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How to get to Hostel Arko in Bariloche Patagonia Argentina

Hostel Arko map locationPlease contact us about our private transport (transfer) service.

If you are coming to the hostel using public transport - commuting service, from main Bus and train service you may take bus line 20 or 21 to city downtown area. (The bus stop - Parada - is in front of the National Park administration house - Intendecia de Parques Nacionales). From there you may go on foot walking 4/½ blocks (Each block is around 100 metres or 165 yards).

Another option is to change buses at the Moreno street bus stop (between Palacios and Rolando street), taking bus line 50 which has its bus stop just a block 1 /½ away from the hostel.

From the San Carlos de Bariloche international airport there is a public transport service offered by bus line 72 (3 de mayo company) which goes from the airport to the Moreno street bus stop (between Palacios and Rolando Streets). This bus line timetable is as follows starting and arriving to and from airport, every day:

Downtown

Airport

6.40 hrs 7.10 hrs
8.30 hrs 9.00 hrs
12.30 hrs 13.00 hrs
13.40 hrs 14.10 hrs
14.40 hrs 15.10 hrs
15.40 hrs 16.10 hrs
17.30 hrs 18.00 hrs
21.30 hrs 22.00 hrs
Extra on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
10.30 hrs 11.00 hrs
18.30 hrs 19.00 hrs
Wednesdays and Fridays
10 hrs 10.30 hrs

How to get to Bariloche?

In Argentina and Chile there is a well developed route long distance public transport system with modern bus units. the train system is badly developed so it has scares and slow service. There are different bus lines (or colectivos as are called in Argentina), there is also different kind of services available on each bus line. There are regular seat coach service, with non reclining seats, then you have semi-reclining seat service coach (semicama), the next category is cochecama which has more reclining big seats, almost as a bed (includes food service). The executive coach service also called supercama, has comfortable huge seats which stretch completely as a bed (includes executive food service). Depending on the route there will be more or less service categories and ticket rate options.

The Patagonian cities in Argentina such as: San Carlos de Bariloche, El Calafate, Río Gallegos and Ushuaia have modern airports with several flights to and from Buenos Aires with less options on connecting flights between Patagonian cities (these routes are usually offered by LADE). The inland airline company offering most of the flight routes are. (Aerolíneas Argentinas, Austral and LAN Argentina which have websites where you can buy your tickets) At international flights when you leave Argentina you have to pay a tax at the airport of US$18.- which is not included in the airport taxes paid with the tickets (You may pay this tax in cash or with a credit card)

From Chile you may fly with Lanchile which has on high season regular flights to San Carlos de Bariloche from Puerto Montt and Santiago de Chile.

There are also regular flights from Brasil (Sao Paulo) offered by TAM.

Distances in kilometers to Bariloche

Bahía Blanca ................................966 km Buenos Aires ..............................1607 km Córdoba ....................................1600 km
El Bolsón......................................129 km
El Calafate..................................1950 km Esquel ........................................298 km Mendoza ...................................1250 km Neuquén ....................................435 km Paraná ......................................1832 km Posadas ....................................2528 km
Río Gallegos ..............................1639 km Rosario .....................................1653 km
 

Salta ................................... 2461 km Santa Rosa ............................ 993 km Trelew ................................... 876 km Tucumán ............................. 2154 km Ushuaia .................................... 2220 km

From Chile
Osorno ......................................250 km Puerto Montt ..............................357 km Valdivia .................................... 355 km Temuco .................................... 480 km Santiago ................................... 1130 km

 

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HOSTEL ARKO: Guest house - Hostel Inn
Güemes 685 - Phone/fax: +54 2944 423109 -
(8400) - San Carlos de Bariloche - Patagonia - Argentina
e-mail: arko@eco-family.com - http://www.eco-family.com/hostel/


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