by ALCHEMY DMC | Sep 28, 2017 | ALCHEMY DMC News, Outdoors, Tourism News
Melina Russo and Mariel Pagella from our leisure department tell us about their experience in Puerto Madryn, home of right whales, penguin colonies and traditional Welsh settlements.
The whale season is one of the main attractions that have made this city famous worldwide. From July to December, various populations of southern right whales reach these shores.
Visitors may watch them both on board the boats leaving from Puerto Pirámides and from some natural viewpoints and almost all the beaches bordering the city. When you are in the area, you fell their presence everywhere. It´s magical.
Another must-see is Estancia San Lorenzo, a sheep farm with an amazing breeding colony of Magellanic penguins. The ranch is part of the Protected Natural Area Peninsula Valdes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and offers a long trail to be able to walk with close proximity to the penguins. It´s incredible to walk so close to them, almost felling like a guest in one of their homes for the season.
Finally, we depart early in the morning towards Rawson, Chubut’s capital city, to enjoy more wildlife. This time is the turn of the Commerson’s dolphins from the port. We sail through river and then open sea until we got the chance to meet this lively and joyful friends. After the navigation we continue the tour to Trelew to visit the Museum for Palaeontology Egidio Feruglio (MEF). This is one of Latin America’s most important museums in the field where you can stroll through the different geological eras, from the first humans back to the Big Bang.
Then, we continue our trip to Gaiman, a small town which keeps the Welsh heritage at its best! Its architecture, tea rooms and tasty Welsh fruit cake are some of the treasures offered to its visitors.
Do not miss the opportunity to travel back in time and understand the way of leaving, culture and how this people work hard to honor their roots through time.
by ALCHEMY DMC | Sep 28, 2017 | ALCHEMY DMC News, Tourism News
Buenos Aires, September 5, 2017. The National Ministry of Tourism, through the National Institute of Tourism Promotion (INPROTUR), and the Argentine Chamber of Tourism participated together with the support of the Argentinian Embassy in the Australian ATALA Travel Week hosted in Melbourne and Sydney, last August. This comes at exactly the right time, since a new official bulletin declared the retreat of the reciprocity fee for Australian citizens starting (past) July 1st.
ATALA is an Australian association dedicated to the promotion of tourism destinations in Latin America. Its mission is to stimulate the growth of trips to the region, establish and develop relations among members, improve the knowledge about destination in the market and to advise and provide the Latinamerican representatives all the information about the requirements of the Australian market.
This Association offers an annual event called Latin America Travel Week with the objective of bringing the region’s tourism offer to the Australian market, both to travel agents and to final consumers. This event became a vital opportunity to introduce Argentina and its products in the oceanic market. Travel agents, tour operators, the press and the general public received detailed information about our tourism offer.
Attendees were mostly prospect travelers with Latin America as destination for end of this year or during 2018. In some cases, those with air tickets already purchased.
Patagonia, Iguazu Waterfalls and Buenos Aires were the most requested destinations. People were interested in coming face to face with heritage sites inscribed in UNESCO, our history and culture, and in particular the music of the Tango.
by ALCHEMY DMC | Ago 30, 2017 | ALCHEMY DMC News, Tourism News
An entertaining and didactic activity created for incentive groups. Participants will learn about the winemaking process, create their own wine assemblage and compete for the top spot. The tour is run by our expert guides and sommelier. This winemaker experience offers a unique way to share with friends and work team an unforgettable instance. An entertaining panorama that allows us to become a winemaker for a day, create our own wine using same implements we would find in an enology lab. It’s indeed a fun activity that encourage team work and allows to get closer to passionate world of wine. Participants will carry out all different stages of winemaking process; Tasting – Designing Blend – Blending – Bottling – Corking – Labelling and Wax Sealing.
Activity ends with a tasting contest in which a winning team will be choosen. Each participant gets to take their own bottle.
Program also Include:
Wine tasting
Strains on land
Appetizer & Lunch
Access to Wineshop
Viticulture on carriages
Visit to the Wine Museum
Create your own Assembly
Presentation of the product
Free consumption of wines and beverages
by ALCHEMY DMC | Ago 30, 2017 | ALCHEMY DMC News, Tourism News
Set to be hosted by Peru, the coming international events will put the Andean country before the eyes of the world, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski affirmed.
Remarks were made during his presidential speech on the occasion of Peru’s 196th Independence Day anniversary on Friday.
In this context, the Inca nation will witness the following mega-events:
- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session
The 130th IOC Session —taking place on Sep. 13, 2017— will see the election of the host city for the 2024 Olympic Games between candidates: Los Angeles (USA) and Paris (France).
The gathering will feature French President Emmanuel Macron.
- Pope Francis
Pope Francis will visit Peru on January 18-21 next year. His trip will include cities Lima, Puerto Maldonado and Trujillo.
It must be noted Pope Francis last May expressed his wish to visit Peru in 2018.
His Holiness sent a contribution of US$100,000 to Peru as an expression of love and sympathy with the South American nation to tackle “Coastal El Niño” phenomenon.
- The Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally —to be held in January 2018— will comprise a tour running across Argentina, Bolivia and Peru.
The 40th edition will include many stages to be raced against the clock.
The race will host 750 competitors, among them 40 Peruvian representatives.
- The Summit of the Americas
The Andean country will be the venue of the 8th Summit of the Americas.
Slated for April 2018, the Summit is intended to strengthen democracy and tackle corruption in the hemisphere.
5. Lima 2019 Pan-American Games
The major sporting event will be held in the Peruvian capital from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
It will feature 6,695 athletes from 41 countries competing in 38 sports and 55 disciplines.
by ALCHEMY DMC | Ago 30, 2017 | ALCHEMY DMC News, Tourism News
Laura Barreiro, a member of our MICE Department, tells us about her experience in the Argentinean Northwest.
Nature, culture, peace, diversity, colors… All is combined in the Argentinean Northwest.
Salta’s city, with its colonial architecture, its narrow streets, the surrounding hills and its various parks and beautiful churches, is the ideal starting point for discovering the region.
An outstanding experience is visiting Cafayate. The accessing route does not stop amazing the travelers. The mountain road dazzles with the changes in landscapes, the variety of geological formations, the red colored earth…Cafayate belongs to the Salta Wine Route. The main wine in this region is the Torrontes (white wine).
An essential visit is discovering the Calchaquies Valleys, with its imposing mountains, cornice roads, rivers, streams and charming little villages.
Another incredible visit is Salinas Grandes. These salt flats are an unforgettable white desert that contrast with the blue sky and amaze with their immensity.
Jujuy province also has the Quebrada de Humahuaca, which has been declared as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. Here, villages such as Tilcara, Humahuaca and Purmamarca (with its incredible Cerro de los Siete Colores -Hill of the Seven Colors-) are characterized by their traditions and the tranquility, surrounded by a wonderful natural area.
Another highlights? The regional gastronomy, folkloric music and people’s charm. Argentinean North is definitely a place not to be missed!
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Suggested accommodation options in the region:
House of Jasmines – SALTA
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Grace Cafayate – CAFAYATE
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Patios de Cafayate – CAFAYATE
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Manantial del Silencio – PURMAMARCA
by ALCHEMY DMC | Ago 30, 2017 | ALCHEMY DMC News, Tourism News
IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THE SOUTHERN ‘PORTEÑO’ NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN FILLED WITH AMAZING STREET ART THAT SURPRISES FOR ITS QUALITY (AND FOR ITS DIMENSIONS) / ARGENTINE AND EUROPEAN ARTISTS / WHAT’S THE “COLOR BA” INITIATIVE ALL ABOUT?
One of the most interesting news is that the neighborhood seems to be increasingly intervened. In building facades, forgotten walls or local shutters, dozens of murals of many artists and groups related to, and emerging from urban art – mostly thanks to the “Color BA” movement – transform the public space into an art festival. In only two editions, this initiative managed to transform – and as they claim – beautify La Boca, legitimizing the conception that art should be within reach of all.
Three main representations of this murals boom: the imposing portrait of a girl of La Boca by the Argentine artist “El Marian” located at Suarez & Juan de Dios Filiberto intersection; a double median by italian “Millo” (main photo of this article) located at Benito Pérez Galdos & Caboto; and the colors of irish artist “Maserart”, in a half block intervention on Martin Rodriguez street Martín Rodríguez between Ayolas and Lamadrid.
Photos: provided by Murales BA.
Original Link: www.malevamag.com/la-boca-arte-arte-y-mas-arte-como-nunca-nuevas-galerias-murales-y-museos-imprescindibles-por-melisa-boratyn
