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Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Argentina, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Argentina. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Argentina are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Argentina. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
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Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
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Table of Contents
Argentinas Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction 1
Iguaz Falls. Getting up close to these Niagara-beating cataracts, which run for 2.5km (1.5 miles) along the ArgentinaBrazil border, is one of the most thrilling spectator experiences the natural world has to offer. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 2
Perito Moreno glacier. Larger than Buenos Aires, and taller than that citys Obelisk, this ice behemoth is Patagonias most awe-inspiring sight. Seeing shards break off the main wall and crash to the lake below is an unforgettable experience. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 3
Palermo Viejo. A seemingly endless array of pleasures awaits in Buenos Aires most fashionable barrio, from browsing the racks in hip boutiques to sampling the citys most adventurous cuisine. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 4
Quebrada de Humahuaca. This gorge of many colors in northwest Argentina was once part of the Camino Inca and is now a Unesco World Heritage Site. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 5
San Antonio de Areco. With its quiet streets lined by one-story buildings housing pulperas (a kind of rural bar), silversmiths, fodder and fertilizer stores, and, increasingly, B&Bs, San Antonio is the archetypal gaucho town. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 6
Mendozas wine country. Irrigated by melt water from high up in the Andes, Mendozas wineries now produce world-class wines along with the rough stuff that accompanies every good asado (barbecue). Many of the best of them are open to tourists. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 7
Ruta 40. Traversing the country from tip to toe, this legendary 5,000km (3,107-mile) route is one of the longest in the world. Several stretches, including ones in the provinces of Salta and Santa Cruz, pass through some of the countrys most sublime landscapes. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 8
Nahuel Huapi National Park. Extinct volcanoes, turquoise lakes, thick temperate forests, ski centers, luxury accommodations, and Patagonias liveliest city, Bariloche just a few of the attractions in this, Argentinas oldest national park. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 9
Pennsula Valds. Jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean, this bleak promontory is one of the worlds greatest marine wildlife sanctuaries. Southern right whales (in season), penguins, sea lions, and (if youre very lucky) orca are among the animals you may spot here. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 10
The Beagle Channel. Cutting through the heart of Tierra del Fuego, this wild and beautiful strait joins the worlds two great oceans. A boat trip along the channel from Ushuaia is an exhilarating voyage to the end of the world. For more information, .