This beautiful city is located in the shouthern argentine province of Chubut, 1436 kilometers from the City of Buenos Aires and only 25 from the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most direct access road towards all the principal Patagonian tourist points. The beauty of its landscapes, the sight seeing of the whales, pinguinos and toninas overas, its museums and the practice of an ample variety of sports, turn this magic city in a place that can be visited at any time of the year.

By Luis Rodriguez

Located in the Inferior Valley of the Chubut River, on the National Route N° 3, Trelew (in Welsh means Town of Lewis, in tribute to Lewis Jones, its founder) it arosed before the necessity of the construction of a railway branch that allowes the Wales colonos to transfer farming products from the Inferior Valley of the Chubut River towards the Atlantic Coast.
In 1886, started the majestic work that didn't take a long time in generating a great impact on the commercial activity. That's why, in a short period of time and thanks to its strategic geographic location the small town acquired the characteristics of a mighty and modern city. In 1889 two buildings that still today stay still on were constructed: the Tabernacl Chapel and the Railway Station (nowadays the Museum of the City). At present, it has important terrestrial and aerial routes of access thanks to its International Airport, the only one qualified of all the Patagonian Region.

Enjoying the Nature

The sight of differents and singular species of birds like the imposing Frank Whale of the South; the Paleontological Museum Egidio Feruglio; the beauty of its forests, lakes, cascades and mountains, where the tourists can practice sky, diving, tourism ventures, cavalcades, trekking, rapel, tirolesa, rafting and fishing, between so many other activities; the Museum Town of Luis; Isla de los Pájaros (Bird's Island); the see Colonies of Penguins, Elephants and Wolves; the typical Welsh Chapels and houses, the Paleontological Deposits, the Petrified Forest Dique Ameghino (Ameghino Dock) and the Museum of Visual Arts, are some of the best options that Trelew offers to the tourists who, in addition, will be able to know and experiment- throughout its numerous monuments and historical places- the details of the legendary Welsh culture, the first inhabitants of the city. In addition, the regional products like cheeses and candies home-made, artisans liqueurs and wines and its exquisite and world-wide famous black-cakes that can be bought in the same places where they are elaborated by the artisans constitutes a great important complement.

Services and its noisy night

For the tourist, the city has an ample infrastructure of services, taking into account the different exigencies of all the pockets: hotels of different categories with a total capacity of 1300 seats, restaurants with regional, national and international gastronomy and specialized guides of tourism -to make all type of excursions by the region, including the agro-tourism in the bordering small farms.

Its pubs, discos and places for night entertainment, its shops and its easy and multiple connection with the other tourist points of the Argentine Patagonia (Rawson, the capital of the province, the Eisteddfod Festival, Península de Valdés, Puerto Madryn, Punta Tombo, Rawson, Dique Florentino Ameghino (Florentino Ameghino Dock), Playa Unión (Union Beach), Cabo Dos Bahías (Two Bays Cape) and the very old cities of Dolavon and Gaiman, complete its ample offert so that the visitor can enjoy of an intense activity during the twenty-four hours of the day in a marvellous dream place that deserves to be visited at any time of the year.