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| Río Gallegos | ||
| province | Santa Cruz | |
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| Residents | 95.796 (2010) | |
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Río Gallegos is the capital of Santa Cruz Province in the south Argentina, located near the Atlantic coast of Patagonia on the basin of the river Río Gallegos, which was after the immigrants Galicia (a region in Spain). The city with a population of 90,000 is an important transport hub.
background
As a city, Río Gallegos is rather uninteresting for tourists, but it is all the more important as a transport hub. Who after El Calafate or to Los Glaciares National Park, but also after fire land If you travel by land, you must make a stop in the city.
The city itself is considered a lonely and remote boomtown. Even in the 2001/2002 economic crisis, it boasted unemployment rates of 3 to 4 percent. The standard of living is correspondingly high (in the province of Santa Cruz, which is administered from here, there is both oil and coal and cattle breeding as well as tourism and all of this distributed among a few inhabitants), but so are the prices.
getting there
By plane
The airport is about 10 km west of the city. From here there are flights to Buenos Aires, to some small Patagonian towns (including El Calafate) and a weekly sightseeing flight from Santiago de Chile above Punta Arenas and Río Gallegos until after Stanley on the Falkland Islands.
By bus
Numerous bus routes go to the Río Gallegos. The three main lines used by several companies are those of Buenos Aires, San Salvador de Jujuy (above Cordoba and Mendoza out. In Río Gallegos you definitely have to change trains if you are going to by land fire land - both in the argentinian as well as in the Chilean part - or Punta Arenas (Chile) wants.
By train
A narrow-gauge railway leads to Río Turbio in the Andes, the largest coal field in Argentina. A tourist train is planned on the route.
In the street
From the north and south, the only way to get to Río Gallegos is practically via the Ruta Nacional 3. However, the Ruta Nacional 40, which affects the entire Andean region, also ends in the nearby area Cabo Vírgenes. However, since it is not paved throughout, it is only of interest to adventure tourists and car testers.
By boat
mobility
As in almost all other cities in Argentina, public transport is limited to buses and taxis.
Tourist Attractions
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
security
health
Practical advice
trips
- Cabo Vírgenes. The southernmost tip of continental Argentina (in Chile there is a much more southern mainland point. There is a large penguin colony and a ghost town, as oil was once extracted there.
- Laguna Azul. A volcanic, deep blue lake near the border with Chile on the way to Punta Arenas, about 80 km south of Río Gallegos.
literature
Web links
- http://www.mrg.gov.ar - Official website of Río Gallegos
- The city's tourist portal at Interpatagonia.com
