Tigre, Argentina Travel Blogs

Tigre and the Delta
Nov 25, 2006 (5 photos)

... the Delta. A short hop on the Coastal train and 1.90 Pesos ( less than a dollar return) and we were there. Tigre´s waterways offer a glimpse at the simple coastal Argentinean life. The canal system is the only means of transport and offers a peaceful ...

Heading Home for the Holidays!
Jun 29, 2005 (8 photos)

... the van and preparing for our trip home. Coming from many months of splendid solitude in Patagonia and the isolated southern regions of Argentina and Chile, it is quite a shock to the system to find ourselves back in the noise, pollution and congestion of ...

and into the mouth of La Tigre
Dec 29, 2006

... life, but that too dient pan out. so we got up this morning, caught a cab to the bus station and went to la tigre. it was a beautiful delta town, with many many picture opritunities. they had fantastic icecream, my fabvorate so far is Dulce De Leche. and ...

Getting Out of the City
Apr 22, 2009 (1 photos)

Tres Bocas can be accessed only by boat as it is in the delta area north of Buenos Aires. Composed primarily of small cottages, this small Louisiana Bayou-esque place enchants visitors from less temperate climates but is not quite so exotic to Floridians. ...

On a plata
Dec 23, 2008 (10 photos)

Day trip to Tigre a suburb of BA, to see the Rio Plata river delta..

From Buenos Aires to San Miguel de Tucumán
Sep 3, 2009

I'm very happy !!

Trigre
Jan 13, 2007 (12 photos)

... women from Toronto. They reminded me of Daina, Joy and Lena when there were on their European trip! These ladies have been in Argentina for a month now and gave me lots of tips and suggestions on places to eat. It seems that they were all about wine and ...

Buenos Aires querido
Oct 27, 2009

... is very famous among some other things for been the rest place of Evita (Eva Perón, a very important character in Argentina history). The Recoleta cementery opened its doors in 1822 and is one of the most remarkable demostrations of funeral architecture in ...

Tigre and the River de la Plata
Mar 5, 2005 (5 photos)

Our first trip out of town was to Tigre, which is about 45 minutes NW (on a train) of Buenos Aires. We had heard a lot about Tigre and how it is beautiful to go and take a boat around the Rio de la Plata. The train ride over wasn´t much fun, we had ...

Tigre
Nov 6, 2008

Tigre

Le delta du tigre
Jan 9, 2009 (4 photos)

... Buenos Aires tot dans la matinee pour nous rendre en train dans la region du delat du Río del Sur dans la ville de Tigre au nord. Nous empruntons le "Tren de la costa" qui en fait n´a rien de remarquable. Sur place nous nous retrouvons dans une grande ...

Tigre
Mar 10, 2008 (4 photos)

... back to semi civilisation and found a nice restaurant to eat lunch in. By that time it was time to catch our returning boat to Tigre and we spent some time wandering around the markets and then caught the train home. It took longer to get the bus from the ...

No roads, only rivers
Feb 7, 2004 (5 photos)

I took about an hour train ride north to a small city called Tigre. Once you get out of the downtown area there are no more roads, only rivers to get around on. I took a watertaxi into a neighborhood and had lunch at a riverside cafe. After that I ...

Worst black jack players ever
Jan 10, 2008

... but I didn`t record them in my phone and I have forgotten all of them.  I do remember thinking though that Argentina doesn`t supply nearly as much humor as Brazil does.  In Argentina things work better, Argentina is much cleaner and while this ...

Spanske gloser og moedet med en AEGTE amerikaner!
Oct 22, 2009

... , saa nu maa vi se, hvad de naeste dage byder paa. I gaar besoegte jeg "Museo Evita", hun er faktisk saa stor i Argentina, som man tror. Virkelig inspirerende at laese om folkets haab og Evitas ildsjaeld.. Jeg vil smutte igen for i aften, ...

I argentinsk selskab :)
Oct 27, 2009

Har oplevet saa meget og moedt saa mange mennesker de sidste dage, at jeg slet ikke ved, hvor jeg skal begynde!! Jeg skiftede jo hostel sidste torsdag, og det nye har vaeret alletiders. Lidt stoerre, lidt flere mennesker og mere liv.. Har siden sidst jeg ...

¡Tigre, Tigre, Tigre!
Sep 21, 2009 (6 photos)

... ´t be fooled by the sounds of a river stroll... the water was quite dirty, yet the experience was quite enjoyable. After returning from Tigre to Buenos Aires, we met up with our friends from CHR Buenos Aires - Javier and Nadia! Apparently it was 2 for 1 ...

The River and Frogs
Apr 14, 2006 (25 photos)

... of a change of attitude in all people towards littering, but rather on a more rigorous and disciplined cleaning system in Tigre. The architecture was unlike I've seen in Buenos Aires. The high apexed roofs of the houses and buildings that peaked out ...

If I were El Presidente, I would have a house here
Apr 28, 2009 (10 photos)

... , and I have to agree that this would be a lovely place to have a retreat--quiet, green, cool.  A former President of Argentina had his vacation home there.  The home is still there, along with a replica encased in Lucite.  I have to say, my ...

Tame the Tigre
Dec 19, 2007 (13 photos)

...  train and finally 30 mins by boat. This is now a short journey for us after some of our 20+ hour journeys. Tigre is a very small island in the middle of a river delta and it is very beautiful. There are no roads just canals everywhere. ...

- in love with Buenos Aires :)
Oct 19, 2009

Saa sidder man her med ufattelig ondt i baade foedder og ben efter endnu en dag med lang lang gaatur. Gik hele vejen gennem byen til "Cementerio de la Recoleta", en virkelig flot og kaempe gravplads i byens Recoleta kvarter nord for centrum. Til ...

A weekend at the cottage, Porteño style
Nov 2, 2008 (17 photos)

... .  More on that later. An early start on the bus to the train station, an hour train journey, a quick stop in Tigre for (oh dear I can´t even say it) McDonald´s breakfast and grocery shopping, then onto the lancha for our departure at 10am.  The ...

Canal Ride in Tigre... grrrrrrrrrr!
Feb 17, 2008 (3 photos)

Amanda, Rebecca and I took the train ride out to Tigre, a small town just outside of BA, on a sweltering hot day.  Basically, I will forever remember this day as the day of travel; 2hour train ride for a 1 hour canal ride, a 1 self-guided walking tour ...

Election/El Tigre
Nov 8, 2008 (25 photos)

... .  The train costs about 2 pesos, or 70 cents, round trip.  The city itself isn't the main attraction though.  Tigre is popular for it's series of islands in the river, many of which are home to private spas and resorts.  We decided to ...

Tigre and the Parana Delta
Sep 4, 2008

... ;begin eating again. On the recommendation of our hosts at Casona Ruichi (fantastic family-owned colonial mansion in Tigre) we limited our activities in the Delta to stuffing ourselves silly at a nice restaurant (Gato Blanco) and polishing ...

The Swamp
Jul 3, 2005 (1 photos)

Upon returning to Argentina we went to Tigre. The guide books say Tigre is amazing, in our experience it's just a swamp with a hell a lot of dogs and one Irishman who appeared to have booked a lot of time in the hotel there. Saying that it was kind of ...

Foerste destination: Buenos Aires
Oct 16, 2009 (1 photos)

... sammen. Koebt mig en ordbog, og set nogle af de vigtige pladser, bl.a. Plaza de Mayo som er opkaldt efter dagen hvor Argentina fik sin afhaengighed i 1810. Og til hoejre for pladsen ikke at forglemme Casa Rosada, hvor Evita stod paa balkonen i sin tid. ...

La Plata to Tigre - success at last!
May 4, 2006 (5 photos)

See next entry - covered there.

Going With the Flow -- --- - Tigre
Mar 19, 2006 (8 photos)

... about a symbiotic relationship. Every conversation is a chance to learn a little bit more and so I learned that FEDEX Argentina in fact flies everything from Argentina to a hub in Viracopos Campinas near Sao Paulo, Brazil for further dispatching. These ...

Day 20 - Delta Blues
Sep 12, 2009 (27 photos)

... couple these days). Ah the youth of today... The price of things here are incredible: a 50 minute train ride from the city to Tigre cost 1.35 pesos, approximately 25 cents! Lovely big steak (what we know as fillet but they regard as sirlion - no fat) and ...