I will be visiting Bariloche in late December with my wife and 22 year old daughter for 3 days and 2 nights. I would love some help in knowing what are some of the best things to do in the Bariloche area. We would love to do an easy/modest hike or two. Any suggestions? Would we need a rental car to get around to get to hiking locations and better see the area?

We were there in January, 2008 with our 23 year old daughter. We stayed at the Hotel Milan where we had separate bedrooms but within the same "room". Good breakfast. As with all things in Argentina cash carries a discount. We took a city bus to Villa La Angostura and took the boat ride to Los Arrayanes National Park. You will like this. In Bariloche there is a mountaineering club with ideas and trips to many hiking points. We took a trip with them where they bus you out for about 2 hours to a large park from where we walked to a glacier. Very nice. It's been a year since I researched this but I believe you can also take public buses to various points around Bariloche town and hike from the bus stop. If you stay at the Hotel Milan, walk out the door and take a right to the corner, turn left and walk about 1 or 2 blocks to a great restaurant. I was glad I did not have a car in Bariloche since the town itself can be a little crowded. Enjoy. Are you going to be able to get to Torres Del Paine in Chile while you are down there? Maybe another trip. Adios

Hi Hoyas, while in Bariloche I looked from the outside at Hotel Milan , and said to myself this must be a reasonable well located hotel. Can you tell me then if you liked the rooms and a bit more regarding the hotel?

We stayed instead in Tres Reyes Hotel, which is located nearby and is one or two stars above the Milan. I have nothing but nice words for the Hotel Tres Reyes, being breakfast outstanding. Everything is home baked in the hotel, also the bar, is tiny and cozy and welcoming. The Tres Reyes is full of antiques in its lobby and some rooms have lovely lake views. At the time it was most reasonably priced.

To mrb77 any Travel Agency in town can sell you tickets for any of several fascinating trips in huge Catamarans with varied destinations, some with lunch in nice places in inside the islands or forests etc. The view is tremendous, all of them are very nice, and reasonably priced.
You can also take the catamaran-bus trip to Chile crossing the Andes called Cruce de Lagos. This, providing the weather helps you, is absolutely fantastic.
There is a very nice website for Cruce de Lagos.

I was trying to get for you the official cruce de lagos , web, which I believe it is something like\
crucedelagos.com.ch but I could not, instead all kind of travel agencies pop up. I do not know what is going on, can someone tell me?

Again more information apparently,
I found out the following information:

So now it is a new company called

/www.crucedelagos.com/clagos_in/publish/Lake_Crossing/Lake_Crossing_from_Puerto_Varas_to_Barilohe_printe r.shtml


We are pleased to inform that Cruce Andino®, former Cruce de Lagos®, will restart its operation on Monday 22, September 2008.

Schedules will be as follows:
Schedules will be as follows:
DEPARTURE TIME TABLE

From Puerto Montt 07:45 hrs.
From Puerto Varas 08:30 hrs.
From Petrohué 10:30 hrs.
From Bariloche 07:00 hrs.
From Puerto Pañuelos 08:30 hrs.

ARRIVAL TIME TABLE (estimated)

To Puerto Montt: 20:45 hrs.
To Puerto Varas: 20:15 hrs.
To Petrohué: 18:15 hrs.
To Bariloche: 19:00 hrs. (passengers 2 days crossing) - 21:30 hrs. (passengers 1 day crossing)
To Puerto Pañuelos: 17:30 hrs. (passengers 2 days crossing) - 20:00 hrs. (passengers 1 day crossing)


Lunch for passengers travelling in 1 day crossing will be in Peulla, both for those travelling from Chile to Argentina as Argentina to Chile, as has been historically. Lunch for passengers travelling in 2 days crossing from Chile to Argentina will be in Peulla day 1 and in Pto Blest day 2. Lunch for passengers travelling in 2 days crossing from Argentina to Chile will be in Pto Blest day 1 and in Peulla day 2.

Arrivals/departures of passengers to/from hotels in Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt will be the same as existed prior to the interruption of service last April. In Bariloche, the arrivals/departures of passengers to/from hotels will be as follows:

Departure: Turisur Office 219 Mitre st, hotels Nevada, Nahuel Huapi, Tres Reyes, Edelweiss, Panamericano, Inacayal and Llao Llao. Bustillo avenue: hotels Villa Huinid, Design Suites, Nido de Cóndor, Cascada and Peñón del Lago.

Arrival: Hotels Llao Llao, Inacayal, Panamericano, Edelweiss, Tres Reyes, Nahuel Huapi and Nevada. Bustillo avenue: Hotels Peñón del Lago, Cascada, Nido de Cóndor, Design Suites, Villa Huinid. Finalizing in a centrical area of San Carlos de Bariloche



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Thanks all for your helpful suggestions. I am looking forward to our trip in December. I don't know if we will be able to get to Chile on this trip, but we will definitely work it in if we can.