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Avellaneda
City in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Avellaneda

Avellaneda is a port city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 367,554 as per the 2022 census [INDEC].

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Avellaneda is located within the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, and is connected to neighboring Buenos Aires by several bridges over the Riachuelo River.

How locals move

Getting around Avellaneda the local way

  • Get inBuenos Aires also has several small airports dedicated to chartered flights and private aircraft.
  • Get inThree companies operate this service: All three offer ferries to Colonia and connecting buses to Montevideo, Piriapolis, and Punta del Este.
  • Get inBuquebus also offers a significantly more expensive direct ferry to Montevideo.
  • Get inIn low season, you may be on the same ferry as the Buquebus passengers who probably paid significantly more.
  • Get aroundThe principal means of public transportation within the city are the buses (colectivos).
  • Go nextYou can get there by ferry that departs from the ferry terminal in Puerto Madero, at the bottom of Avenida Cordoba.
  • Go nextColonia del Sacramento - a historic town in Uruguay that can be reached from the same ferry terminal.
  • Go nextIguaçu Falls - too far for a day trip but close enough for a 2-3 day trip and one of the world's most amazing natural wonders.

From Wikivoyage: Buenos Aires, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.