{"id":5680,"date":"2015-01-02T04:04:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T03:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2020-12-18T14:37:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T13:37:35","slug":"involuntary-stopover-in-mendoza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/01\/02\/unfreiwilliger-zwischenstopp-in-mendoza\/","title":{"rendered":"Involuntary stopover in Mendoza"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Bus ride from San Juan to Mendoza<\/li>\n<li>Walk through the city center<\/li>\n<li>Reading in the street cafe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Actually we wanted to continue to Santiago de Chile today via Mendoza. During yesterday&#039;s internet research, however, we found that all buses are already fully booked. We only decide until <b>Mendoza<\/b> to drive and visit the city there.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>After the delicious breakfast buffet, take a taxi to the bus station. At 9.30 a.m. the bus leaves for Mendoza, the <b>Wine capital of Argentina<\/b>. In the distance you can even see the summit of the highest mountain in South America: the <b>Aconcagua<\/b> With <b>6962 m altitude<\/b>\u00a0is he <b>outside the Himalayas the highest mountain on earth<\/b>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>We take a taxi from the bus station to the remote one <b>Hotel Ibis<\/b>. The mid-range hotel chain has the advantage of pretty much always offering the same service, which scores points with my parents. After all, at a certain age one prefers to travel more comfortably than in the wild youth =). Niki and I would prefer a cheaper version, but you can adapt.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>After we have put our luggage in the hotel we take a taxi to the center again. We visit the headquarters <b>Plaza das Armas?<\/b> and march through the shady tree-lined pedestrian zone with many cozy cafes. The ideal place to have a drink, watch the goings on and read travel guides. Otherwise Mendoza itself has no real must-sees to offer. Tourists are mainly attracted by the top quality wineries in the area and the Aconcagua.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=250894737  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5683\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_02_1.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_02_1\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_02_1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_02_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Then we want to try the local wine right away and drink two delicious bottles <b>Dada Syrah Rose<\/b>. After the siesta, the shops in the city center open more and more and there is more life in the city. We&#039;ll see you again <b>Mercado Central <\/b>before we start looking for a restaurant for dinner. Again there is nothing to eat before 8.30 a.m., so we use the happy hour for a drink and then go to the Arabs for dinner.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Bus ride from San Juan to Mendoza<\/li>\n<li>Walk through the city center<\/li>\n<li>Reading in the street cafe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>Actually we wanted to continue to Santiago de Chile today via Mendoza. During yesterday&#039;s internet research, however, we found that all buses are already fully booked. We only decide until <b>Mendoza<\/b> to drive and visit the city there.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,978,1005,1028],"tags":[966,1006,1025,1029,1030,1031],"class_list":["post-5680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-argentinien","category-san-juan","category-mendoza","tag-argentinien","tag-san-juan","tag-anden","tag-aconcagua","tag-wein","tag-mendoza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}