There is a party, and apparently no one wants to miss it, because despite the bad weather - it has been raining since Friday night, at times very hard -, on the day he celebrates his birthday,
Mar del Plata receives tourists like in the best moment of the season
, so much so that it is believed that this weekend
will be the most popular of the summer
.
The celebration coincides with
the carnival weekend
, and due to the level of reservations registered during the week, tourism sector operators expected good figures.
The reservations are at the height of the third weekend of January, the peak they had this summer, and are just about to be surpassed by the arrivals that occurred this afternoon even
under a downpour
.
“
We are at 85% to 90% reserves
.”
It happens that the weekend coincides with Carnival and the 150th anniversary and there will be a large number of shows.
I think these figures are going to grow a little more and
everything may be complete
," said Eduardo Palena, second vice president of the Gastronomic Hotel Business Association (AEHG) of Mar del Plata.
"I think it will be the best weekend of the season.”
, he ventured.
For their part, from the city's College of Auctioneers and Public Brokers, they agreed: Guillermo Rossi, its owner, said that, until this Thursday, non-hotel reservations were at an average of 70%.
"We believe this will grow, we estimate it will reach 80%," he assessed.
Somehow, so much water
complicated the first activities planned for the celebration of the city's 150 years
.
On Friday night, the 150 kilo cake that had to be moved from the Plaza del Agua, where it would be celebrated under the open sky, to the Paseo Aldrey Cultural Space, where it was finally cut.
Tourists on the Rambla, this Saturday.
Photo Gabriel Bulacio
The girls from the Sea Guard were in charge of distributing the portions, about 1,500, to an audience that had come to the place and waited under umbrellas.
Just enough, but
it was enough for everyone
.
Although an improvement was expected for the evening, the organization of the festivities decided
to modify the calendar of scheduled shows
;
He ran it one day, with some alterations.
Thus, this Sunday Los Totoras and La Joaqui will perform, on Monday Los Pimpinela and Los Palmeras will perform (8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.), while the Bresh Party, which is announced "with a big surprise" will take place on the night of Tuesday the 13th.
The city's anniversary activities had to be rescheduled due to bad weather.
Photo Gabriel Bulacio
All shows are on
the beach at Playa Las Toscas
, a few meters from the Torreón del Monje, and with free admission.
There are also multiple activities in different parts of the city mobilized by the celebration.
At this time we are awaiting the arrival of the Frigate Libertad, which can be visited at its mooring at the Naval Base.
On Sunday, on the esplanade of the MAR Museum, there will be live performances, electronics, freestyle, a station for childhood, projections, immersive experiences and a fair for entrepreneurs and publishers.
The exhibitions “Extra/ordinario” by Bienalsur and “Visión quebrada” by Luis Felipe Noé will also remain enabled.
The city's anniversary and the carnival mobilized visitors.
Photo Gabriel Bulacio
In "Carnival Mode", he will present in his line up with Kidz Mob, a creative collective, formed 6 years ago by more than 12 local artists who perform different works in graphic, musical and audiovisual contexts.
A while before, on the same esplanade,
a 600 kilo super alfajor
made by the local pastry chefs' guild will be tasted.
"I believe that none of the people of Mar del Plata doubt that
we live in the most beautiful city in the world
," said Mayor Guillermo Montenegro at a lunch this Saturday at the NH Gran Hotel Provincial.
It will be a warm Sunday, 26°, somewhat cloudy, and according to the National Meteorological Service, without rain.
There may be some instability on Monday morning, when
the maximum temperature for these holidays and carnival days is forecast to be 28°
.
Mar del Plata. Correspondent
ACE