Located in the western area of the Province of Río Negro, Bariloche is in the heart of the Nahuel Huapi National Park. Lying on the southern shore of the lake after which the park is named, it is the perfect combination between the speed of the city and the quietness of nature.
Only 1,640 kilometers away from the city of Buenos Aires, this tourist city has a hotel and gastronomic infrastructure that was first developed over eight decades ago. Not only is San Carlos de Bariloche a mandatory destination for students on their graduation trip, but it also welcomes visitors from all over the world who enjoy its wonderful landscapes, its tourist services and the facilities of one of the main ski resorts in Argentina: Cerro Catedral.
The scope of activities seducing the tourists that visit Bariloche is in force all through the year. During the summer, adventure tours are protagonists: rafting, hiking, mountain biking, horse-riding and fly fishing excursions. In winter, snow sports enter the scene.
Likewise, lake excursions across the Nahuel Huapi provide access to spots that are unique in the world, such as the Myrtle Forest and Victoria Island.
The various tourist circuits in Bariloche include sites like Mount Tronador, Puerto Pañuelo, Puerto Blest, Los Alerces Cascade and Small Circuit.
Bariloche is a pioneer among the lands that man has chosen as a destination to meet their need of traveling for pleasure.
BARILOCHE: located in the south coast of the Nahuel Huapi lake near the nascent of the river Limay.
With 110,000 inhabitants is the biggest city in the Río Negro province and the most important tourist center in the Patagonia. In 1895 a group of German colonists installed a small trade in the place with the purpose of exporting products to Puerto Montt in Chile, but the foundation of San Carlos de Bariloche dates of 1902. The architect Alejandro Bustillo captured its inspiration in works that today are symbols of the city: the Civic Center, the beautiful Hotel Llao Llao and the Intendency of the National Park Nahuel Huapi. In 1924 comes to San Carlos de Bariloche the first tourist contingent that moved from Buenos Aires to Neuquén in train and then by car. Since then, thousands of visitors arrive to this beautiful city from many places of the world. This city has more than 20,000 lodging beds, international airport, the most important ski center of South-America, lot of campings, a wide range of trips, all the gastronomic alternatives that you can imagine and the richest thing: it produces 3,000 tons of exquisite chocolate per year. In winter the center of the activities of this area is in the base of the Hill Catedral, a ski center with more than 70 kilometers of hints, hotels, restaurants, sweet shops, solariums, 32 elevation means for 20,000 persons/hour and the most spectacular thing: a view from the summit that includes the glacier of the hill Tronador, the hill Otto, the lake Gutiérrez and the majestic lake Nahuel Huapi with its island Victoria. The city is extended on the coast of the lake Nahuel Huapi along several kilometers. The Bustillo coastal avenue travels this extension arriving to the peninsula where it is located the imposing Llao Llao Hotel & Resort.
