Ignacio ruins. The drive was about 280kms but took a lot longer as we were driving along the border road, we went through about 20 immigration checkpoints. The area is known as Missiones after ...
Argentina - its a wrap!
... . For being the largest and most important site of its time, it is the least recognizable today. Back in San Ignacio, where I was staying, Minì had a free nighttime sound and light show which sucked. I am staying at some artists ...
The Follow-up (Part 1)
... better for nature to take over it's reign of these grounds than man. The third and most important missionary site, San Ignacio, inscribed on the UNESCO's World Heritage list, was reconstructed so obviously there much more to see physically, and ...
Trip to Iguazu
The road to Ibera was quiet challenging - especially with a car like ours - as there was no asphalt.... just stones and loads of wholes in the street. But for those who know me will agree that this shouldn't be a problem for me... :-) The Esteros del ...
Jesuit Missions
Just 20 hours on 3 buses later and here I am in San Ignacio Mini, a sleepy little town known only for the ruins of its Jesuit Mission. Getting off the bus in mid-afternoon I was struck instantly by the heat and humidity - almost back in the jungle ...
San Ignacio
... cada media hora desde la Terminal $5.- en cualquiera de las empresas, aproximadamente 2 horas de viaje. Ruinas de San Ignacio. Entrada para argentinos $ 7, entrada para extranjeros $ 12. Esta entrada sirve por 15 días para ingresar a cualquiera ...
Las missiones
We could have took the ticket to Posadas, but I was not really in love of the city after my first passage and San Ignacio was really near from the 2 missions: one of them a huge red sandstone mission in the center of the town and the other one on the way ...
jesuit ruins
san ignacio, a small town between posadas and puerto iguazú in north-easten argentina. it is famous for the ruins of a jesuit city that thrived there for 150 years or so around the 17-18th century. i spent one night there, in this strange little ...
Jesuit Missions in N Argentina
On our way to Buenos Aires, Dale, Caitriona and I decided to see some sights. Got to the San Ignacio ruins, which were pretty cool, and then to Corrientes, which was terrible, hence no ...
Auf den Spuren der Jesuiten-Missionen
hallo ihr lieben! Von Mercedes ging unsere Reise ueber Corrientes/Umsteigen weiter nach San Ignacio. Bei einer 9 stuendigen Busfahrt, zum ersten Mal tagsueber konnte ich ausfuehrlich die traumhafte Landschaft geniessen. Es ist wie Universum schauen, nur ...
Into the Deep Northeast
... . With red soil and more humid weather, even the vegetation looks different from those in other parts of Argentina. We stayed for a night in San Ignacio, to see the 17th century Jesuit mssion ruin (which was featured in the 1986 movie: "Mission"). It ...