Tigre, Puerto la pista

Come this hot sunny days in Buenos Aires, you might want to consider hitting some water to cool down. Short of going to the ocean 4hrs away and crowding with most of the country, there is a simpler and cheaoer option.














Puerto la Pista is located in the Parana River Delta, which you can acces from the city of Tigre in the province of Buenos Aires, you can take a boat from Tigre and be there in 40 minutes, and enjoy some river bathing to chill down.

El Puerto de frutos en Tigre

 
The market known as "El Puerto de Frutos" in the municipality of Tigre in the Province of Buenos Aires is a small port on the banks of the Lujan river, where in the past was used to unload all the produce that came from the Parana delta and thus was sent to Buenos Aires.

Nowadays it is a tourist trap-produce market, where you can find all sorts of handy crafts and food items.

Having been renovated in the last two decades this used to be a pretty marginal area of the city, but it is good heath now with the revitalisation of the whole of igre.

It certainly is a very pictouresque place to buy trinquets and to capture great pics.

Tigre: A place to eat

 
You will notice that being a tourist destination there will be a lot of places to eat in Tigre, specially along the canal. One place that I liked was the "Villa Julia Hotel" located at 800 Paseo Victorica.
 

They have a la carte or a fixed menu for a moderate price, I paid around 15 American per person, and the food was quite good, another thing is that I tend to enjoy meals best when eating in a nice ambiance.

You can eat inside or on the veranda and if you arrive at what Argies consider early, which is our normal eating schedule, you´ll have the whole place to yourself.. Of course as its name tells you, this is a hotel so you can also spend the night here.

El Museo de Arte de Tigre

The Art Museum of Tigre which is located by the riverside beside the municipality is a beautiful building originally built in 1912 for the Tigre club which was intended to be a place of gathering for the locals.

It was also used as a casino before becoming a Building of National Patrimony and an Arts Museum.

The museum itself is kinda empty and with some modern abstract exhibitions that are not even worth mentioning. I was interested more in the architecture of the building which is predominantly French.

The front of the building is graced with a covered corridor that leads to the river which is also a terrace that offers a better view of the museum and of the surrounding area.

WWG - El Museo Naval en Tigre - Buenos Aires Province

I have to recommend going to the Naval museum in Tigre, if you want to understand more about Argentine history, which involved some naval battles along the way.

Its situated bout 30 minutes walk from the train station along the riverside and is actually very well set up

It has rooms dedicated to most of the country's naval wars and a detailed history of William Brown aka Guillermo Brown who was an Irishman that fought for the newly created Argentine republic.

A trip to Tigre

The city of Tigre lies 28kms away from Buenos Aires in the Northern part of the greater BA and can be easily accessed by car or train. It lies on the Parana Delta and is an important tourist and weekend destination for locals and foreigners.

I took the Mitre Line train and was surprised at how quick and comfy I got there ( less than an Hour from Retiro Terminal). Upon arriving you´ll see the brand new train station pictured above and you´ll find the main canal which can be walked along by a riverside walk, that is littered with restaurants and outdoor markets.

Tigre is also famous for its rowing clubs which are very similar to those found along the Thames river in London. Above we see the "La Marina Rowing Club" and below "Club de remo Argentino"