Necochea travel guide

Ins and outs

There are several buses daily from Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires and Bahía Blanca to Necochea’s bus terminal (Av 47 and Av 58, T02262-422470) rather inconveniently northeast of the centre (3 km from the beach). Take local bus No 513 to the beach area, or a taxi for US$2. There’s a good bus network all over the city. There is also a train station at the corner of streets 580 and 563 in Quequén, east of Necochea across the bridge. The town lies on the west bank of the Río Quequén, and is in two parts, with its administrative centre 2 km inland from the seafront area. On the opposite bank of the river, Quequén (population 15,000), is mostly a residential area, with one of the most important grain exporting ports in the country. The two towns are linked by three bridges, one of them, Puente Colgante, a 270-m suspension bridge built in Cherbourg and opened here in 1929. There are a number of banks with ATMs and locutorios along the pedestrianized shopping street, Calle 83.