Tag Archive | "Argentina"
Travelling in Villa la Angostura
Villa La Angostura is a village on the south of the Argentine province of Neuquén, on the northwest shore of the Nahuel Huapi Lake. The village is located halfway between the cities of San Martín de los Andes and Bariloche, inside the Nahuel Huapi National Park, very close to the isthmus of the Quetrihue Peninsula, [...]
Continue reading...Ushuaia Southernmost city Tourism advice
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Situated on the Beagle Strait, Ushuaia is the largest city in Argentine Tierra del Fuego, and arguably the southernmost city in the world. In the past, the town has been a missionary base, penal colony and naval base for the Argentine navy. Ushuaia is now a major tourist town, complete with casinos and nice restaurants, [...]
Continue reading...Tilcara General and Touristic Information
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Tilcara is a pleasant town (pueblo) in the Andean Northwest of Argentina. San Francisco de Tilcara (usually referred to as Tilcara) is a city in the province of Jujuy, Argentina, and the head town of the Tilcara Department. It has 5,640 inhabitants. Tilcara is located 84 km from the provincial capital, San Salvador de Jujuy, beside [...]
Continue reading...San Miguel de Tucuman Tourist attractions
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
San Miguel de Tucuman (usually referred to as simply Tucuman) is the largest city in northern Argentina, with a population of 525,853. The metropolitan area totals 806,000, making it the fifth-largest in the country. It is the capital of the province of Tucumán. It was founded in 1565 by Spanish Diego de Villarroel travelling south from [...]
Continue reading...San Martin de los Andes General Information
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Located by the eastern coast of Lácar lake, 635 m above sea level, with almost 30.000 inhabitants, it is the main tourist center of Neuquén province, and the administrative headquarters of Lanin National Park. San Martin de los Andes offers high quality lodging places, becoming a good option to plan holidays at any time of [...]
Continue reading...San Carlos de Bariloche Tourism
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Bariloche is in the Río Negro Province, near the Nahuel Huapi National Park in Argentina, situated on the foothills of the Andes, surrounded by lakes (Nahuel Huapi, Gutiérrez Lake, Moreno Lake and Mascardi Lake) and mountains (Tronador, Cerro Catedral, Cerro López). It is famous for skiing but also known for sight-seeing, water sports, trekking and [...]
Continue reading...Salta Attractions and Information
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. With a population of 464,678, it is Argentina’s 8th largest city. It is situated in the Lerma Valley, 1,152 meters above sea level, at the foothills of the Andes mountains. Salta means ‘Very beautiful’ in ‘quechua’, language spoken by the first [...]
Continue reading...Rosario General Travel Information
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located 300 km (187 miles) northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,025,000 residents. The third most populated city of the country, Rosario is gradually becoming a tourism spot. It has been the second most [...]
Continue reading...Puerto Madryn Backpackers Tips
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Puerto Madryn is a city in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. It is the head town of the Viedma Department, and has about 58,000 inhabitants. The town was founded on 28 July 1865, when 150 Welsh immigrants who came in the clipper Mimosa named the natural port Porth Madryn in honour of [...]
Continue reading...Travel to Puerto Iguazu
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Puerto Iguazu is a frontier city in the province of Misiones, Argentina. It is the fifth largest city in the Province, after Posadas, Oberá, Eldorado and San Vicente. The world-renowned Iguazu Falls are only 18 kilometres (11 mi) away from the city, and as a result the city has developed its infrastructure around tourism. The Tancredo [...]
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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