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groups. The bar does simple food. You may never find it easier to be the best pool player
in town, but the foosball is a different story. No breakfast.
Adventure Hostel
HOSTEL $
( 447-0955;
www.sihostel.com
;
Independencia 469; dm AR$72-84, d AR$270; )
Next to the plaza two blocks south of the church, this well-run, motivated place has com-
fortable dorms with only three (beds) or four (bunks) berths, decent private rooms and
excellent facilities. There's everything from climbing wall to pool (both kinds), ping-
pong and seesaws in the spacious grassy grounds. It does traditional Misiones breakfasts
and decent dinners, rents bikes, has powered sites for motorhomes and offers HI dis-
count.
La Carpa Azul
ARGENTINE $
(
www.lacarpaazul.com
;
Rivadavia 1295; set meals AR$75-100; 6am-4pm; )
Near the ruins
entrance, this big blue tent serves basic three-course meals of roast meat (average) or
river fish (good). It often takes evening group bookings, so you may find it open.
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6:30am-10:30pm)
At the highway junction.
Tourist office
(
Getting There & Away
The bus terminal is on the main road near the arch that marks the entrance to town. Ser-
vices between Posadas (AR$16, one hour) and Puerto Iguazú (AR$90 to AR$120, four to
five hours) are frequent, and there are plenty of connections to other major cities.
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The Other Missions
Santa Ana & Loreto
Atmospherically decaying in the humid forest, these two Jesuit missions are both off
RN12 between Posadas and San Ignacio.
which was founded in 1633 but moved here in 1660, dense forest has been partially re-
