Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 10am-4pm Tue, Thu & Sat)
Local craftspeople sell their wares at this market, along
the eastern edge of Plaza Pagano, which boasts over 300 artists, who make and sell
everything from wooden cutting boards and
mate
(a bitter ritual tea) gourds to jewelry,
flutes and marionettes. With numerous food vendors (adhering to the regulation that
everything sold in the market must be handmade), it's also a chance to sample local del-
icacies. On sunny Sundays the
feria
(market) operates about half-tilt.
Grado 42
RAFTING
( 0294-449-3124;
www.grado42.com
;
Av Belgrano 406; 8:30am-8:30pm Mon-Sat,
10:30am-1pm & 5-7pm Sun)
For adventures in the surrounding countryside, this company
offers extensive trekking, mountain biking and other tours around El Bolsón, and rafting
on the Río Manso. Trips on the Manso Inferior (class II to III) cost AR$650 per person
(including lunch); on the Manso a la Frontera (class II to IV) trips cost AR$740 (includ-
ing lunch and dinner).
El Tabano
BICYCLE RENTAL
OFFLINE MAP
(
0294-449-3093; Perito Moreno 2871;
9am-6pm Mon-Sat)
Rents bikes for AR$30/100
per hour/day.
Festivals & Events
Local beer gets headlines during the
Festival Nacional del Lúpulo
(National Hops
Festival), over four days in mid-February. El Bolsón also hosts a weekend
jazz festival
(
www.elbolsonjazz.com.ar
)
in December.
Sleeping
Budget travelers are more than welcome in El Bolsón, where reasonable prices are the
rule rather than the exception.
La Casona de Odile Hostel
HOSTEL $
( 0294-449-2753;
www.odile.com.ar
; dm/d AR$120/350; )
Five kilometers north
of the center is one of the best hostels in the country. Set on two hectares of park-like
riverside land, this is one of those places you come for a couple of days and find yourself
there two weeks later.
