Our Grand Tour of South America in five big bus journeys with highlights, best hotels and best meals Our routes around South America (red is overland, blue is flights. Country Places Visit Date Argentina Buenos Aires - Hotel de la Paix, Victory hotel, Obelisco Centre Suites, La Estancia, Museo del Jamon, Grants buffet, Valerio black beer restaurant, Puerto Madero waterside restaurants, La Boca district, Evita's pink palace, street entertainers, tango show, Bolivian carnival 1,2,3 2002, 2003, 2015 Mar del Plata - Hermitage hotel, Trenque Lauquen restaurant, sea-lions 2 Oct 2003 Uruguay Montevideo - Crystal Palace hotel, port market (restaurants) 1 Oct 2002 Colonia - historic town, La Mission hotel, La Florida restaurant 1 Oct 2002 Fray Bentos - meat packing museum 1 Oct 2002 Argentina again Posadas, abandoned steam trains 1 Oct 2002 San Ignacio, Jesuit mission station 1 Oct 2002 Iguacu - Sheraton hotel, more of the waterfall 1 Oct 2002 Brazil Foz d'Iguacu - San Rafael hotel, Iguacu waterfall (one of our 'seven wonders') 1 Oct 2002 Paraguay Asuncion, capital city 1 Oct 2002 Argentina again Salta - Colonial hotel, Hotel el Pasaje, Posada de los Nubes, Casa Moderna deli, José Balcarce restaurant, Café del Tiempo, old colonial houses, municipal market, day trips to canyons and vineyards with llamas and condors 1,2,3 2002, 2003, 2015 Cordoba 1 Oct 2002 Mendoza 1 Oct 2002 Chile Santiago, capital city 1 Oct 2002 San Pedro de Atacama, desert town 2 Oct 2003 Arica 2 Oct 2003 Bolivia La Quiaca, Bolivia-Argentina border 3 Oct 2015 Sucre - Capital Plaza hotel, Grand hotel, Joy Ride café, historic old town 3 Oct 2015 La Paz - Boutique el Consulado hotel, La Tranquera restaurant, English Pub, Rodriguez market 3 Oct 2015 Copacabana, Lake Titicaca 3 Oct 2003 Peru Puno - Lake Titicaca, Yavari steam ship 2, 3 Oct 2003, Oct 2015 Cusco - central square, stone walls 2 Oct 2003 Aguas Callientes, for Machu Picchu 2 Oct 2003 Machu Picchu, one of our 'seven wonders' and the climb up Huaynu Picchu 2 Oct 2003 Arequipa - colonial town 2 Oct 2003 Nazca - the lines 2 Oct 2003 Lima - Antigua Miraflores hotel, Rosa Nautica restaurant 2, 3 Oct 2003, Oct 2015 Trujillo, colonial town 3 Oct 2015 Ecuador Cuenca - hotel Vieja Mansion, Novocentro restaurant, historic old town, zoo 3 Oct 2015 Quito - La Boca restaurant, chocolate factory in the old town 3 Oct 2015 The equator 3 Oct 2015 Otavalo - indigenous people's market 3 Oct 2015 Colombia Pasto, border town 3 Oct 2015 Popayan - Camino Real hotel, La Cosecha Parilla restaurant, historic old town 3 Oct 2015 Silvia - indigenous people's market 3 Oct 2015 Bogota - Hotel Regina, Andres DC restaurant, San Isidro restaurant, Jiminez bar, Quinta de Bolivar, Zona Rosa shopping district 3, 5 Oct 2015, Jan 2018 Zipaquira - salt cathedral, picturesque square 5 Jan 2018 Tunja - Posada del Santa Elena 5 Jan 2018 Villa de Leyva - Casa Terra hotel, El Rincon Gourmet restaurant, historic old town, colourful balconies 3, 5 Oct 2015, Jan 2018 Barichara - Casa Oniri hotel, Don Juan restaurant, Shambala café, historic old town 5 Feb 2018 Guane - village 'frozen in time' 5 Feb 2018 Giron - Las Nieves hotel, historic town 5 Feb 2018 Medellin - Binn hotel, cable-car ride 5 Feb 2018 Cartagena - Casa Santa Ana hotel, Castellana restaurant, Marzola Parilla grill, Clandestino tapas bar, Mila bakery, Plaza Trinidad bars, historic old town, colourful balconies 3, 5 Oct 2015, Feb 2018 Venezuela Caracas - Simon Bolivar's house 2 Oct 2003 Guyana Georgetown - Cara Lodge hotel 4 Oct 2016 Suriname Paramaribo - De Waag restaurant, Fort Zeelandia 4 Oct 2016 French Guiana Cayenne - pizza at Les Palmistes 4 Oct 2016 St Laurent de Moroni 4 Oct 2016

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