One
of the most beautiful of all Patagonian towns, San Martin de los Andes is a small resort of chalets and low-key architecture
set in a flat, sheltered valley at the eastern end of Lago Lácar
, compressed between steep-sided slopes that are covered in native
cypress ( ciprés de la cordillera ) and forestry pine.
In spring, the introduced broom ( retama ) daubs the scenery
on the approach roads a sunny yellow. Expansion here has been
rapid, but - with the exception of the hideously out-of-place
Hotel Sol de Los Andes that overlooks town - by no means as uncontrolled
as in its much larger rival resort, Bariloche; and whereas Bariloche
caters for the young party crowd, San Martín has deliberately
set itself up for a more sedate type of small-town tourism,
pitching for families rather than students. Hostels in San Martin de los Andes |
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