Tourism and Cityscape of Villa Gesell

Being a coastal city, the main tourist attraction in Villa Gesell is the beach. The Villa Gesell beach is 10 m (33 ft) long, with a soft slope, and a variety of spas built alongside; the annexed cities of Mar de las Pampas, Las Gaviotas and Mar Azul extend the beachside to 21 m (69 ft). The city has a staff of 150 lifeguards. There is a lighthouse 30 m (98 ft) to the south, surrounded by a forest; some houses organize adventure tourism visit to the forest. It is the second highest lighthouse in...

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Villa Gesell beach

Villa Gesell is a seaside village in Villa Gesell Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It was founded in 1931, afforestating a dune field. The growth of the city allowed it to annex the nearby cities of Mar de las Pampas, Las Gaviotas and Mar Azul. History The town is named after Carlos Gesell, the son of German economist Silvio Gesell. Carlos Gesell bought wood at Tigre for his business, and wanted to plant pines somewhere near Mar del Plata to reduce costs. Gesell was not planning to build...

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San Clemente del Tuyú beach

HistoryNoticed by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520, who gave nearby Cape San Antonio its name, Spanish authorities first surveyed the area in 1580. Led by reformist Governor Hernando Arias de Saavedra, his Guaraní staff christened the spot Rincón del Tuyú ("muddy corner"). First mapped by British Jesuit Thomas Falkner in 1744, the neighboring stream was named San Clemente by Spanish Jesuit José Cardiel.The San Antonio lighthouse, built in 1890.Dunes on the San Clemente del Tuyú shore. The waterfront area...

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Rada Tilly beach

Rada Tilly is a town in Escalante Department, Chubut Province (Patagonia), Argentina. The town is between Punta Piedras hill to the north and Punta del Marqués to the south. Punta del Marqués, a geographical landmark on San Jorge Gulf, reaches a height of 167 metres (548 ft), and extends into the sea for 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi). The area was first populated at least 9,000 years ago, and was first recorded by Captain Robert FitzRoy during his voyage on the HMS Beagle in the early 1830s (best known...

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Puerto Madryn beach

Puerto Madryn (in Welsh, Porth Madryn) is a city in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. It is the head town of the Biedma Department, and has about 57,571 inhabitants according to the last census in 2001. The town was founded on July 28, 1865, when 150 Welsh immigrants who came in the clipper Mimosa named the natural port Porth Madryn in honour of Sir Love Jones-Parry, whose estate in Wales was named "Madryn". The settlement grew as a result of the building of the Central Chubut Railway...

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Pinamar beach

Pinamar is an Argentine coastal resort town located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Buenos Aires Province. It has about 20,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census. Located less than 400 km (249 mi)south of Buenos Aires, it is one of several small seaside communities that line the coast. Since Pinamar's main attraction is the ocean, it is a fairly quiet town during the winter months. Tourism is what fuels the economy during the summer. Two facts set Pinamar apart from most of the other Atlantic...

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Necochea beach

Necochea is a port city in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located on the Atlantic coast, on the edge of the Quequén Grande river, 528 km (328 mi) from Buenos Aires City and 120 km (75 mi) southwest from Mar del Plata. It has 89,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census and it is the seat of government for Necochea Partido, a partido of Buenos Aires Province. On the mouth of the Quequen river, the port of Quequen, one of the most important ports in Argentina,...

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Monte Hermoso beach

Monte Hermoso is a town located on the Atlantic coast of Argentina, some 100 km (62 mi) east of the city of Bahía Blanca, in the south of the Province of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of the partido of Monte Hermoso. Founded at the beginning of the twentieth century, Monte Hermoso is a family seaside resort with more than 32 km (20 mi) of beach overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and with the unique characteristic in Argentina of having both sunrises and sunsets over the sea. The summer climate of...

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Attractions and activities of Miramar beach

AttractionsMiramar Golf Course. Museo Punta Hermengo, museum. Vivero F. Ameghino, 5.02 km² of woodland. Enchanted Forest or Energic Forest Aero Club de la ciudad de Miramar, Aerodrome. Autodromo Roberto Hirch de Miramar, 1.47/1.72 km motor racing venue. The farm circuit, knows as "Mar y Pampa" near 37 Avenue has nice places, specially on weekends Vivero Dunícola "Florentino Ameghino" The dunes: 12 km of sand beaches - South of Miramar. There is a possibility to take a truck to know this incredible...

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Miramar, Buenos Aires Province

Miramar is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Buenos Aires Province, 450 km (280 mi) south of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of General Alvarado Partido. The name "Miramar" cames from the words Mira (look) and Mar (sea).  History 1870: The land that now includes General Alvarado Partido came into the ownership of Fortunato de La Plaza. 1879: The area changes jurisdiction from Balcarce to General Pueyrredón. 1887: It was around this time the project to build Miramar...

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Las Grutas

Las Grutas is a beach resort town located in the Argentine province of Río Negro, in the department of San Antonio, with a stable population of 3,500 inhabitant.s It's located 15 kilometers southern of San Antonio Oeste, and is visited by over 250,000 tourist every summer. Its beaches are known for having relatively warm waters in spite of their location in the Patagonia, due to the wide tidal amplitude, and the protection of the San Matías Gulf. The town was founded in 1964, mainly as a group...

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History and tourist attractions in Carilo

The Cariló area was transformed from large desert dunes close to the sea to a huge forest and a beach. In the early 1920s, Mr. Héctor Manuel Guerrero started the forestation of the farm cóalled "Dos Montes". This farm included a cattle ranch called "Médanos" (meaning "Dunes") that has a surface of 1.700 ha. Several problems were faced as the lack of transportation and accesses were combined with almost no experience regarding on-sand forestation. Guerrero family decided to keep the forestation...

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Cariló

Cariló (from the mapuche word "Green Dune") is a beach resort town in Argentina. It is situated in a man made forest on the Atlantic coast of the Province of Buenos Aires, approximately 360 km south of Buenos Aires city in the adminastrative division of Pinamar Partido. Until a few years ago, access to the town was strictly controlled by the ruling authority. Today Cariló is publicly accessible, but comparatively high prices ensure that it remains the preserve of the well heeled. Cariló offers...

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Government of Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is the head of the department (Partido) of General Pueyrredón. The current Mayor of the city and department is Gustavo Pulti, of the local party Acción Marplatense. The Honorable Concejo Deliberante (the town council) has some legislative powers. The term of office for both the Mayor and council members is four years. In 1919, Mar del Plata became the first town in South America to have a Socialist Mayor, a son of Italian Immigrants, Teodoro Bronzini. The Socialist Party would dominate...

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Climate of Mar del Plata

The weather pattern for the region is that of an oceanic climate, with humid and moderate summers and relatively cool winters, although polar air masses from Antarctica are frequent. The average temperatures for January reach 20°C (68 Fahrenheit) and 8°C for July (46 Fahrenheit). The West-Southwest winds bring down the temperature below 0°C (32 Fahrenheit), while the Southeast ones (the so called Sudestada) are stronger, producing coastal showers and rough seas, as well as strong squalls, but...

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Architecture of Mar del Plata

The development of the city as a seasonal resort in the early 20th century led upper class tourists from Buenos Aires to build a European-inspired architecture, based mainly on the picturesque and later on the art deco styles. This gave Mar del Plata the nickname of the Argentine Biarritz. The building industry became the main non-seasonal activity of the town by 1920. During the '30s,'40s, and beyond, local architects and builders, like Auro Tiribelli, Arturo Lemmi, Alberto Córsico-Picollini and...

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Culture of Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is the most popular destination for conventions in Argentina after Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata has a wide range of services in this sector. The summer season hosts over fifty theatrical plays. Shows and festivalsThe Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the only competitive accredited film festival in Latin America. The Fiesta Nacional del Mar ("National Sea Festival") with the election and coronation of the Sea Queen and her princesses, which takes place in December as the official...

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