[Warning: Before travelling to this area, please read about the virus detected] Los Alerces National Park is one of the most beautiful and unspoilt natural parks in the Patagonia region, southern Argentina. It consists of two parts: the formally declared national park of 187,379 hectares (723.47 sq mi) and the adjoining Los Alerces National Reserve of 71,443 hectares […]
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Visit El Ateneo, the most beautiful bookshop in the World
El Ataneo Grand Spendid is considered the most beautiful bookshop in the World. In 2019, it was named the “world’s most beautiful bookstore” by the National Geographic, and made it to the 22nd position of the Top 25 landmarks in the World of TripAdvisor’s travellers choice. Situated on Avenida Santa Fe in Barrio Norte/Recoleta, the building was designed by architects Peró and […]
Best wine hotels in Mendoza
Mendoza is one of the nine Great Wine Capitals, and the city is an emerging enotourism destination and base for exploring the region’s hundreds of wineries located along the Argentina Wine Route. The region around Greater Mendoza is the largest wine-producing area in Latin America. [Wikipedia] It is 1198 km west of Buenos Aires, so it takes 1h 40min by […]
Best value Malbec wines from Argentina
This is our selection of best value Malbec wines. All of them are on the mid-range level, with prices between 8 and 15 USD. Note that not all of them are easy to find outside Argentina, and prices increase a lot outside of the country. Las Perdices We tried Las Perdices for the first time 2 […]
Best cool and quirky restaurants in Buenos Aires
An antique shop that becomes a restaurant on weekends, a clothing/antique store/bar/restaurant combination in San Telmo, a speak-easy pub at the back of a pizza place, a well known and well-established Cebicheria and a few traditional “cantinas/bodegones”. This a selection of cool and quirky restaurants in Buenos Aires that you should visit. La Pasionaria Located […]
Best restaurants in Mar del Plata
This is our selection of best restaurants in Mar del Plata, including coffee, ice-cream, pastries, beer and more. To have a better idea about Argentinean food, you can read about its traditional cuisine in this post. International Sarasa Negro: the most sophisticated and expensive on the list, but also one of the best in the country. […]
Top 10 foods you MUST try in Argentina
Warning: If you are Vegetarian go to number 5. 1. “Asado” Yes, everybody knows the highly-rated and acclaimed Argentinean steak. But there is much more than that. It is part of their culture and a kind of ritual. “Asado” is basically a barbeque. What makes the difference is mainly the meat itself, but also the […]
Best of Mar del Plata. Things to do, hotels and attractions
Mar del Plata is the second most visited city in Argentina after Buenos Aires, but the majority of its visitors come from within the country. It has a complex and large infrastructure for tourism including hotels, beach clubs, restaurants, casinos, golfs and sports venues. There is no trains nor tube here, only buses and they […]