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Provinces in Argentina [ provincias ]: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur and Tucuman

Bahia Blanca, Bariloche, Catamarca, Comodoro Rivadavia, Cordoba, Estancia, Gualeguaychu, Iguazu, La Plata, La Rioja, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Neuquen, Parana, Posadas, Quito, Rawson, Resistencia, Rio Cuarto, Rio Gallegos, Rosario, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Luis, San Rafael, Santa Fe, Santiago Del Estero, Trelew, Tucuman, Ushuaia, Villa General Belgrano.

Argentina situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east.

Argentina is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast and Chile in the west.

Capital City Argentina: City of Buenos Aires


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Car Rental Argentina

 Holiday Autos  -   
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

 Sixt  -   
Pick-Up Station / Return Station: Buenos Aires Airport and Buenos Aires Downtown.

Hotels in Argentina

 Booking - Hotels in Argentina  -  Hotels in Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Mendoza

 NH Latino ****
Suipacha 309, C1008AAG Buenos Aires
Hotel in the heart of the financial district is just a short walk from Calle Florida and the best shopping malls.

 NH Urbano ****
Marcelo T. de Alvear 363 (La Cañada), X5000KGF Córdoba
This hotel, conveniently located in the midtown area on the traditional Cañada is easily accessible from any part of the city. It is situated a short distance away from the historic centre and commercial and financial district in a neighbourhood with a lively nightlife.

 NH Cordillera ****
Avenida España 1324, M5500DWN Mendoza
Located in the city centre. Very close to the Main Square and just a short stroll to the main shopping areas.

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 -  Hotels in Buenos Aires and Mendoza

 -  Hotels in Buenos Aires and Iguazu Falls
More hotels in Calafate, Cordoba, Jujuy, Mar del Plate, Mendoza, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, Trelew, Tucuman, Ushuaia

More Hotels? See the Page Hotels.

Hostels Argentina / Budget Accommodations

 
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

 Hostal Don Sancho  -  Youth Hostel in Buenos Aires van Mariana & Paula
It's very original and different from the rest due to its decoration and location. It's in Boedo, the most traditional area of the city and where the tango was born.
 Youth Hostels in Agentina
 Hostels in Latin-America.org

Tour Operators / Argentina Specialist Travel Agents

Kuoni Travel 
** Discover this vast South American country on our exciting tour which is combined with Brazil.
** Enjoy the sophistication of the Paris of South America, Buenos Aires, with a tour of this elegant city.
** Admire the beautiful parks and gardens of Palermo, the old quarters of San Telmo and other interesting sights.
** The tour also spend two nights at the stunning Iguacu to see the mighty falls which border Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

Travelsphere  
Travelsphere is the UK's No. 1 operator of escorted holidays.

The Adventure Company
Do you want to see wildlife, go trekking, discover fascinating cultures and ways of life, experience life in a tribal village, see the stars from a desert wilderness... Try one of the activity holidays, travel experiences not to be missed! Adventurecompany.co.uk.

Page & Moy 
Activity Holidays, Christmas & New Year, Events, Holidays by Air, Holidays by Coach, Rail Holidays, Resort Holidays, River Cruises, Short Breaks, Touring holidays.

Thomas Cook  

 British Airways  -  Holidays in Argenina
Gallop gaucho-style over the Pampas, taste fine wines with the snow-capped Andes as a backdrop and experience Patagonia's city-sized glaciers close-up. Most visitors arrive in Argentina via its capital, Buenos Aires, and few fail to be charmed by its faded grandeur, proud traditions and buzzing nightlife.
 
 -  Create your perfect trip  -  Flight, Hotel and Car

 Abercrombie and Kent Travel  -  luxury holiday
Most of Abercrombie & Kent's holidays are tailor-made, offering complete freedom of choice. They can tailor your holiday to your schedule, party size, travel and accommodation requirements, to put together a bespoke holiday which reflects your individual style, budget, taste and time consideration.
 Adventure Bound 
 Andean Trails 
Andean Trails is a specialist tour operator offering challenging small-group trekking, mountain biking and jungle expeditions in the South American Andes and Amazon.
 Audley Latin America 
 Austral Tours  -  Latin America specialists 



 Bales Worldwide
 Cazenove + Loyd
 Cox & Kings
Cox & Kings is the longest established travel company in the world, its history stretching back to 1758.
 CTS Horizons 
 Dragoman Overseas Travel Ltd 
 Elegant Resorts
 Exclusive Destinations
 Exsus Travel
 Exodus  -  The Different Holiday
They do more than simply visit an area, they get under its skin by exploring its many facets: people, landscapes, wildlife, mountains, food, history, culture and music.
A visit to Iguazu Falls, the largest and most extensive in the world can be combined with a horse back ride on the Pampas, whale watching in the south, a visit to the amazing Moreno glacier and the capital, Buenos Aires.
Patagonia, Antarctica, Falklands, South Georgia, Aconcagua [ An ascent of the toughest trekking peak in South America ], Fitzroy & Paine, Cape Horn, Cordillera Taril and more
 Explore Worldwide - small group adventure holidays
Their tours are designed to get you closer to different people, cultures and landscapes.
 First Choice Holiday
 Gane & Marshall International Limited
 Geodyssey
 Guerba World Travel Limited  -  Adventure Holidays & Discovery Tours
Find the best selection of culture, adventure activity, safari, overlanding and trekking holidays.
 Hayes & Jarvis
 JLA - Journey Latin America
Active Adventures, Tailor-Made - Bespoke Holidays for Individuals, Escorted Group Trips [journeys and tours
 Kumuka Worldwide
 Last Frontiers  -  a small, specialist Tour Operator for Latin America
 Latin America Travel
 Latin Odyssey  -  Latin America Specialist
Latin Odyssey specialises in personalised itineraries, creating private tours based on your interests and budget, with an emphasis on service.
 Owners Syndicate 
 Preston Reid  -  Tailor Made Travel to South America
 Pura Aventura 
 Reef and Rainforest Tours Limited
 Robert Broad Travel
 Scott Dunn Latin America
 Seasons in Style
 Select Latin America  -  incorporating Galapagos Adventure Tours
 South American Experience  -  one of the leading specialists for Latin America.
All their tailor-made itineraries which involve flights and ground arrangements are ATOL protected.
 Steamond Travel
 Steppes Latin America
 Sunvil Latin America 
 The Ultimate Travel Company
 Thomson Holidays
 Trailfinders
 Tim Best Travel
 TrekAmerica Travel Ltd
 Tribes Travel Ltd
Tribes, the Fair Trade Travel company, aims to offer you holidays which are not only second to none in terms of quality and excitement, but which are also of benefit to the local people, environment and wildlife of the destination you choose to travel to.
 Trips Worldwide
 Veloso Tours
 Ventureco Worldwide 
 Virgin Holidays
 Wexas
 Whitney & Smith  -  Legendary Expeditions
Trekking Southern Argentina and Chile wilderness adventure in the Heart of Patagonia / The Marine Safari: Kayaking and Hiking in Argentina Patagonia.
 Wildlife Worldwide 
 World Expeditions
 Worlds Apart Travel
From tropical Iguassu Falls on the borders of Brazil to chilly Ushuaia the most southerley city in the world. There are lots of trips to chose from - trekking in the Patagonian Andes, whale and penguin watching on it's rich coastline; or Tango in downtown Buenos Aires! 
 Worldwide Journeys

Travel Guides Argentina / Related Books

Travel Guides Argentina [ Amazon.co.uk ]

Argentina - Lonely Planet Country Guide 
Danny Palmerlee, Sandra Bao, Andrew Dean Nystrom, Lucas Vidgen
Guide to one of South America's best travel bargains, formerly covered in the best-selling Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay includes more colour highlights, suggested itineraries, maps, keyed sites and cultural insights than any other guide coverage includes Chilean Patagonia and side trips to Uruguay an increasingly popular destination, with visitor numbers up by 18 per cent in 2003 just about everything costs two-thirds less than it does in the US (eg, a five-star luxury hotel is USD100 to USD175, a two- or three-star hotel USD25 and a bottle of Argentine wine is about USD6.50). However the economy has stabilized significantly over the last 3 years the film Seven Years in Tibet, starring Brad Pitt, was mostly filmed in Patagonia. about 85 percent of the population is of European origin
Paperback 524 pages (August 2005); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 1740595157.
"Time Out" Guide to Buenos Aires 
Paperback 320 pages (May 27, 2004); Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 014101363X
The Rough Guide to Argentina - 2nd Edition -  Danny Aeberhard
The second edition of the Rough Guide to Argentina explores the country in its entirety, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires to the spectacular Rio de la Plata and Iguazu Falls in the north and remote Ushaia in the far south. The Rough Guide also includes areas often visited on short trips from Argentina - Tierra del Fuego, Chilean Patagonia and Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. The Rough Guide includes a 24-page full-colour introduction to the country's highlights, hand-picked by the authors. As well as all the first-hand reviews of the best places to stay, eat, drink and party in every town and province, there is detailed advice on the many outdoor activities available - from horseback treks to white-water rafting to heli-skiing. Throughout the guide there are also insightful boxes on Argentinian culture, including the birth of tango, the rise of Peron and the religion of football.
Paperback 896 pages (November 25, 2004); Publisher: Rough Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 1843533375
"Time Out" Guide to Patagonia 
Patagonia has thousands of miles of diverse and dramatic landscapes and micro-environments, sparsely populated by humans and rich in wildlife and natural wonders. This title takes the visitor through this land, from the South Atlantic coast via the Argentine steppe, to the Andes and lake districts on both sides on the Chilean and Argentine border to the fjords and glaciers of the South Chilean archipelago. The text offers the best of what to eat, what to see and where to stay, as well as the region's best buys. There should be something for everyone, from trekking to skiing and from mightlife to beachresortds.
Paperback 256 pages (December 5, 2002); Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 0141012404

Transportation / How do I travel to Argentina

 Airports in Agentina  -  a.o. Buenos Aires Jorge Newberry Airpark
 Don Torcuato International Airport

 British Airways  -  Flight tickets Buenos Aires 
British Airways has frequent flights to Buenos Aires. Your flights to Buenos Aires land at the modern Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport, located 21 miles south-west of the centre of Buenos Aires. After your Buenos Aires flight, head to one of the airport's helpful information and travel desks to arrange your transfer into the buzzing Buenos Aires metropolis with the minimum of fuss.

 
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Flight.co.uk  -  Flight tickets Ezeiza [ EZE ]

  Airline Tickets / Discount Flights  -  price comparison possible

 Aerolineas Argentinas [ national airline ]

 Plataforma 10  -  bus tickets and boat tickets
Platform 10 distributes services of more than 70 important businesses of transportation at more than 1600 destinies in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. 

 Metro Buenos Aires  -  maps, etc.

 Maps International - Maps of Argentina   
Mapsinternational.co.uk is one of the largest map shops online.
 Online Maps of Argentina [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]


Links 

 Travel Insurance  -  online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Gobierno Electronico Republica Argentino

 Presidencia de la Nación Argentina  -  President of Argentina

 Government Argentina

 City of Buenos Aires  -  Capital City Argentina
This is the most European city in South America, and arguably the most sophisticated in the southern hemisphere

 Bahia Blanca
 Mar del Plata
 Miramar
 Rosario

 Catamarca Province
 Chaco
 Chubut
 Cordoba
 Corrientes
 Entre Rios
 Formosa
 Jujuy
 La Pampa
 La Rioja
 Mendoza
 Misiones
 Neuquen
 Rio Negro
 Salta
 San Juan
 San Luis
 Santa Cruz
 Santa Fe
 Santiago del Estero
 Tierra del Fuego
 Tucuman.

 Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur

 Córdoba City  -  Argentina's second largest city
 Rosario  -  3rd largest city

 Football  -  Diego Maradonna.com
 Evita Perron Foundation
 Monster of Chupacabra  -  see Page Loch Ness
 News from Argentinia  -  Buenos Aires Herald  -  online paper in english
 Press  -  Clarin  -  Argentina's most popular newspaper
 Press  -  La Capital  -  newspaper from the City of Rosario
 Press  -  La Nacion  -  conservative newspaper
 Press  -  La Voz del Interior  -  newspaper from Córdoba City
 PBS  -  Living Edens  -  Patagonia, Life at the End of the Earth
Ferdinand Magellan stumbled upon this land off the shores of South America. Accounts of what he saw vary: giant, dancing natives or just very large footprints in the sand. It inspired the name Patagonia - the land of the big feet. From the towering mountains of Torres del Paine, across the alkaline basin of the arid steppes, to the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast, filmmaker Jeff Foott captures this alluring realm of wild extremes and bizarre creatures. It is on this magnificent Eden that elephant seals battle with terrific force to win a mate, where giant condors soar on swift currents, where killer whales command the Sea of Valdez and where penguins convene in the thousands.

Cuisine - Argentina Cooking

Argentine cuisine is influenced by waves of European immigration, particularly from Italy. Argentina is known for its beef, and many meals are based on substantial amounts of carne.

 Cuisine of Argentina 
Argentines are famous for their high protein diet, particularly beef. Grilled meat (parrillada) from the asado is a staple, with steak and beef ribs especially common. Chorizo, morcilla, chinchulines, mollejas, mondongo and other parts of the animal are enjoyed...
 Argentina For The Gourmet Traveler
Popular Foods & National Cuisine [ Alfajors, Asado, Beef, Dulce De Leche, Empanadas, Pastas ], Popular Beverages & National Drinks [ Yerba Mate, Wine ], Best Dining Destinations [ Buenos Aires, Mar Del Plata ]
 Culinair  -  recipes

South American Food and Cooking: Ingredients, Techniques and Signature Recipes from the Undiscovered Traditional Cuisines 
Jane Milton, Jenni Fleetwood, Marina Filippelli
Paperback 160 pages (November 2005); Publisher: Southwater; Language: English; ISBN: 1844761797

History of Argentina

Independence: 9 July 1816 (from Spain)

The area now known as Argentina was relatively sparsely populated until the period of European colonization . The Diaguita of northwestern Argentina lived on the edges of the expanding Tahuantinsuyu (aka Inca Empire); the Guaraní lived farther east.

 Argentina's History  -  Wikipedia
Argentina during the reign of the Inca, Spanish colonial era, Birth of a nation state, The emergence of modern Argentina, The Great Depression in Argentina and World War II, The rise of Juan Perón, Struggle between Peronist and anti-Peronist forces, The Dirty War, Argentina's return to democracy
The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics (Latin America in Translation/en Traduccion/em Traducao) 
Gabriela Nouzeilles (Editor), Graciela Montaldo (Editor)
... This essential introduction to Argentina's history, culture, and society provides a richer, more comprehensive look at one of the most paradoxical of Latin American nations: a nation that used to be among the richest in the world, with the largest middle class in Latin America, yet one that entered the twenty-first century with its economy in shambles and its citizenry seething with frustration. This diverse collection brings together songs, articles, comic strips, scholarly essays, poems, and short stories. Most pieces are by Argentines...
Paperback 536 pages (December 20, 2002); Publisher: Duke University Press; Language: English; ISBN: 082232914X
Evita: The Real Lives of Eva Peron -  Nicholas Fraser, Marysa Navarro
A brand new edition of this classic Deutsch biography of Eva Peron. Eva Peron was a legend in her own lifetime and since her death in 1952 the legends have proliferated. By the end of the twentieth century she had been immortalised on stage and screen and is now regarded as one of the strongest, most idolised female icons of last century. Indeed, in what has become a self-fulfilling prophecy, one of her last apocalyptic speeches contained the declaration, "I will come again, and I will be millions." Evito tells the real story of this enigmatic popular heroine, a village girl who rose to stardom first as an actress, then as the mistress of Colonel Peron and finally as the world's most powerful presidential wife. In Evita, the authors ask: Was Eva a saint or a sinner? Why, after her death was there such a concerted effort to create a myth around her? Here are the answers, in this immensely revealing account of one of the world's most astonishing women.
Paperback 248 pages (June 2003); Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 0233051236

Music, Culture & Entertainment

 Culture of Argentina
The Europeans heavily influence Argentine culture in various areas. Art, literature, architecture, music and lifestyle have all been affected greatly...
The best-known element of Argentine culture is probably their music and dance, particularly the Tango. In modern Argentina, tango music is enjoyed in its own right, especially since the radical Astor Piazzolla redefined the music of Carlos Gardel. Folk music and dance are popular in provincial Argentina, whether of European folk-style like Basque or Welsh dance, or a blend of European and pre-Columbian style. An example of the latter is the Chamamé of Misiones...
Culture Shock! Argentina: A Guide to Customs and Etiquette - Fiona Adams
Each book in the unique Culture Shock. serie s provides travellers with a practical guide to the culture, customs, traditions and society of the featured country. '
Paperback 250 pages (March 30, 2001); Publisher: Kuperard; Language: English; ISBN: 1857332539

 Bandoneon  -  history of the bandeon
10th Anniversary -  Astor Piazzola [ Artist ]
To hear Astor Piazzola play the bandoneon, click on the song titles
Audio CD; Label: Milan; ASIN: B000068Q1X; Catalogue Number: I367380 
 Tangosite.com
Tango: An Art History of Love -  Robert Farris Thompson
A definitive study of tango in all its manifestations from the author of the classic Flash of the Spirit. Beginning with Carlos Gardel, the Argentine genius considered to have invented tango in 1917, through to Hollywood's current representations of the dance, Thompson approaches his subject from all conceivable angles. Passionately argued, unequalled in its research, synthesis and depth and written with a revelatory clarity, Tango is a monumental and hugely fulfilling achievement.
Hardcover 368 pages (October 2, 2005); Publisher: Pantheon; Language: English; ISBN: 0375409319
The Best Tango Album in the World, Ever! 
To hear a Tango sample, click on the song titles
Audio CD (April 1, 2003); Label: Capitol; ASIN: B00008L3R0; Catalogue Number: I392541

Web Portals / Search engines / Argentina Directories

 Ciudad Internet  -  portal site / search engine
 Terra  -  portal / search engine
 Argentina Guia  -  Tourism and shopping guide
 Argentina Travel
 Argentina Travel Net
 Planet Argentina  -  Your Guide To Argentina
 Toda la Net  -  Search engine Argentinean only web pages 

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