Rio Gallegos

By plane

Patagonia2000 has cheap connections to Rio Grande (around Ar$100) and in high-season to Ushuaia. Ask around in one of the tour agents in town.

By bus

The bus terminal is about 3 kilometers from the center. There are bus connections to Rio Grande and Ushuaia. Buses arrive from Buenos Aires (36 hours) and Puerto Madryn (16 hours) along Highway 3.

• Museo de Arte "Eduardo Minnicelli": Small art museum with free admission.

• Pioneer MuseumThe city's oldest standing house furnished with items from the late 19th and early 20th century.

• La Barrica

  phone: +54 2966 43-8572
  address: Comodoro Rivadavia 379
  Wine bar with a large selection of Argentinian wines.

• Casa de Familia Elcira Cantreras, Zuccarrino 431, 02966-429856. Offers cheap dormrooms. Only a 15-minute walk from the bus terminal.

• Hotel Patagonia

  phone: +54 2966 44-4969
  address: Monseñor Fagnano 54
  Modern, centrally located hotel.

• There is a penguin reserve about 2 hours south that is right on the Strait of Magellan.
• The glacier Perito Moreno is the only glacier in the world that is still advancing, and is 4 hours or so to the west, close to the village of El Calafate. It is a treat to see chunks of ice the size of a ten-story building falling into the blue depths of Lake Brazo Norte.