Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Redentor Tunnel at the border with Chile, also
passes through Mendoza.
By Bus:
The
Chevallier
(
4314-5555, in Bue-
nos Aires) and
Jocoli
(
4311-8203, in Buenos
Aires) bus lines offer service between Buenos
Aires and Mendoza.
Arrival
El Plumerillo International Airport
is
located six miles east of the city. A
remis
cab
into Mendoza will cost around $9. The Tourist
Office (
Subsecretario de Turismo)
has a
kiosk in the airport where you can pick up maps
and tourist information. There is a branch of
Avis
in the airport as well. The
train station
is
a few blocks from the Plaza Chile at the intersec-
tion of Avenida Las Heras and Belgrano. The
bus station
, Terminal del Sol, is at the intersec-
tion of Avenida Acceso Este y Costanera, six
blocks east of the Plaza de España.
Orientation
You should be able to walk virtually anywhere
you want to go within the city. Four blocks in
size, the
Plaza Independencia
is the heart of
Mendoza. It is surrounded by four plazas, each
two blocks away:
Plaza Chile
at the northwest
corner;
Plaza San Martín
at the northeast;
Plaza España
at the southeast; and
Plaza
Italia
at the southwest corner.
Avenida
Sarmiento
, a major thoroughfare, runs
through the center of the Plaza, east to west.
There is a pedestrian mall,
Paseo Sarmiento
,
