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en route between Buenos Aires and Córdoba, and Buenos Aires and Tucumán, do offer a
more interesting trip but are often booked out well in advance.
Take bus 138 from San Juan and Mitre to the train station.
Getting Around
TO/FROM THE AIRPORT
s/n)
, 8km west of town, a taxi will charge around AR$80.
BICYCLE
For bike rental, head to Rosario Bike, Kayak & Motor Boat Tours (
Click here
)
, which
has well-equipped town bikes for AR$60/80 per half/full day or AR$300 per week.
You'll need your passport and an AR$200 deposit. It usually has bikes available at the
Estación Fluvial too.
BUS
From the local bus terminal on Plaza Sarmiento, bus services run virtually everywhere
(see
www.rosariobus.com.ar
). Have the AR$3.75 fare in coins. You can buy a re-
chargeable card for AR$10 at any kiosk (AR$3.20 per trip).
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Santa Fe
0342 / POP 526,100
There's quite a contrast between Santa Fe's relaxed center, where colonial buildings age
gracefully in the humid heat and nobody seems to get beyond an amble, and a Friday
night in the Recoleta district where university students in dozens of bars show the night
no mercy. Capital of its province, but with a small-town feel, Santa Fe is an excellent
place to visit for a day or two.
Santa Fe de la Veracruz (its full title) was moved here in 1651 from its original loca-
tion at Cayastá, 75km to the north. In 1853 Argentina's first constitution was ratified by
an assembly that met here; these days ambitious riverfront rehabilitation has added extra
appeal to this historic city.
Santa Fe's remaining colonial buildings are within a short walk of Plaza 25 de Mayo,
the town's functional center. Av San Martín, north of the plaza, is the major commercial
