Argentina

Endonym Argentina Demonyn Argentine, Argentinian Language Spanish Population 44 million Capital Buenos Aires Currency Argentinian peso (ARS) High Point Aconcagua, 6960m Slogan Beats to your rhythm.

Argentina

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Top 5 Destinations in Argentina

Top 5 Nature Destinations

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Other Destinations

Cities + Towns:
Buenos Aires
Comodoro Rivadavia
Córdoba
La Plata
Mendoza
San Miguel de Tucuman

Nature:
Aconcagua
Cafayate
Cerro de los Siete Colores
Iguazú Falls
Ischigualasto Provincial Park
Quebrada de Humahuaca
Salar de Arizaro
Salinas Grandes
Uco Valley
Valdes Peninsula
Valles Calchaquíes
Villa la Angostura

Argentinian Patagonia:
Argentino Lake: the largest fresh water lake in Argentina.
Bariloche: a town known for its Swiss alpine-style architecture.
Beagle Channel: the extreme southern tip between Chile and Argentina.
Cerro Otto: a 1405 metre high mountain with a cable car to the top.
Cerro Torre: a ridiculously steep peak on the border with Chile.
Cueva de las Manos: caves with paintings of hands dated from thousands of years ago.
Del Desierto Lake: a beautiful lake close to Monte Fitz Roy.
El Calafate: a town near the edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
Esquel: a town at the foothills of the Andes famous for the La Trochita steam train.
Isla Victoria: a scenic lake best seen with a boat cruise.
La Trochita: a steam train line constructed in the 1930s.
Lanín National Park: known for its glacial lakes and the snow-capped Lanín volcano.
Los Alerces National Park: features moraines, glacial cirques and clear-water lakes.
Los Arrayanes National Park: famous for its forest of 300-year-old arrayán trees.
Los Glaciares National Park: the ice cap outside of Antarctica, Greenland and Iceland, with 47 large glaciers.
Monte Fitz Roy: one of the most beautiful mountains in the world.
Perito Moreno Glacier: a 30km long glacier in the Los Glaciares National Park.
Perito Moreno: a town close to the Cueva de las Manos UNESCO site.
Punta Tombo: a long narrow peninsula known for its colony of Magellanic penguins.
San Martín de los Andes: this town is a gateway to Lanín National Park.
Southern Fuegian Railway: a steam trail that travels into the Tierra del Fuego National Park.
Tierra del Fuego National Park: a park with waterfalls, forests, mountains and glaciers.
Upsala Glacier: a large glacier disputed territory between Chile and Argentina.
Ushuaia: a resort town located on the Tierra del Fuego archipelago.
Viedma Lake: a 50 mile long lake formed from melting glacial ice.

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National Parks

Baritú
Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo
Calilegua
Campo de los Alisos
Campos del Tuyú
Chaco
Copo
El Impenetrable
El Leoncito
El Palmar
El Rey
Iguazú
Islas de Santa Fe
Lago Puelo
Laguna Blanca
Lanín
Lihué Calel
Los Alerces1
Los Arrayanes
Los Cardones
Los Glaciares
Mburucuyá
Monte León
Nahuel Huapi
Patagonia
Perito Moreno
Predelta
Quebrada del Condorito
Río Pilcomayo
San Guillermo
Sierra de las Quijadas
Talampaya1
Tierra del Fuego

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UNESCO Sites

Cultural (6)
Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas (1999)
Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (2000)
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) (1983,1984)
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System (2014)
Quebrada de Humahuaca (2003)
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2016)

Natural (5)
Iguazu National Park (1984)
Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks (2000)
Los Alerces National Park (2017)
Los Glaciares National Park (1981)
Península Valdés (1999)

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Typical Costs

Accommodation

Hostels: USD$6-20
Hotels: USD$20+

Activity Costs

Casa Rosada – Free
Iguazu Falls National Park – USD$28 / ARS500
Museums USD$1-4 / ARS15-60
National Park entrance fees range USD$4-20 / ARS50-300

Eat/Drink

Beer: USD$3.80 / ARS65
Coffee: USD$2.60 / ARS65
Sitdown Meal: USD$10 / ARS250
Tipping:

Empanadas: USD$1 / ARS10-15
Choripán: USD$2 / ARS25

Transportation

Buenos Aires Subte (Metro) Ticket: ARS7.50
Buenos Aires Local Bus: ARS6.50
Buenos Aires to Córdoba by bus: USD$35-75, 7h30m
Buenos Aires to Córdoba by train: USD$13-21, 20h
Buenos Aires to El Calafate (Patagonia) by bus: $83+, 41h
Buenos Aires to Mendoza by bus: USD30-85, 14h
Buenos Aires to Montevideo, Uruguay by bus: USD$47 / ARS1200, 8h

Budget

Tight: USD$30
Relaxed: USD$50

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Guidebooks

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