{"id":5287,"date":"2016-05-23T11:13:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/?p=5287"},"modified":"2016-10-24T17:02:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T20:02:12","slug":"esquel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/esquel\/","title":{"rendered":"Esquel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Located at the edge\u00a0of Andean mountain range, the city of Esquel is the main urban center of western Chubut.<\/h2>\n
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Panoramic view of Esquel – Photo: Secretar\u00eda de Turismo de Esquel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Its origin was formalized with the laying of the telegraph service. The foundation date is \u00a0February 26th.\u00a01906, when this service was inaugurated.<\/p>\n

Together with San Mart\u00edn de Los Andes<\/a>, Villa La Angostura<\/a>,\u00a0Bariloche<\/a> and El Bols\u00f3n<\/a>\u00a0they constitute a regional unit called the “Corridor of Patagonian lakes”<\/p>\n

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Entrance to Los Alerces National Park – Photo: Secretar\u00eda de Turismo de Esquel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Esquel is the gateway to Los Alerces<\/a> Na<\/a>tional<\/a> Park<\/a>, one of the most beautiful parks in the Andean Patagonian sector. The majestic landscape, which treasures ancient forests of larch trees, is impressive. There are numerous trails through the mountains, where you can go horseback riding or trekking<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are also sites for rafting, fishing<\/a> and\u00a0skiing<\/a>.\u00a0The ski resort La Hoya<\/a>\u00a0is very close to the urban area, with easy access and quality services. It is one of the places in Patagonia where you can ski until early spring.<\/p>\n

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La Trochita – From Esquel to Nahuel Pan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Esquel also means\u00a0“La Trochita”<\/a>\u00a0or The Old Patagonian Express, the unique and famous narrow gauge train that runs across a part of Patagonia. It is without doubt one of the unmissable tours of the region of Los Alerces.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Located at the edge\u00a0of Andean mountain range, the city of Esquel is the main urban center of western Chubut. Its origin was formalized with the laying of the telegraph service. The foundation date is \u00a0February 26th.\u00a01906, when this service was inaugurated. Together with San Mart\u00edn de Los Andes, Villa La Angostura,\u00a0Bariloche and El Bols\u00f3n\u00a0they constitute… Read on<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[153,39],"tags":[50],"class_list":{"0":"post-5287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-esquel","8":"category-andina","9":"tag-enhomecat"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5287"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5446,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5287\/revisions\/5446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}