Mar Del Plata is a touristy town on the Atlantic coast, about 400km south-east of Buenos Aires. We came here partially because our time at the beach on Ilha do Mel had turned into something of a wash-out, and it broke up the long trip southwards towards Patagonia.
Mar Del Plata has all the seaside kitch and tat that any self respecting seaside town should have, but on a massive scale with highrise apartment blocks towering over the skyline. The beach is home to a succession of balnearios, row upon row of tents for sheltering the beach goers from the sun and wind.
We have quite enjoyed this torquay/benidorm hybrid of a town, although mostly for the bemusing array of touristy tackiness everywhere!
We spent a day on bicycles, and rode about 3 miles to the fishing port, where we saw an amazing sight of a couple of hundred sea lions, who had established a colony on one of the breakwaters. One sneezed over us. Nice.
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