Mendoza has been the centre of Argentina’s wine industry for decades and is acknowledged to produce the finest wine in the country. Many bodegas offer wine tastings and it’s possible to plan routes of various length taking in as many bodegas as you wish.
The longer routes will require a hire car whilst some can be arranged as a bicycle tour. Whichever you choose, the quality of the wine is legendary and you’ll learn more about how vines came to be grown in this arid region, one of the hottest and driest on the continent.
Mendoza Airport Mini Guide
Mendoza Airport is also called El Plumerillo Airport and the Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport. Just over half a million people use it on an annual basis, mostly on domestic flights. The airport is located five miles away from the centre of Mendoza and so car hire Mendoza Airport is an appropriate way of getting around. It only takes twenty minutes to drive to downtown Mendoza compared to the forty five minutes it would take you to do the same journey by bus. It also means that in the hot summers and the cold winters to which Mendoza is subject you won't have to wait around to get public transport.
Run and operated by the Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A, Mendoza Airport has the airport code MDZ. Map longitude 32.49.54 South and Map latitude 068.47.34 West can be used with one of the handy and affordable Global Positioning Systems that we offer.
A number of domestic flights are in operation. LAN Argentina goes to Buenos Aires Aeroparque and Sol Lineas Aereas flies to and from Cordoba and Neuquen. LAN Airlines goes to Santiago de Chile, Austral goes to Buenos Aires Ezeiza and Aerolineas Argentinas connects with Sao Paulo Guarulhos.
The airport is well equipped and modern, it has Wi-Fi Internet access, an information desk, public telephones, a cafeteria and a restaurant and of course our car rental desks. You will see them as soon as you exit the customs area.
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