Trelew

Trelew (pronounced Tre-LEH-ew) is a commercial, industrial, and service hub with hotels, restaurants, gas stations, mechanics, and anything else you might need as you travel from point to point. Its biggest attractions are its paleontology museum and its proximity to the Punta Tombo Reserve and Península Valdés. If you come in the second half of October, you can participate in the Eisteddfod, a Welsh literary and musical festival, first held in Patagonia in 1875. Trelew was founded in 1886 as a result of the construction of the Chubut railway line, which joined the Chubut River valley with the Atlantic coast. It's named after its Welsh founder, Lewis Jones (Tre means "town" in Welsh, and Lew stands for Lewis), who fought to establish the rail line.