Long weekend in Rosario - The city

Rosario is an important Port city in the Santa Fe Province, 300 clicks north of Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital.
Right on the shores of the Parana River it gained economic independence from the all encompassing port of Buenos Aires and became the third largest city in Argentina.

It has beautiful downtown area with many classic monuments and buildings that are witnesses of an era of prosperity.
Being 4 hrs away by road it makes it a great weekend destination, you will get to stroll its wide avenues and riverside walk (Costanera) and enjoy its mild weather, except at summer time when it gets really hot.

Long weekend in Posadas - Sunrise in the Parana River

On my last morning in Posadas I tried to dash across to Encarnación so I woke up at 5am and wanted to take the first train across to Encarnación, Unfortunately the train does¨nt not work weekends and holidays, something that any where else in the world would be ridiculous, but somehow in Argentina things work differently.

Anyway I found out that the train was not working and tried to catch a bus across, but since my plane took off at 11 y did´nt take the risk (this time).
But instead I got to watch a magnificent sunrise at the Parana River.

Long weekend in Posadas - Icecream in Posadas

As any norther city in Argentina i was expecting to find many Ice cream places, but it was´nt the case in Posadas, nevertheless there are enough.

One of them being Duomo which has many branches and I fount its ice cream to be very good and at a descent price.

Long weekend in Posadas - Costanera de Posadas

Now in Posadas the "Costanera" is where everithing happens, be it walk and see the sunrise or sunset in the River or go to eat or drink something.

stretching basically around the whole city it is beautifully iluminated at night with a gret view of neighbouring "Encarnación" in Paraguay.

Long weekend in Posadas - The town of Ituzaingó Corrientes

When visiting the Yaciretá you´ll have the chance to linger some time in Ituzaingó, the small city that close to the Dam.

A pictouesque old time Corrientes town with its tranquil charm and a small river beach
where you can relax.

Villa Ocampo, Beccar

Located at Elortondo 1837 in Beccar, not far away from the city of Buenos Aires, lies this old Mansion turned museum.

Built in 1891 as a summer residence for the Ocampo family and since 1941 became the residence of Argentine writer Victoria Ocampo who modified some rooms in its interior.
Victoria ended up donating the property to UNESCO in 1973 and is now open to the public for visits and events.

For a small fee you can walk the premises with a guided tour of the interior of the house.

Long weekend in Posadas - Day trip to Yaciretá

The Yaciretá-Apipé Hydroelectric Dam is situated roughly 100 clicks away from Posadas close to the city of Ituzaingó, Corrientes Province,On the Parana river, being the main Argentine-Paraguayan Hydro producer responsible for a good chunk of the energy used in the Northern provinces.

You can go there from Posadas or Corrientes and do the free tour that takes you on the premises.
To do that I took a bus from the Posadas Bus Terminal to Ituzaingó then 2 clicks to the departure point outside the city, you can go walking or by cab.

It is worthwhile visiting and it is done in two hours, they have several tour hours listed in their website where you can also sing up for the tour.
https://www.eby.gov.py/index.php/centro-de-atencion-e-informacion/visita

Long weekend in Posadas -

Another good thing bout Argentina is that it has all the climates all year round, while most of the population crows up in the province of Buenos Aires, you also have the Northern and southern provinces with climate that ranges from tropical, desertic and Arctic, so it allows you to flee the humid cold in winter and the heat in summer.
And so I did in the Long weekend in June, while it was rainy and cold in Buenos Aires, I ran up to the northern province of Misiones which borders Paraguay and Brazil.

Thanks to Low cost airlines I went from my appartment in Palermo to downtown posadas in 4 hrs door to door (posadas is 1000 clicks away) having travelled by bus,train,plane and bus again.