Casa de Pueblo Batxoky Albergue
We are located in the heart of the city where you will find a cozy place, wooden place to let you experience a real place as at home far away from home. We offer a very comfortable kitchen, lounge, with industrial oven, huge fridge, microwave and all equipment needed for your comfort. Lounge with TV, video. Another leisure lounge and room games ...
Planeta Hostel
We offer a place with limited capacity of up to ten persons. The idea is to give our customers the best service and facilities. We believe that comfort is all about details which achieve an enjoyable place. Vivid colors, comfortable sofas, hand painted chairs, feather comforters in our beds, etc ...
Refugio Slalom Club
The Slalom Club is a special mountain hut for snowboarders and skiers who seek a friendly environment. Internet available for guests. Restaurant and drinks bar. Public telephones, Direct TV television and music. Two large dining rooms and a deck complete with serving tables and a relaxation area. Ski rental equipment and lift tickets available ...
Piuke Mapu Patagonia Hostel
We have shared rooms with 4 or 8 beds and one private
double room. All whit shared bathrooms, sheets and towels are included in the price. Hot water 24 hours a day, laundry facilities and internet. We also have a play room, and a nice, big garden with BBQ area ...
Esquel is a town in the northwest of the province of Chubut, in the Argentine Patagonia. It is located in the Futaleufú, of which it is the head town. The town's name derives from a Mapuche term meaning "thorn", which refers to the characteristics of the local flora, including several spiny bushes, most famously the Calafate (Berberis buxifolia). The founding of the town dates back to the arrival of Welsh immigrants in Chubut in 1865. The settlement was created on 25 February 1906, as an extension of the Colonia 16 de Octubre, now known as Trevelin. The city, the main town of the area, is located by the Esquel Stream and surrounded by the mountains La Zeta, La Cruz, Cerro 21 and La Hoya. La Hoya is known as a ski resort with good quality snow right through the spring. The Los Alerces National Park is 50 km (30 miles) northwest of the city.
Another important tourist attraction is the narrow-gauge train (with 75 cm between the rails), known as La Trochita locally and in English as The Old Patagonian Express, after the book by Paul Theroux. It is said to be the only narrow-gauge long-distance train in operation and the southernmost railway in the world. The first fifty locomotives were brought from Germany (Henschel & Sohn) in 1922 and were originally modified to use fuel oil and steam. Later twenty-five locomotives were bought from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia. The train remains in operation and authentic thanks to the effort of the team of workers at Talleres Ferroviarios El Maiten, that make a lot of pieces and parts by hand. The trains now run as a tourist excursionbetween Esquel and the small settlement of Nahuel Pan, located at the foot of the volcano of the same name, with other services all the way to El Maitén. Until 1993, the train ran all the way to the city of Ingeniero Jacobacci in Río Negro, from where trains ran to Viedma and from there to Buenos Aires, forming the General Roca railway.
