Originally Posted by
HIDDY
Yes car hire doesn't come cheap here. If we go we'll just drive down in our own car stopping off for the night somewhere on the way. It takes us two hours in the opposite direction to get to AEP so there's no point flying down and even though the Bariloche bus stops here there's no way I'd go by bus again no matter how comfortable it is. I had quite enough of that the last time.
Your accommodation sounded good although I'd prefer renting a place and catering for ourselves.
Renting a car here is expensive when compared to Europe, but in this case we had no choice. We thought about taking the car but it really makes no sense to drive from Buenos Aires to Bariloche for just one week (it's 1,600 km), and once there you do need a car, as distances are quite big even within the city and public transportation doesn't get you everywhere. My brother drove from Buenos Aires (he stayed for 3 weeks) and said the road was fine. He slept in a hotel in Piedra del Įguila which was just average but is the only pet-friendly hotel in the area and he was travelling with his dog.
There's plenty of bungalows in Bariloche and during the summer many locals also rent their houses. We wanted a hotel because we're lazy, but a house has many advantages and some of them are really nice (the brother rented a house right on the lake, one of the most beautiful properties I've ever been in).