Walking from Mar de las Pampas to Villa Gesell

Visitors to Mar de las Pampas have the chance to enjoy the city for a day. For such purpose, they must walk up to the well-known City of Villa Gesell.

Setting out at Mar Azul, Las Gaviotas or, in this case, Mar de las Pampas, towards the City of Villa Gesell, adventurers must walk up to the main street and get away from the woods in search of concrete. The sea will always be at sight, though. These seaside destinations used to have their own well-marked boundaries. However, little by little these faded away as the number of buildings and denizens increased.
Today, Mar Azul, Las Gaviotas and Mar de las Pampas are one whole tourist attraction that may come to be called “the woods by the sea”. Several accommodation alternatives, such as cabins, apartments and tourist resorts with all the services are available.

After leaving Mar de las Pampas behind, the camping area is reached. Several tourist operators have given priority to outdoor life at this location. Therefore, tents and caravans are set meters away from the coast and the roaring sea. To provide full comfort, the camping areas offer a fire pits with tables, restrooms, car park and community areas for rainy days. There are also cabins for rent.

Once on the pavement, we continued walking along the celebrated Avenue Number 3. The circuit gets deep into the southern part of the Village heading for its famed fishing pier, one of the icons of the city year round. Located on 129 Street and the sea, this is certainly a referent as far as location is concerned.

From this point, there are two ways to go on towards the downtown area. One is to walk by the sea while watching the various beach restaurants. The other is to walk down the main avenue while spotting the city sights. We chose the latter.

A famous local castle has been turned into a small amusement park. We soon spotted Don Ramón’s matchless tavern, one of the unequalled restaurants in the village. The best pasta and fish shops. The alfajores sale points, which give us notice that we are approaching the downtown. The arcade games, which continue to be an attraction even though we can find anything on our phones today. Several generations gather at these points. Los Churros del Topo and Carlitos pancakes are a sample of the cuisine philosophy of the denizens of Villa Gesell as well as tourists who come along every summer to enjoy this amazing city.

We kept on walking. Once in the downtown, our eyes got lost in coffee houses, restaurants that promise majestic paellas and the Municipal Museum and Archives, which tell us the history of Villa Gesell and its founding father, Carlos Gesell.

Leaving the city behind and reaching the route known as Interbalnearia 11, we found ourselves in front of a great deal of night clubs that get crowded with teenagers in the summer.
A little bit farther ahead, almost at the entrance of the city, there lies the renowned totem that is supposed to symbolize the arrival of the various international communities in the village. Some people, though, still do not know what it stands for.

The truth is that Villa Gesell has everything visitors need, even a bus called “el Querandí” that can take us back to Mar de las Pampas, Las Gaviotas or Mar Azul if we have grown tired of walking.