Archive for the ‘Cruises Argentina’ Category
Friday, June 4th, 2010
Destination Antarctica: A Rare Combination for Oceania Cruises Aficionados
Crown Cruise Collection highly recommends this sailing for Oceania Cruises aficionados and is offering spectacular savings along with complimentary travel insurance and $250 per cabin shipboard credit. With air included from the major gateways, a category B2 balcony stateroom is $8099, which ...
Posted in Antarctica, Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cape Horn, Chile, Cruises Argentina, Falkland Islands, Patagonia, South America, Tierra del Fuego Argentina, Uruguay, Ushuaia Argentina | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Fantastic twin-centre packages to the Falklands, South America and Antarctica.
Situated 400 miles off the south eastern tip of South America and comprising over 740 islands, the Falkland Islands are an increasingly popular addition to South America or Antarctica itineraries for intrepid independent travellers and cruise passengers.
Whether you’re attracted by its ...
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
Tourism Up: The Argentine cruise industry saw a record season servicing 336,000 passengers
The cruise season yielded good results in Argentina with 336,000 tourists coming to Buenos Aires during the last season, which is to say, there were 140 port arrivals by 39 vessels. This was a record figure for the ...
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
With just a few days for the official end of the 2009/2010 cruise season Buenos Aires City is celebrating an increase in the number of ship calls and visitors, according to the preliminary results of a poll contracted by the City’s Tourism Board.
The poll indicates that a total of 298.500 ...
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Saturday, March 20th, 2010
After a 4 1/2-hour flight from Argentina's capital of Buenos Aires, my plane headed for its approach into Ushuaia, the largest southernmost city in South America. Out the window, we could see the azure water of the Beagle Channel on the left and the snow-blanketed Andes Mountains on the right.
The ...
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
The first thing to realise about expedition ship Via Australis, on which I recently travelled to Cape Horn, is that the name has nothing to do with Australia, except both share the same etymology - from the Latin for "south."
The second thing I discovered was just how well this little ...
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
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SOURCE:
“El MSC Orchestra llegó a Buenos Aires”
PHOTOS: Nicolás Stulberg
INFOBAE.COM
http://www.infobae.com
http://www.infobae.com/imagenes/1025-1-El-MSC-Orchestra-lleg%C3%B3-Buenos-Aires
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Last week, an e-mail friend sent me the most awesome picture of the icebergs of the Antarctic. These massive chunks of ice looked as if they had been created during a chef-gone-mad reality show.
If you can imagine the most perfectly created wedding cake — all white and stunning — but ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
As the war of words between Argentina and Britain continues, it's business as usual for the cruise ships naviagating the South Atlantic waters.
Her decks boast sun loungers and golf simulators rather than machine guns and torpedoes, while those on board are more likely to be sipping G&Ts than rehearsing military ...
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Puerto Madryn in Argentine Patagonia expects a considerable fall in the number of cruise calls following Norwegian Cruise Lines decision to stop operating in the Valparaíso/Buenos Aires tour in the next 2010/2011 season.
Local authorities believe this could mean ten cruise calls less and the absence of 20.000 visitors, which means ...
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