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Mar del Plata
City in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is a city of the Atlantic Coast, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Plan a trip to Mar del Plata→From Buenos Aires (Ezeiza)

It is the seat of General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is short for "Mar del Río de la Plata," and means "sea of the Río de la Plata basin" or "adjoining sea to the (River) Plate region." Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina.

With a population of 682,605 as per the 2022 census [INDEC], it is the 5th largest city in Argentina.

Get in

Getting to Mar del Plata

  1. 01
    Astor Piazzolla International Airport

    Aerolineas several times a day during the high season from a number of cities.

  2. 02
    U$D as of January

    The trip is 5 hours through the Argentine Pampas and scenery wise it is very boring - bring a book or a pillow.

See

Worth seeing

The main activities are the port, fishing, tourism and textiles. The main activities in the port are fishing, oil ships and grains. The city has a new passenger terminal for cruise ships and a naval submarine base. It has a lot of industries such as horticulture, construction and mechanical industries.

Do

Things to do

Get to the beach early to beat the crowds, and once you are there do not be offended by the Argentinian tradition of kicking sand on your blanket and face :) Tango shows at Teatro Colón are fantastic and at only 15 pesos for Buenos Aires dance companies, they are a steal. Enjoy mate, the very bitter and caffeinated but addictive beverage. Buy a mate gord, thermos, yerba and ask for agua caliente almost anywhere.

Eat

Where to eat

The most important restaurants are Trattoria Napolitana, Taberna Baska, Mando, Casimiro Restaurante, Parrilla La Gringa; in the port: Sarasanegro, Sur Restaurante, Justiniano, La Casa Vieja, Alito and the others, when you can eat seafood. In the Avenida Costanera where is the Casino and the San Martin Street, there is a pedestrian street.

How locals move

Getting around Mar del Plata the local way

  • Get inManuel Tienda Leon Colectivo service is available at the Buenos Aires Airport for around 1000 Pesos one way (around 25 U$D as of January 2019).

From Wikivoyage: Mar del Plata, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ezarate (CC BY-SA 3.0), Wikimedia Commons.