Mendoza Getting There & Away

Getting There & Away

The bus terminal is about two kilometers from the city center. Taxis and remis (private taxis) are readily available. There are daily bus connections to all major destinations including Bariloche and Santiago de Chile, a beautiful 8 hour bus ride crossing the Andes. Mendoza has a small airport, El Plumerillo (airport code MDZ), with flights to Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile, but tickets are very expensive compared to bus fares. Mendoza is a travel hub of sorts for Argentina, with connections to nearly every major city in the country. Bus travel times to/from Mendoza: 13-17 hours: Buenos Aires 10 hours: Córdoba 14 hours: Tucumán 36 hours: Puerto Iguazú 41 hours: Río Gallegos 7 hours: Santiago de Chile 8 hours: Valparaíso, Chile 60-74 hours: Lima, Peru (via Santiago) 22 hours: Montevideo, Uruguay In the winter, the mountain passes to Chile can be closed if weather is bad.