Travel Reports
Skiing in Bariloche
For our parent’s 40th wedding anniversary we choose to go with the whole family to Bariloche, Argentina. We travelled with Avianca to Buenos Aires, where we met the other half of the family who travelled from Amsterdam to meet us. Naturally we stayed a couple of days in Buenos Aires which is a wonderful city! We visited the zoo, shopped for leather boots, bags etc and our husbands took in the final soccer match of the year..which was an experience they will never forget. We stayed in the NH Crillon hotel - perfect location and a good price. Breakfast was wonderful and included.
After a few days in Buenos Aires, Gabriella (our personal tour guide in BA, arranged by Maduro Travel) picked us up and personally escorted us to the national airport where we boarded Aerolina Argentina to Bariloche. It was a smooth 2 hour flight ( we did have a 2 hour delay) and upon arrival in Bariloche we rented a car to drive to our rental Villa for the week. (that was quite an adventure finding it, and a reccomedation is to have some-one pick you up from the aiport to avoid this)
Once we finally entered our villa, all was forgotten, as the villa we rented was absolutely beautiful - the VIEW was incredible of the snow -covered mountains and the lake..and the house was luxurious and spacious. One negative is that there was no internet connection, although we specifically requested this -
For the next 7 days we relaxed and enjoyed Bariloche, which is a small town with about 100000 inhabitants in the summer - in the winter (july - october) there are about 2x as much people, as many have houses there where the come up and stay during the skiing season. Unfortunately we did not have alot of snow, but the kids still enjoyed sleding and the older kids took private ski-lessons (so did the adults!!)
As a special treat during one of our last nights at the villa, we had a private chef come and cook a 3 -course meal for us that was simply marvelous. What a luxury to have a private chef and a wonderful dinner in the comfort of your own home. the kids could sleep and the adults could enjoy some pampering..Our villa even had a parilla, so you can imagine the dinner the chef cooked for us!
As a destination Bariloche has alot a nature and beauty to admire, but if you do not ski, there is not much for you to do there. You can admire the mountains, the lakes and take some excursions, but it is limited.
If you ski, or like to try it is a great destination, as their winter is our summer, and who would not want to get away from the heat and enjoy the snow once inawhile!
