Bariloche: Lakes, Mountains and Chocolate Bariloche may well be one of the most tourist oriented places in Argentina but its location, on the shores of beautiful Lago Nahuel Huapi, surrounded by dozens of snow capped mountains, is perfect, and despite the crowds, it's easy to fall under its spell. Our stay in Bariloche was one of the highlights of our trip. We booked a week long Spanish course with "Spanish in the Mountains", and through Maria, who ran the school, we also found fantastic & cheap accommodation in a house in the mountains. Maria picked us up when we arrived and brought us to our mountain hut, 12km from town, near Lago Gutierrez, which was our home for the next 9 days. Our accommodation was perfect. We had a two-story house, with lovely bedroom, kitchen, living
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