I was thinking about good options to spend Bitcoin and international travelling is a quite obvious one: You don't have to care about currency exchange (at least not that much), and in many cases you bring precious Bitcoins into circulation to places away from the main tech metropoles.
Thus I start this thread to gather a
list of cities and other places where you can travel with Bitcoin. The idea is that those who want can post cities and towns, be it in their own country or in locations where they have been, or whatever, where there is some Bitcoin acceptance. And add a photo from every location so the thread becomes a bit "visual" too
The idea is to show cities, towns and resorts where you can pay for your main expenses with BTC. There should be at least
accomodation (hotels, apartments ...) and
places to eat (restaurants, bars, fastfood etc.) which accept Bitcoin. Places with shops and ATMs are even better. Resources to check are for example
BTCmap,
Coinpages, and of course search engines, ChatGPT and friends etc. Important: If you want to travel to these places spending your BTC, double check the hotels and restaurants still exist and still offer Bitcoin payment.
Let's start with:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Credits: Public domain image
A vibrant metropolis with an immense cultural scene, and home to several Bitcoiners too. The long history of inflation and unstability has made Argentina one of the countries with most Bitcoin ownership in the Americas, and thus it's not surprising there are some hotels and restaurants you can pay with BTC. One can almost speak about a "Bitcoin district" in the city center, where you can find a Bitcoin-accepting shop in almost every block, and in total there are around 100 Bitcoin-accepting businesses. You can find restaurants, bars, Bitcoin ATMs, some few places for acommodation and shops at
BTCMap here. The image shows Floralis Generica, a moving sculpture located in a big park, the perhaps most unique attraction of the city.
San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Credits: Fulviusbsas @ Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA license
The city of Tucumán has about a million inhabitants and lies on the foot of jungle-covered mountains called the Yungas. It's a great place to explore Northwestern Argentina and has a lot of historic buildings, close to Salta, the Rio Hondo spas and the Quilmes pre-columbian city. This is actually the only interesting place in Argentina outside of the capital Buenos Aires where I have found
both accomodation and food with payment in Bitcoin. The BTCmap location is
here. Tucumán has about 20 businesses accepting Bitcoin, which is quite good for a city off the beaten track!
In Argentina you can also buy some gift cards with Bitcoin at Bitrefill, for example for the Carrefour and Dia supermarkets (at least Carrefour is present in both cities and many others too) and also some restaurants. See
Bitrefill Argentina.
Now it's your turn ... know a city or town where you can pay with BTC in at least one place both for food and accomodation? Post it here
