To offer a more thorough Patagonian experience, Instituto Patagónico de Idiomas Lanín allows students to take classes in two very different cities in Neuquén, a Patagonian State: Neuquén City and San Martín de los Andes -in the Andes Mountains. Please click on each city to learn more about its size, weather, landscape and main attractions.

Your host in our San Martín de los Andes branch will be Verónica. San Martín de los Andes is one of the most beautiful mountain villages in the area. It is located next to the Lacar Lake, Lanín National Park. In San Martín you will find not only beautiful wild landscapes, but also warm and friendly villagers. Every season offers something special in San Martín. The white and cold Winter is ideal for those who love mountain sports, and the colourful Summer offers a variety of water sports.

There are many things you can do in this amazing tourist village:
Rafting
Parapente
Mountain trekking
Fly fishing (at the mouth of Chimehuin river, 40 km away from San Martín de los Andes, a highly worldwide recognized fishing site)
Sunbathing at Lago Lácar beaches.
Skiing in winter season
City tours in the Big Red Bus (typical British bus)
Horseriding

And don't forget to visit the wonderful Lanín National Park.
To learn more about this extraordinary place, please visit: www.smandes.gov.ar

The Río Negro-Neuquén Valley:
The Río Negro-Neuquén valley presents a wide range of tourist attractions. You may visit our fruit farms, where we grow pears, apples, grapes, and peaches or you may walk on the Río Negro or the Neuquén rivers banks.
There are different cities in the valley that cater for all kind of tastes: Allen, a small city surrounded by farms full of grapes and pears. General Roca, a city that offers music shows from rock and roll to classical music styles, Cipolletti and its lively casino with live entertainment every night, and Neuquen, which offers all of the varied opportunity of a big city.
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