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onto cargo ships. Heading right you'll shortly
find yourself on
Las Ramblas
, the focal point
of Mar del Plata. Presided over by two sea lions,
the promenade, which runs along Bristol
Beach, was rebuilt several times, most recently
in the 1930s by Alejandro Bustillo. Of course,
you can't miss the
Hotel Provincial y
Complejo Casino Central
which, in addition
to its many gaming rooms, features several
auditoriums, the largest of which is the
Teatro
Auditorium
. The
Ente Municipal de Turis-
mo
(Municipal Tourist Office) is located here at
Bulevar Marítimo 2267.
At this point you can continue the walk, or take
a time out and visit the beach, picking up the
rest of the walk later. Beaches extend in both
directions from here. You may even want to
catch a bus or cab, or even bike it to one of the
locations outside the center of town (see below).
Plaza Colón
is bordered by Avenidas Buenos
Aires and Colón across from Las Ramblas.
Flowers, many of them in pots, dominate the
plaza, along with a children's playground. Con-
tinuing along the boulevard, there is a statue of
Patricio Peralta Ramos
, the city's founder.
The
Paseo Jesús de Galíndez
, a beachfront
garden walk extending from Cabo Corrientes to
Las Ramblas, was originally named Cape Lobo
by Sir Francis Drake who spotted a large popu-
lation of sea lions there on his way to the Straits
of Magellan.