Argentinian Culture

   Argentinian people have many habits, such as, drinking mate, having asado on sunday, but in every specific area of Argentina, there are different ways.
   In the north of the country, the people stay outside of their home sharing with the neighbours and drinking mate. Also, people have the tradition of feeding Pachamama, a ritual of offering food water to the earth by putting it into holes in the ground.
   In the Patagonian region, the town organise festivals for diferent types of production of the region. Here, in Comarca Andina, we have six festivals, one for each town, for example, here in El Bolson there is the Lupulo fest that makes reference to the production of hop. In Cholila, there is a fest about the production of beef and multon meat. In Lago Puelo, this fest is called "Fiesta del Bosque" because of the landscape of the region. In El Hoyo, this fest is about the production of berries, that have excelent quality.
   All of these fest attract people from all over the world. This is a good point for the local tourist business because this region's economy is base on it, the main income of the region.
   To sum up, Argentina is a cosmopolitan country and we have to enjoy every single part of it.

Teenagers in Bolson

   We always read about activities that a family can do in El Bolson, such as, going to the market, shelter on Mount Piltriquitron, going to Puelo Lake. Young people are more interested in extreme things, and we have the info.
   Althoug El Bolson is interesting and there are plenty of things to do for a family, there are also many extreme activities that a teenager can enjoy. One of them, is paragliding on the Piltriquitron where you can enjoy the view of El Bolson and Puelo Lake, for this activity you need a guide to teach you, what to do.
  Also on the same mountain you can practise mountain bike by downhill in the forest and enjoy the paths and the trees, this one is very dificult and you need experience.
  To sum up, Bolson is full of extreme activities apart from the most famous ones.


Lucas Marsicano

“El Bolson, the place where your dreams come true”

If you are a teenager or if you only want to spend a good time, meeting new peolple, you should come to El Bolson. A small marvellous city, surounded by mountains and forests.

You can do many thing here such us going to the river or to the lakes, there you can practise rafting, you can swim ando you can do many other interesting activities.

We have lots of shelters in the mountains so if you enjoy climbing it’s a good idea to visit them.

There is a sky center called “Cerro Perito Moreno” and in winter, from june to september, you can practise skiingand snowboarding. Don’t worry if you have no idea about these sports, there are lots of instructors to help you, this wonderful place is growing day by day and will soon become a first class sky center.

For the ones who like dancing or only want to have fun with some friends, there are about eight different pubs to visit with very good music, such us cumbia, the best of reggaeton, electronic music, etc.

This are only some of the activities you can do here... so what are you waiting for? Come to El Bolson! Visit this friendly city. 
Julian Rudolph.

El bolson: wonderful landscape whit some problems.


El bolson is a small city, in the limit betwem the provinces of rio negro and chubut. it has a very good turism season, but not all the people that came here realy enjoy the trip.
One of the problem is that there is only one hotel that is not so good.

For the people that came here looking for confort , it is decepcionist to see the service that the hotel has.
it s annoting that some places have an expensive price , and they shouldnt.

People come here mos by bus , and the city hasent gota propei bus station , that is very uncomfortable.
To sun up for some reason turist still schoose El Bolson , despite the problesm that it has

Juan pablo galle

El Manso Project

   The project that is being carried out by the national agency of science and technology together with Oscar Lanfre and Anticura's family is oriented to the touristic, cultural and economic development of the district "Comarca Andina".
   In Piedra Pintada, a farm near El Manso river, Oscar Lanfre guides tourists to the big wall where is aborigine rock art. In this place you can see the excavation done by archeologists to research about what happened millons of years ago.
   At Anticura's place, a big group of archeologists are carrying out a project that is similar to Piedra Pintada, only that research is just starting. This group works there twenty days per year in summer.
  To sum up, this is a good place to go for a walk and learning a little about the history of the surroundings. People usually go to El Manso to do rafting but they meet with these unexpected sites to enjoy.

Inés Azcona

Tourism and activities in El Bolsón

Tourism in El Bolsón has increased greatly over the past eigth years.
Many resorts were build, and every years, more and more tourist come. Four years ago, a company started to build a ski resort in the mountain called "Cerro Perito Moreno", where you can do different activities, such as skiing, snowboarding, and you can also go to eat at a spectacular restaurant with a beautiful snow scenery.
El Bolsón is a place that provides a wide variety of activities such as rafting, trekking in the great mountains and hills and beautiful lakes and rivers. In the winter the Perito Moreno skiresort where you can go snow boarding, skiing, and many other activities you can enjoy in the snow.
In addition to its beautiful scenery, you can enjoy the activities in the village, you can visit the crafk fair and find beautiful and exclusive things and you can also enjoy delicious candy sold by peddlers. In addition to different restaurants where you can have a quiet dinner with your family. You can also enjoy the casino and nightclubs.
Finally, you can visit some small picturesque towns around like Lago Puelo or El Hoyo.

Nehuen Bedetti.

Cerro Lindo; Where all you see, is beautiful

The trail to the top of Cerro Lindo, which is more than 2000 mts above sea level, takes a lot of effort, but it is worth it.

First of all, you have to get to the camping at the foot of the mountain, and from there, you start following a narrow footpath uphill to the shelter.

All along the spectacular trek, you will see beautiful, colored trees, which are an attraction of the place. The trail to the shelter takes about six or seven hours.

You will find several streams along the way to have water. The footpath is marked with red dots on the trees, and you have to follow them, in order not to get lost.

When you arrive to the shelter, you should rest for a while and appreciate the landscape.

Some points that you may not like is the fact that the shelter is not always very clean, and it may be a bit disorganized. You must remember that this building doesn’t have a good heating system. Apart from this I`m sure you will enjoy this mountain.

The way to the top is very well marked, so you won`t have any troubles with this.

The way back to the city takes about three hours and it`s very entertaining.

Martin Pichl.

Atractions and activities in El Bolson 

El Bolson is a very intresting place to visit because it's a small, colorful and peacefull town full of attractions and activities you can enjoy alone or with your family.
The local street market in the main square is one of the most attractive activities, you can buy craft hand made sweaters, clocks' made of local wood and decorated with flowers, also you can find rings, necklasessimple games made for young and old people and if you want to eat something there are lots of food stores where you can buy food such as friten potatoes, milanesas, choripan or empanadas.
Anoder thing you can do if you enjoy adventure and more extreme sports would be to go camping to Mount Piltriquitron. There's a beautiful shelter were you can stay, so it's unnessesary to carry a tent.Before arriving out the shelter you will go across an extrahordinary forest full of wooden sculptures made some years ago made by a group of artists done to give new life to trees afected by and old forest fire. 

If you like history and culture there are excurcions to know about the people who livedin this region many years ago, for example you can visit El Manso that's a river that runs through farms, and in these farms there are some aboriginal rock paintings and a guide explains you what the symbols could mean, also tell the story and the context in which they were painted. Particulary there's a rhea because that animal was very important for them but when Spanish arrived with horses the rhea was forgotten.


About winter if you don't like to stay in your hotel and see the snow falling you can go to Perito Moreno ski-center, that is a beautifull mountain available to practice snowboarding, skiing or spend a good day with your family. Also there are instructors to tern you into a pro. 


As you see, El Bolson is full of activities and places to visit, so it's a good opportunity to be in contact with nature and also share a good moment if you come with your family. 

Gino Rocco.

Any season of the year is a good time to visit El Bolson.

In therefor you can enjoy of a lot of intresting activities any time of the year, because on Winter you can visit mount Perito Moreno, and in summer to lake lago puelo. In autumn and spring there are lots of trials in the mountain to attempt and go on camp.

 From july to october, you can go to mount perito moreno ski-center and there you can spent the day skiing or snowboarding. There’s a rustic restorant to refuel and if you want to stay overnight you have a comfortableshelter for ir.
The acces is by a gravel road, usually in good conditions, and sometimes quite covered by snow.

Summer is the highest touristic season for locals and foreigners, because the main activities are holded in summer months. When the suni s shining people go to lake puelo, wih is 10km away from El Bolson, the acces road is new so it’s in good conditions and thes surroundings are full of native tres
Once in the lake you can rent a kayak or go swimming if you prefer. It’s also a good option to camp in the national park area. If you like the place and you are intrested in staying some days, there is a prívate campsite with all the needed services.

In autumn and spring the weather is not very good, it rains a lot and it’s cold, but is the perfect time of the year to go cycling, because of the beautifull colours of the trees. It’s also fantastic to go on camp, because the landscape is full of colours and birds.

To sum up, You can visit El Bolson any time of the year because you have activities to do all year round. Doubt you will spend a really good time and share intresting activities in the case you came with your family.

                

                   Gino Rocco

Having a good time in a small city

El Bolson has a lot  of amazing things to do.

There are differents things you can do over here for all the ages. For teenagers who love to get out, to partys, we have amacing pubs for dancing, drinking anda having a good time. The most popular are Absentha, Bar 442, El Sol, Life, Morena.

For adults and kids we have trekking, rafting, paradabling and other enjoning activities for the whole family.

You can also g oto mount Piltriquitron, you can go by car, by bus  or on foot. But for having an amazing view you should g oto the shelter that  it is 1.400 metres above sea level.

There are amazing things to do in this little city, the most enjoyable is going to mountains, so what are you waiting for? … Come over here and have  a good time!

 Lautaro Avila

Eating in Bolson: discovering a new world of typical flavours

El Bolson is a small town full of life and ways that came from of a complex mix of aborigine culture and the arrival of an ecology conscious people to the area. Several local fruits, herbs and vegetables that mark the history of El Bolson dishes. So, let me tell you about the kind of products that you will be able to taste in El Bolson and about the best places where they are served. 

The first thing you should try is the berries, typical in this part of Patagonia, and extraordinarily sweet. In El Bolson you can find raspberries, strawberries, cherries and maqui (a purple and a little bit acid but delicious wild fruit). It’s very probable that you have already tasted them, delicious jam, dried fruits, comfitures, fruit pies and juices. You can buy them at several shops around El Bolson center, like “Musticias”, “Verde Menta” and shops in the central park. But if you are looking for something more rustic and homemade, you have to visit the incredible Regional Market in “Plaza Pagano”, there you will find all kinds of food made of berries, homemade chocolate and much more. Also in “Cabañas Mico” you have a wide variety of berries and jams; there you can visit the premises where these products are made or enjoy of the view in a quiet restaurant located close to the farm and the center but very peaceful.

There are a lot of ways of making the jams and different quality’s depending on the fruit harvested and the process behind the final product. That’s why I advised you to look in natural farms, known fabrics or recognized persons; that will ensure you that health measures had been follow and that you are acquiring a product that follows the health measures.

But perhaps you are interested in something a little bit different, what about beer? In Bolson we have different beer types like chocolate beer, black beer, blond beer, red beer and basperry beer. The most popular places for drinking beer and wine are “Cervecería El bolson”, “Ottotip” and “Mitsky”. But there is something that really characterized Bolson: hops (humulus hipulus) or how we called it in Argentina “Lúpulo”. Lúpulo is used to aromatize beer and every beer has it.

What about chocolate? Everyone believes that is something you can get everywhere, but getting a good quality of chocolate is not so easy. The most popular place is “Jauja”; some people even say that it’s the best place for having ice-cream and chocolate in the country. But don’t forget about the fair, in which you will also find homemade chocolate and “Alfajores” of “dulce de leche” (a very sweet jamb characteristic of Argentina), also called caramel. Anyway, here you have some other places for buying chocolate: “Mitsky”, “Verde Menta”, but if you are going to the mountain, you should go to a shop and ask for “Carbury”, “Milka”, “Shot”, etc. Anyway, if you go to Bariloche when you come to El Bolson (something very likely), taste the chocolate from there (Rapa Nui, Fenoglio, abuela goya) because it worth it. However, the ice – cream of Jauja is one of the best of all country.

Talking about meat, there are a lot of restaurants and barbeques all around El Bolson. You should taste the lamb, lamb chop, pork, pork chop and even boar. The “locro” is a hot dish made of different vegetables and meat, very common in Argentina and in Bolson restaurants and traditional celebrations. Some restaurant for tasting Bolson mat and having a good time are: “A Punto”, “Pasiones argentinas”, “Boulevard”, “El Lúpulo”, etc. Also we have a wide variety of fish like salmon and trout. You can get them in farms near El Bolson.

Finally, you should taste walnuts. In autumn they fall from trees on the sidewalks for people to pick or you can get them in “Verde Menta”, “Jauja”, “Las musticias”, etc. You can also get pine tree and cipres mushrooms there.

Abril Combetto

What an exciting place

Lago Puelo is an wonderful place, you can visit every single day of the year.

You have many exciting places that yo can visit by car, by bus or walking.

There are log cabins for rent with amazing views to the mountain.

For some activities  you will  requiere some gear. In the mountain you will  need a jacket, some climbing boots, special gloves for doing rapel. All this may cost a lot  of many money  but  in Lago Puelo and El Bolson you can find  a  lot of shops. That provide good things at reasonable prices.

You can buy great gifts to your friends like homemade crafts in the local market , this one is in Plaza Pagano.

Lautaro Avila

froom lago puelo

FROOM LAGO PUELO.

This place has a beautiful view, of the extraordinary lake.

Here you can go trekking to the mountains do rapel swimming, kayaking. Horse bike riding to get here you come by car, bus, bike or walking (through route) .the route is in rather bad conations though fifteen km. El Bolsòn. It offers services like cabins, camping sites and also many restaurants. Where you can taste amazing local dishes like, trout salmon traditional lamb strawberries jam. In summer you may enjoy the fiesta Del Bosque and market where you can to singers, have drinks, food and lasts three days.

PALMA DEBORA

              A mixture of colours, shapes, textures and talents

The Feria Regional (crafts fair) of El Bolsón has added magic to the town for over 30 years.

It all started in 1979 when a group of inhabitants from Mallin Ahogado who worked the land and harvested what it produced needed to sell these products. Rowan Brain and Fernando Geronazzo organized a meeting to see how to go about. After a couple of meetings they proposed Miguel Cola (the mayor) selling what they produced and other goods in a market in town. In 1998 the first regulation act was passed for the establishment of a local crafts and products fair. At the beginning there were only 12 stalls selling vegetables, bread, cookies, wool, clocks, pottery and other products.

It was located in Pellegrini Street between “Banco Nación” and school N° 318 for 4 years until they moved to the actual location.

Nowadays the fair surrounds "Plaza Pagano" and is one of the main cultural attractive of El Bolsón.

It is considered one of the largest fairs in South America with more than 400 stalls that offer diverse and attractive crafts: Leather work, knives, musical instruments, board games, wood carvings, dried flowers, candles, candy and homemade cheese, vegetables and many other original products.

On the other hand there are some disadvantages, the garbage that is left after a day of fair makes the town look filthy. I think the organisers should take part in this business, but despite this, is a place that you should not miss, where you will discover the uniqueness and touch of passion every craftsman puts into their products, you will never forget... 

Ana Persano

How to prepare to delicious jam

Such jams as wild rose jam is very useful to relish one afternoon with your family and friends in the Comarca . The fruit to make this jam you can find here in town and is orange. Many people collect this fruit and sell it to manufacturers who produce the pulp with which the jam is made.

The steps are:

    1)  Don’t wash raspberries

    2)  Add, 2 kilos of sugar

    3)  Mix

    4)  Start cooking steering all the time

    5)  Bring to boiling point for 40 minutes aprox

    6)  To know when it is ready you can.

 _ Drop a small spoonful on a glass with a bit of water or alcohol, the jam should remain a drop.

_ Or, put a small spoonful on a clean dish, let it cool, tilt the dish a bit, if the jam “wrinkles” it is ready

_ a characteristic “shine” is evident to the expert eye.

Palma Debora.

 

hippie town

                                                                    Hippie town

maybe you are thinking hippies???, on this year???. well we have to tell you that yes¡. the hippies come back and they are now in a colorful town, a magical town, el bolson the new hippie town.

nowadays have modified their ways of living. the live in a house, they drive cars, and the are cleaner than 1960's hippies, howeber they still wear colorfull clothes and long hair. the big difference is that now they are dedicate to create local crafts. and they are making some awesome things with precious stone, woods, clay glams and natural materials. most of the beautiful crafts are really expensive, and the food that they make is not so good i would say.

all of the moderns hippies are very friendly. they will probably invite you to sing songs that the play with a guitar or explain their natural believes, be honest with you most of them smoke pot (marijuana) and other things. but there is no problem they never bother somebody.

so in a conclusion if you want to conect yourself with the 60's year this is one of the best places thath you can visit on your holidays, but on the other hand if you don't like all of this movement we don't recomend you to visit El Mallin Ahogado where most of the hippies lives.

. Lucas Bautista