If you’re looking for a cozy spot to relax or nourish the brain after a wild night of partying in Buenos Aires, check out Libros del Pasaje in Palermo. This is a charming bookstore and café with high ceilings and dark wooden bookshelves displaying carefully chosen literature. In Spanish, you can find highbrow genres such […]
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Sugar: Expat Party and Sports Bar
* Editor’s note: In early 2018, after ten years, Sugar is shutting its doors. Check out other bars in Buenos Aires. Sugar bar in Palermo is a cavern-like expat party spot that doubles as a sports bar. On weekday evenings the bar fills with locals and foreigners alike who are keen to take advantage of […]
Esquel: A Relaxed Pueblo in Patagonia
Esquel is a relaxed Patagonian town in Chubut. It’s refreshing change from the sometimes tourist-inundated bustle of Bariloche. Founded by adventurous Welsh immigrants who arrived in 1865, the little 28,000-person pueblo has a reputation as a sleepy place, but it’s a good place to stay to explore the surrounding area. Scientists may be familiar with […]
The Old Patagonian Express Today
The Old Patagonian Express is advertised as ‘a journey through the landscape and time.’ The train ride serves principally as a tourist attraction and for most this will entail a trip meandering from Esquel through the hills to the village of Nahuel Pan 22km away. The train is stationary for fifteen minutes before departure, allowing […]
Rolling through the Andes: The Old Patagonian Express
On the outskirts of Esquel, a tranquil town in the heart of Patagonia’s Chubut province, the quiet is broken at regular intervals by the piercing whistle and familiar chugging of ‘La Trochita,’ as the Old Patagonian Express is affectionately called to by locals. La Trochita, which translates as ‘narrow gauge,’is steam-powered locomotive that appears as […]
