For most travelers Antarctica Ushuaia is the beginning and the end of their southern adventure. Has 1500 miles south of Buenos Aires, Ushuaia, a town of 50,000, by the Argentine port flourished for many of the Antarctic cruise ships. The city is worth a look for themselves. Walking around Ushauaia will compensate for the voyage to two days and two days back from Antarctica.
From the cruise ship pier and called the coastal road Maipu, see the mountains from Chile tothrough the Beagle Channel. Before the ends of the loom Ushuaia Tierra del Fuego mountains. On the coast you can observe many seabirds such as gulls and terns, and giant petrels glide like little albatross. Nearby is the 1982 Argentinean Isla Malvinas War Memorial (the Falkland Islands War) in the form of a steel-card. Antarctic souvenirs can be found on the pier to the market nearby artisans', and a block at the San Martin, Ushuaia main street. At San Martin, touristsCenter is a good starting point for exploring the city.
San Martin has a large selection of restaurants, which specializes in meat (parrrillas) and king crab, to pizza, and the local cafes like bananas. The public post office San Martin is located in a distinctive "Swiss Chalet" building, and it always has a lot to their doors. (The Argentine private postal system is less accessible). In addition to San Martin are Internet cafes (locutorios), where a long distance number you can call homedirect. ATMs at banks in the same area can sometimes be difficult, it is best to wear in U.S. dollars, and then change them into pesos at a bank.
Some roads Ushuaia perpendicular to the coast are steep, some are even stairs. On the streets behind San Martin, there are some examples of the old wooden vertical-board Tierra del Fuego houses. At 25 de Mayo, a half block from the pier's Boutique del Libro, with an extensive collection of books on Antarctica andPatagonia.
At the eastern end of downtown, the Maritime Museum and the prison is showing display wooden model ships, Antarctic, and a cold and grim prison, fortunately, no longer used. The former prisoners built many of the buildings in Ushuaia, such as the cathedral and the prison.
To the west of Ushuaia near the Chilean border, the Tierrra del Fuego National Park. Mini-buses from the pier and Maipu travel the eight miles to the entrance of the park. English and Spanish brochures) for short or long walks amidst a beautiful coastal landscape, many birds, trees and Guindo (evergreen beech. Under the trees with the eternal canopy it is dark and often without vegetation. The Park Center includes food, alcohol, cake, a fireplace, souvenirs, and even a television. (Mick Jagger has been run on the screen when I was there.).
Finally, a reminder that Ushuaia is almost always from the west, rain or shine, summer or winter, wind-whipped. "Lonely Planet" travel guideSouth America is recommended for Usuahia. For your Antarctica Antarctica Travel Jeff Rubin (The Lonely Planet) is a very comprehensive reference book.
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