Hotel Ibis Mendoza
Lateral sur acceso este 4241, Guaymallen Mendoza, Province of Mendoza, Cuyo, 5521, Argentina
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Mendoza
Mendoza is such a beautiful city, so green with lots of different plaza`s and a huge park with its own golfcourse, zoo and camping side. The weather is great, around 30 degree and sunshine all day. Mendoza has only 30 days of rain per year, so lucky.
We went outside of Mendoza, hired bikes and visited different vineyards. We always got a …
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Red, Red Wine, Goes to My Head
We travelled from Buenos Aires (1000km) to Mendoza on an overnight bus. This one was booked by Helen and was the very highest standard. Each seat reclined completely into a bed and you got your own TV from which you could choose your own programmes. Once again a really nice meal, wine and champagne before you go to sleep.
The city is in the foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. Two of the main industries of Mendoza area are olive oil production ...
Mendoza (mmmm...Malbec...)
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Maipu is the closest neighbouring wine region to Mendoza (there are quite a few wine regions near Mendoza and you can also do minibus tours but we much prefered the cycle it yourself method :)). As I mentioned earlier it is pretty much Stellenbosch on a tiny tiny scale. Because in Argentina the vineyards are spread accross various areas in the region, so the farm you visit is usually quite a small space and is not necessarily were everything gets done. Whereas ...
Spanish School in Mendoza
... cafes in there too.
After more than 2 weeks it was time to say goodbye to Mendoza. The city lights were twinkling as we boarded an overnight bus for the 16 hour journey south to the Lakes District of Northern Patagonia. That area will be our base for the next 3 months.
I feel like a kid let out of school with the holidays stretching ahead; it will be good to relax with no studying for a while.
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Wineries, Zombies, Bike Rides and Picnics
... The group split here so that only eight of us went in. It was meant to cost 30 pesos each for a tour and tasting, but we weren't too fussed by an hours tour, so instead we were offered a free bottle of bubbly whilst we sat on the terrace and waited for the tasting. It would have obviously been very rude to refuse such an offer and so we made our way to the terrace. The bubbly was gorgeous and the view in the sunshine over the orchard stunning. At this point we all took ...



