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Inside Buenos Aires

Most participants (apart from the local ones) will certainly land at Buenos Aires' international airport (Ezeiza) first. Domestic flights take off from another airport (Aeroparque Jorge Newery), located 40km away along the Río de La Plata river and very near the center of Buenos Aires. So you will surely need to transfer between both airports. We do not advise visitors to take a taxi in Ezeiza. It is preferable to either take one of the small buses of the company Manuel Tienda León, or to take a ``remise'' (a sort of non-luxury limousine service with pre-arranged fare). Cost of the bus is about $15, and a direct transfer Ezeiza-Aeroparque takes about 1 hour (but you should allow for a waiting time, and slowings in the traffic, so perhaps 2 hours is a better number to be sure of not missing the flight). This same company also does connecting trips between both airports and the center of Buenos Aires (streets Santa Fé and Esmeralda).

Currency and cash availability

The argentinian currency is the peso. The present exchange rate is 1 peso = 1 US$. Due to the economic system adopted since 1990, US$ are accepted as well as local currency everywhere. Therefore, it is convenient to simply bring US$ with you. Credit cards are widely spread and many automated tellers are linked to major international networks like Cirrus/MasterCard and Visa/Plus.

Telephone calls

Most major international calling cards (AT&T,MCI,etc.) can be used for calls from private phones, but this service is not yet available from public ones. At present, there are two major (private) phone companies operating in Argentina: Telefónica de Argentina and Telecom Argentina. To call from a public phone one should use a calling card available in most newstands and kiosks everywhere. Cost of the cards range from 6 US$ to 20 US$ and enable the user to call from telephone booths of any of both companies. One may also call from some stores, known as ``locutorios'' which have several phone booths inside. They have the extra convenience of not having to worry about the lifetime of a calling card. Most stores display the actual fare on a display while you are making the phone call.

The international telephone code for Argentina is 54. The city code for Bariloche is 2944 and the one for Buenos Aires is 11. Also you should know that a 0 prefix is needed for non-local calls inside Argentina, and that you should type 00 to make an international call. For instance, you would type 0 2944 445126 to call R. Trinchero from any phone in Buenos Aires, or even any city in Argentina oustide Bariloche.

Touristic information

Here you can find some links with touristic information about Bariloche or Patagonia:


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Ariel O. Garcia
1999-09-30