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Trip to Argentina

We took a trip to Argentina, March 23-April 4, ’04, booked through our travel agent, Keka’s Travel (9600 NW 25th St., Ste. 4-C, Miami, FL 33154; phone 800/593-5352 or visit www.kekastvl.com).

We flew Aerolineas Argentinas round trip from Miami to Buenos Aires for $2,182.50 per person in business class. It was a good flight but with poor service and mediocre food, I felt.

Our Argentina package, arranged by Keka’s with Tourmedal (c. Pellegrina 833-6° P. Depro. “C” C1009AB6, Buenos Aires, Argentina; phone [54-11] 5237-0384), cost $798 per person and included 12 nights’ hotel accommodations (with breakfasts), transfers, a couple of half-day tours plus a tango/dinner show and a Fiesta Gaucho trip to a hacienda that included lunch and a boat ride. We stayed three nights in Buenos Aires, two in Montevideo, two at Iguazú Falls (see Dec. ’04, pg. 66) and then five more in Buenos Aires. The package did not include airfare of $325 per person from and back to Buenos Aires.

For our eight nights (total) in Buenos Aires, we stayed in an excellent location at the hotel Pestana, previously the Murano (Carlos Pellegrini 877-C1009AB6, Buenos Aires, Argentina; phone [54-11] 5239-1000/1100). They had wonderful service and good food.

Tourmedal’s office was just a step away from the hotel. In the city tour arranged by Tourmedal, our guide, Malvina Gomez, was great.

MARIE-PAUL TERRIER
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

From the January 2005 issue.

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