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Introduction
55km (33 miles) S of Buenos Aires La Plata began its history with the unification of Argentina in 1880. A decision was made that if Buenos Aires was to be the capital of the new country (which it often was in one way or another even before... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There You can reach La Plata by car, bus, or train. The highway simply known as the Autopista, which begins at the southern end of Avenida 9 de Julio in Buenos Aires, connects that city to La Plata. In a car the trip will take 45 min... Continue reading »
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Introduction
400km (248 miles) S of Buenos Aires Argentina's most popular beach resort is a sleepy coastal city of about 700,000 long-term residents -- until mid-December, when Porteños flock here through March for their summer vacation. Nearly eight m... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There You can reach Mar del Plata by plane, car, bus, train, or boat. The airport lies 10 minutes from downtown and is served by AerolÃneas Argentinas (tel. 800/333-0276 in the U.S. or 0810/222-86527 in Argentina; www.aerolineas.com... Continue reading »
Mar del Plata Travel Experiences
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Mar Del Plata
Mar del Plata is where the upper middleclasses go when they are escaping BA for the hot summer. A number of the big clubs in BA lik... Continue reading »
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Mar del Plata - whats that green stuff
This is a resort town. Im going for runs along the beach front and the local gym is cool. Its got amazing beach, not many peolpe about as... Continue reading »
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Attack of el sol
This weekend we, a group of 12, decided to go to Mar del Plata. It is about a 5 to 6 hour bus ride to this beach. Before we l... Continue reading »
