San Martin de los Andes is a super pretty village nestled in the countryside, in Lanin National Park has 4 hours north of Bariloche. To come, we took a bus that was from Villa La Angostura, has borrowed the 7 lakes road that passes through the Park Nahuel Huapi Lake Nahuel Huapi loin in its northern part, falls within the Park Lanin and as its name suggests, allows to have superb views over a series of beautiful lakes. Very lush landscapes of mountains, forests ... About half the journey, the road is a runway full of potholes or mud.
San Martin de los Andes is located on Lake Lacar, the atmosphere is pretty cool and chic, beautiful stone houses and wood, lots of good restaurant offering parrillas (meat grilled over a wood fire) and especially the specialties of the area: patagonia sheep, deer and trout lake (the hunt begins in March), delicious. We rented a bicycle has two seats to visit the village, admiring the houses, river, lake and tour the inns and of hostels for exchanging books.
We also rented a car to visit the area and discover the park Lanin: we took the route of Junin los Andes, the world capital of trout. In particular the Rio Chimehuin that winds through the countryside, is famous for the size of its trout, some weighing up to 10kg! The road through the park Lanin is beautiful: it runs along the lake Huechulafquen turquoise waters, the mountains are peeled tan and very quickly the perfect cone of the volcano Lanin unmask. We had already seen when we made the trek of Villarica in Chile, Argentinian side is more snowy. From Punta Canoa, the view is splendid, there is a lovely chapel by the lake behind which the top the volcano can be glimpsed.
In Argentina, the hot chocolates are exquisite: they are not milky like home but thick as in Spain. Another specialty: the dulce de leche (milk jam literally) that was also found in Chile. It looks like a melted caramel, c is very sweet but very good. Many cakes are made with dulce de leche one in particular which is round and called alfajor s, we find everywhere. Cons by which we dislike in Argentina c is that prices are rarely indicated simply because "they are superior to foreigners ... the same entry in national parks is higher for us and a lot: like 8 pesos for the Argentines and 30 even 50 for us! The opening hours of shops are in the least surprising: No doors open not before 9:30 am or 10 am to close to 13h for a long nap ... up to 17h. However everything is open late ...
Park Lanin
Route 7 Lakes
San Martin Andes will be our last destination in Patagonia, as we look back over the Mendoza 4 April to late after noon.
0 comments:
Post a Comment