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Beautiful small city in the middle of the Argentine Patagonia, full of good restaurants, wide avenues, outdoor activities, parks, gentle people, views to the Andes mountain range, lakes and wide open range. We used this city as the entrance point to visit and navigate the Glacier Park lakes and see Perito Moreno Glacier from lake view. In short, one of the best travel experiences I have had in my life, is likely I will re-visit sometime soon.…
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Date of experience: November 2019
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The nice thing about El Calafate is that it's not huge, it's easy to figure out if you are a tourist and pretty much everything you need is on Avenida Libertador. Both grocery stores are here - one on each end, Banks/ATMs, bars, restaurants, coffee shops, tour guides, artisans and crafts. It's great to stroll up and down in the evening although El Calafate is a bit of a sleepy town and rolls up the carpet early. There are a few options off the main street, but if you are just here for a night or two, this is a good place to head for options. During the day, there is quite a bit of traffic heading through town on this road to Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, but at night it's fairly quiet.…
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Date of experience: February 2019
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This long street is the aorta of El Calafate. Several restaurants, bars and most of the shopping takes place here. Not really well set-up to walk but as there is little trafic safe and nice nevertheless.
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Date of experience: April 2019
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Anything you need is available on this street. Bars, banks, shops and eateries. Most important street in town
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Date of experience: April 2019
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A nice walk, plenty to do and see. Enjoy an ice-cream, some chocolate, do some shopping. I have not tried the restaurants since I chose some otthers.
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Date of experience: January 2019
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