El Cruce

El Cruce is the bustling centre of Villa La Angostura, the reference point where Avenida Arrayanes meets Ruta 40 and where the tourist office, bus terminal, banks, restaurants and shops cluster. Its alpine-styled commercial strip is the town's most walkable and animated zone, drawing the bulk of visitor traffic year-round and serving as the gateway to both Cerro Bayo and the Arrayanes peninsula. For investors, El Cruce offers the town's best mix of liquidity and rental flexibility: apartments and mixed-use units here suit short-let tourism and commercial tenancy alike, generating gross dollar yields of 5-6%. Prices sit below the lakefront extremes, typically US$200,000 to US$650,000, while still benefiting from the 5-12% appreciation forecast for prime Villa La Angostura stock. As an urban, non-water-bordering area, it also carries the cleanest foreign-ownership profile in town.

El Cruce in Villa La Angostura, Neuquén Province, Argentina