Argentina
Regions of Argentina
Argentina spans 3,700 kilometres from the tropics to the sub-Antarctic. These are the regions it is conventionally travelled in.
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Northwest
High-altitude desert, ochre and violet rock, colonial towns and the highest vineyards in the world. The oldest inhabited part of the country.
- Provinces
- Jujuy · Salta · Tucumán · Catamarca · Santiago del Estero · La Rioja
- When to go
- April to November, outside the summer rains.
Cuyo
The wine country at the foot of Aconcagua, the highest peak outside Asia, with desert canyons and irrigated oases against the Andes.
- Provinces
- Mendoza · San Juan · San Luis
- When to go
- March and April for the harvest; October to December for the mountains.
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Buenos Aires
The capital and the province around it: a European-scaled city on the Río de la Plata, with the delta, the pampas and the Atlantic coast beyond.
- Provinces
- Ciudad de Buenos Aires · Buenos Aires
- When to go
- Year-round; spring and autumn are the most comfortable.
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