Argentina: attractions and places of interest

Punta Tombo Nature Reserve in Argentina, located on a small peninsula. In it you can see the largest colony of Magellanic Penguins. It occupies a strip of the Atlantic Ocean with a length of 3 km, a width of 0.6 km. The territory of the reserve is protected and belongs to the Argentinean Sea Nationa...

Mount Fitz Roy is located in Patagonia, an area that is border between Chile and Argentina. This mountain has other names: Cerro Chalten, as well as Cerro Fitzroy. Moreover, her second name: « Chalten » in the Teuelche language means « a crumpled mountain », which is quite suitable for the peak of F...

Argentina has one important natural attraction - the steppe of Pampa. Pampa – these are large herbal steppes. Mostly they are not thick, but have a long length from Buenos Aires to Uruguay and occupy an area of 1200,000 km2. They can also be described as plains, as the Quechua Indians thought, beca...

Located in Buenos Aires, located in Argentina, Palacio Barolo, is even surprised by its architecture. It was built back in 1923, and at that time it was considered the highest of the buildings on the whole continent. Now the building is considered the National Historical Monument of Argentina. The p...

Recoleta Cemetery is one of the three tourist attractions of Buenos Aires. Impressive way of burial: coffins with the departed do not bury in the ground, but place above the surface. A crypt is installed above the coffin, which looks like a house. In such a « house » several people are buried, membe...

Lake Traful — an amazing pond of Argentina in the province of Neuquen. Its area is about 76 km2. Traful — the source of the eponymous river, at its mouth is considered Nauel Wapi. This lake is known for its beauties, opening from a height of 102 meters. A massive rock rises above it, from the height...

The Maipo volcano is one of the most active in the world. It is located on the border between Chile and Argentina, 90 kilometers to the southern part of Tupungato and 100 kilometers to the southeastern territory of Santiago. The height of the volcano reaches 5264 m. Its popularity is not due to the ...

Buenos Aires Japanese Garden – public park area located in Buenos Aires, which is the Palermo area. This garden is considered one of the largest world Japanese gardens located outside of Japan. The Buenos Aires Garden was organized in 1967 in the area of the Trez de Febrero city park. The decision ...

Quite by accident, in 1941, a simply unique cave was discovered in Argentina, which was called Cueva de las Manos, which in translation sounds nothing more than a Cave of hands. This find was found by a monk in one of the gorges of the local Pinturas River. At first, he could not even imagine that t...

Salinas Grandes – is a salt marsh located in northwestern Argentina. Its location is a tectonic cavity at an altitude of 170 m in the middle of ridges. The area of this territory is 6000 km2. Salinas Grandes is represented as a dried lake bottom, the white surface of which has been published resemb...