Mendoza Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

Na een lange, lange, lange busreis van 15 uur ´s middags tot 8 uur de volgende ochtend, waarin ik me zelfs heb laten verleiden tot een potje bingo (echt die bussen zijn van alle ¨gemakken¨ voorzien), kwamen wij niet al te fris, maar wel fruitig aan in Mendoza. Fruitig, omdat Mendoza de wijnhoofdstad van Argentinie is en als echte wijn no-brainer...

Hearing the words 18 hour bus trip is enough to fill most sane people with dread but that's exactly what lay ahead of us. In our case though the bus trip was more comfortable and fun than any long haul flight we've ever experienced. Firstly our trolley dolly, well in this case trolley Ken, was an absolute gem and pleasant the entire trip as well...

Had to be up for a 7:30am start, weren´t surprised when we were eventually picked up at 8 - pretty decent considering the loose south american timing. First stop was the beautiful valley of Uspallata which is surrounded by multi-coloured mountains. Movie buffs will be surprised (& mildly disappointed) that the Brad Pitt movie, 7 years in Tib...

Mendoza is a small city, compared to Cordoba, and it´s much more 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 day long tour of some of the wineries... By...

First of all, happy Mayday to those of you around the world who have the day off from work. Sorry to not have written in so long; the time just passes, doesn't it? As a result of being an entire month since the last entry, there is going to be a lot to say, so I am going to divide today's entries into two: first, what I have been doing, and seco...

Another day, another bus heading west, this time across some of the flattest and best agricultural land in the world. The route to Cordoba is a very well trodden path through the heart of Argentina along Ruta 9, passing back through Rosario. Again the scale of both Argentina and South America are pushed home by the endless fields. On the way, we...

Friday we head out to tour three vineyards. The first, Salentein, http://www.bodegasalentein.com/bodega/i ndex.html is a cold adn calculated temple to wine with a cleanly designed modern visitor center, gallery and a separate winery. Heavy on hype, the tour guide must have mentioned a half dozen times "that´s why our premium wine is so expensive...

From the Capital of Chocolate to the Capital of wine..... yes Michelle is in her element! In a place called Mendoza at the moment for 3days. Really cool place and very laid back. It took 18hours on the bus from Bariloche to here so we were glad to get off the bus after that length of time. It didn´t help matters that there was this annoying Germ...

Arrived in Mendoza early after another overnight bus journey. The hostel we used in Bariloche booked us somewhere to stay in Mendoza so we arrived at the door of the HI hostel baggage in hand. What a dump!.. Our room was a garden shed more or less, sheets smelled, room was filthy, toilet was flooded! Awful.. Stayed there one night clung to our ...

We enjoyed a fantastically comfortable bus ride, complete with a Stewradess (not flight attendant, cuz there was no flight), a warm dinner with wine, some breakfast with coffee, we arrived in Mendoza, on the foot of the Andes and in the heart of Argentinian Wine Country. We quickly found out how to get some bikes for tomorrow and start on a 40km...