Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Provincial tourist office
( 443-8880;
www.chaco.travel
;
Av Sarmiento 1675;
6:30am-8pm)
A half-hour walk from the center, this regional tourist office has reasonably
up-to-date information on the further-flung parts of the Chaco.
Terminal tourist office
(
www.chaco.travel
;
7am-8pm Mon-Fri, 7-9:30am & 6-8:30pm Sat &
Sun)
In the bus terminal.
Tourist office
( 445-8289; Roca 20; 7:30am-noon & 4-8pm Mon-Sat, 5-8pm Sun)
In a
kiosk on the southern side of Plaza 25 de Mayo. Good bilingual city information.
Getting There & Away
Aerolíneas Argentinas
(
444-5551; Justo 184;
8am-12:30pm, 4:30-8pm Mon-Fri, 8am-
noon Sat)
flies to Buenos Aires daily.
Resistencia's
bus terminal
( 446-1098; cnr MacLean & Islas Malvinas)
serves destina-
tions in all directions. Buses zip between Corrientes and Resistencia (AR$7, 40 minutes)
frequently. You can also catch a bus (AR$3.50) to Corrientes from the city center, on Av
Alberdi just south of Plaza 25 de Mayo. Faster are
shared taxis
(Frondizi 416;
24hr)
(AR$10, 20 minutes).
BUSES FROM RESISTENCIA
DESTINATION
COST (AR$)
DURATION (HR)
Asunción (Paraguay)
125
5
Buenos Aires
548
13-14
Córdoba
513
10-13
Posadas
197
4½-5½
Puerto Iguazú
377
9-10
Salta
460
12
Santiago del Estero
355
8½-10½
Tucumán
435
11-12
Getting Around
Aeropuerto San Martín is 6km south of town on RN11; take bus 2 from the northwest
corner of Plaza 25 de Mayo. The bus terminal is a AR$40 taxi ride from the city center,
or you can take bus 3 or 9 from opposite the Hotel Colón. Don't walk it: travelers have
reported muggings.
