Bariloche Getting there & around

Getting around

Car & motorcycle

Car

Bariloche is loaded with the standard car-rental agencies and is one of the cheapest places to rent in the country. Prices vary greatly depending on season and demand, but usually come in under AR$150 per day with 200km.

Catedral Rent-a-Car (441488, 02944-15-602999; www.autoscatedral.com.ar in Spanish; Pioneros 5645) Call for them to drop car off.

Europcar (456594, 02944-15-569518; aireservas@arnet.com.ar; Av 12 de Octubre 785)

Hertz (423457; bariloche@hertzargentina.com.ar; Quaglia 352)

Localiza (435374; cnr Emilio Frey & VA O’Connor)

Thrifty (427904; www.thrifty.com.ar; Villegas 355)

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Bus & tram

Bus

At the main local bus stop, on Perito Moreno between Rolando and Palacios, Codao del Sur and Ómnibus 3 de Mayo run hourly buses to Cerro Catedral for AR$1.10 one-way. Codao uses Av de los Pioneros, while 3 de Mayo takes Av Bustillo. Some bus fares are cheaper when bought inside the 3 de Mayo ticket office (425648; Perito Moreno 480), where you can also pick up handy horarios (schedules) for all destinations.

From 6am to midnight, municipal bus 20 leaves the main bus stop every 20 minutes for the attractive lakeside settlements of Llao Llao and Puerto Pañuelo (AR$2.60, 40 minutes). Bus 10 goes to Colonia Suiza (AR$2.60, 50 minutes) 14 times daily. During summer three of these, at 8:05am, noon and 5:40pm, continue to Puerto Pañuelo, allowing you to do most of the Circuito Chico using public transport. Departure times from Puerto Pañuelo back to Bariloche via Colonia Suiza are 9:40am, 1:40pm and 6:40pm. You can also walk any section and flag down buses en route.

Ómnibus 3 de Mayo buses 50 and 51 go to Lago Gutiérrez (AR$5) every 30 minutes, while in summer the company’s Línea Mascardi goes to Villa Mascardi/Los Rápidos (AR$2.60) three times daily. Ómnibus 3 de Mayo’s Línea El Manso goes twice Friday to Río Villegas and El Manso (AR$10), on the southwestern border of Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi.

Buses 70, 71 and 83 stop at the main bus stop, connecting downtown with the bus terminal (AR$1).

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Local transport

Taxi

A taxi from the bus terminal to the center of town costs around AR$8. Taxis within town generally don’t go over the AR$5 mark.

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