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    Discovering Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego by Car: Crossing Mountains, Lakes and Glaciers
    Discovering Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego by Car: Crossing Mountains, Lakes and Glaciers
    Discovering Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego by Car: Crossing Mountains, Lakes and Glaciers
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    Discovering Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego by Car: Crossing Mountains, Lakes and Glaciers

    By Franco Folino

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    Patagonia offers the traveler a wild and unspoiled nature that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean up to the peaks of the Andes Mountains. Crossing the endless steppe, cliffs are flanked by beaches populated by penguins, fascinating mountains surround huge glaciers. Until reaching Tierra del Fuego, the border of the civilized world.
    The vastness of the territory to explore requires thorough planning of the trip. This illustrated book provides useful advice for organizing your expedition to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego by car, a vehicle that allows to travel on personalized routes and to fully enjoy the sense of adventure that you can breathe through this region.
    Following a path that winds from the Valdés Peninsula until Ushuaia, between Argentina and Chile, a tale describes places and people, also offering little detours and excursions not frequented by mass tourism.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateApr 24, 2016
    ISBN9781483567600
    Discovering Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego by Car: Crossing Mountains, Lakes and Glaciers

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      Discovering Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego by Car - Franco Folino

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      Introduction

      Patagonia is a vast region of South America, which constitutes nearly all of its southern part. Its extension is more than 900,000 square kilometers and is divided between Argentina, which owns the largest area, and Chile. Travel to this area can be arranged in many different ways, it all depends on how much time you have to spend. With well-planned air travel, it is possible to visit all the most interesting places in less than a week; however, you can also travel by public transport, if you're very young and willing to give up some comfort and a few months of your time.

      In the first case, you will not miss the most characteristic landmarks of Patagonia, but do not expect that the trip leave you vivid and persistent emotions. Probably, once at home, you will hardly remember the places visited, and soon the memories of your trip will vanish.

      In the second case, even if you can spend more than a month travelling, in Patagonia you will have no way to get bored. You will have the chance to visit the most remote regions where you can learn more about the local people, discovering many areas of this remote region, completely out of the most popular travel circuits; but interesting to visit as much as its most famous locations.

      In medio stat virtus, driving by car offers a very balanced opportunity, which leaves you the freedom to organize your route at your convenience, and allows you to explore any area you want, leaving in some cases the opportunity to decide at the last minute whether to extend the visit of the site.

      Driving in Patagonia is not particularly challenging. It is easy to arrange and the roads are mostly paved; even if dirty, they are very well maintained. Certainly, you have to be willing to drive for 3,000-4,000 km, crossing landscapes that, although beautiful, can become sometimes very monotonous. You have to expect many hours behind the wheel, but there are many options in terms of organizing the trip. Also an intermediate transfer by plane can make it a less tiring experience.

      In planning your expedition, do not neglect to visit Buenos Aires, one of the most beautiful and welcoming cities of South America; it is worth spending at least a couple of days. Do not think only Tango. This metropolis can offer unexpected views in very picturesque neighborhoods, almost all of which are easy to get to on foot.

      To drive on the roads of Patagonia is a dream for many people who love close contact with nature. If you are starting to read this book, it means that your dream is becoming more and more concrete and the time of departure is approaching.

      In these pages you will not find information on hotels and restaurants, which are more easily available online in a much more updated and complete form. Instead, it is a travel story that will help you understand what to expect in Patagonia. You will discover what the most interesting stops are and get useful tips on how to organize your travel. Above all,

      I hope it will help you to understand what is the atmosphere of this remote region of the world, to get in touch with the environment around you, and fully experience all the sensations it offers.

      Nature is obviously the protagonist, with desolate and wild landscapes, spectacular mountains, and stunning glaciers. The fauna is always varied and interesting. But do not neglect the contact with the local population, especially when you are away from the most renowned tourist centers, to appreciate the true character of the inhabitants of this region. They are strong and brave, hardened by life, often lonely, and in many cases, struggling to meet the most basic necessities of life.

      In the story you are about to read, a journey along a route of over 4,000 km is described, from the Peninsula de Valdés to the Andes’ cordillera, along the legendary and endless Route 40, from Perito Moreno glacier up to Torres del Paine and Tierra del Fuego.

      Considerations before leaving

      The best season to visit Patagonia

      As I said, the geographic area you are about to visit is very wide and it is essential to make a careful planning of the journey, not to make it too difficult and not to lose the most interesting areas to visit.

      The first choice to make, however, is the most suitable season for traveling. We are in the southern hemisphere and, therefore, the seasons are reversed. Also consider that, given the extent of Patagonia, the climate in the Valdés Peninsula and Tierra del Fuego is very different, even in the same season. Summer is in January and February, while the middle of the winter is between July and August.

      Generally the best time to visit Patagonia is the summer, as the days

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