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Puente de la Mujer
The striking Puente de la Mujer is Puerto Madero’s signature monument. Unveiled in 2001, this gleaming-white structure spans Dique 3 and resembles a sharp fishhook or even a harp – it’s supposed to represent a couple dancing the tango. Designed by acclaimed Spanish architect Santia
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Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Valle
This 19th-century cathedral shelters the Virgen del Valle, patron of Catamarca and one of northern Argentina’s most venerated images. Her back is to the church: you can get a look at her face by ascending to the Camarín, a chapel accessed down the side of the building, decorated wi
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Complejo Museográfico Enrique Udaondo
On the west side of Lujáns gargantuan basilica plaza, this gorgeous colonial-era museum complex rambles with several display rooms, pretty patios and gardens. The Sala General José de San Martín showcases Argentina’s battles for independence, while the Sala de Gaucho contains some
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Criadero Coquera & Casa Entre Rios
A kilometer west of Molinos, this is where the government’s agricultural research arm raises vicuñas. You can take a tour and feed these beautiful camelid creatures; if theres nobody there, they dont really mind you just heading on up the side to see the animals. Here also is the C
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Valles Calchaquíes
Definitely one of Argentinas most appealing off-the-beaten-track areas, the Valles Calchaquíes combines striking natural landscapes with unique cultural and historical resources. The vernacular architecture here merits special attention - even modest adobe houses might have Neoclas
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Museo Las Lilas de Areco
Florencio Molina Campos is to Argentines what Norman Rockwell is to Americans – a folk artist whose themes are based on comical caricatures. This pretty courtyard museum displays his famous works. (There are separate admission fees to access the gallery and the adjacent Sala de Car
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Plaza Lavalle
A couple of blocks northwest of the Obelisco is Plaza Lavalle, three blocks of parks surrounded by some important buildings. Two big landmarks here are the Teatro Colón and the Teatro Nacional Cervantes . But theres also the austere neoclassical Escuela Presidente Roca (1902), an e
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Parroquia Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de los Capuchinos
If you’re in the neighborhood, its worth stopping by to check out this marvelous neo-Gothic church built between 1928 and 1934, whose glaring oddity is its missing steeple (omitted on purpose to symbolize human imperfection). Among the numerous sculptures that cover the church’s fa
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Parque Provincial Moconá
At the end of the road from El Soberbio you cross the Río Yabotí (if its high you wont be able to go further) and arrive in the Parque Provincial Moconá. Here theres a visitor center, walking trails with views of the falls, boat excursions to get you up close to them (AR$250 foreig
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Glaciar Martial
A good hike from downtown leads up to Glaciar Martial, where you can enjoy views of Ushuaia and the Beagle Channel; in fact, the views are possibly more impressive than the actual glacier. Catch a taxi up the hill or, if youre up for an all-day hike, follow San Martín west and keep
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Museo Histórico del Norte
Set on the plaza in the lovely cabildo (town hall), this collection ranges from pre-Columbian ceramics through colonial-era religious art (admire the fine pulpit from Salta’s Jesuit church) and displays on Salta in the 19th and 20th centuries. The endless portraits of Salta’s gover
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Parque Nacional del Tierra del Fuego
Extending 63,000 hectares (155,676 acres) from the Beagle Channel in the south to beyond Lago Fagnano/Kami in the north, only a couple of thousand hectares of this park are open to the public: a miniscule system of short, easy trails along the rivers or through dense native forests
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Bosque Petrificado Sarmiento
Fallen giants are scattered in a pale sandstone landscape at this petrified forest, 30km southeast of Sarmiento. From the visitor center, a trail leads through ethereal grounds with the appearance of a lumberyard gone mad: ‘wood’ chips cover the ground and huge petrified logs, up t
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Casa Natal de Che Guevara
The apartment building at Entre Ríos 480 was where Ernesto Guevara Lynch and Celia de la Serna lived in 1928 after the birth of their son, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che. According to biographer Jon Anderson, young Ernestos birth certificate was falsified (he w
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Iglesia, Convento y Basílica de San Francisco
Many mendocinos (people from Mendoza) consider the image at this church of the Virgin of Cuyo, patron of San Martín’s Ejército de los Andes, miraculous because it survived Mendoza’s devastating 1968 earthquake. In the Virgin’s semicircular chamber, visitors leave tributes to her an
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Museo Arqueológico
The standout exhibit is a vivid 3000-year-old fertility goddess figure, depicted with snakes for hair and in the act of giving birth. She’s a product of the advanced San Francisco culture, which existed in Las Yungas from about 1400 BC to 800 BC. There’s also a selection of skulls
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Museo Judio Dr Salvador Kibrick
At the northeastern end of Plaza Lavalle, Jewish symbols adorn the facade of the Templo de la Congregación Israelita , Argentina’s oldest and largest synagogue. Concrete sidewalk planters, constructed after recent attacks against Jewish targets, discourage potential car bombs; poli
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Jardín Japonés
First opened in 1967 and then donated to the city of Buenos Aires in 1979 (on the centenary of the arrival of Argentina’s first Japanese immigrants), Jardín Japonés makes a peaceful rest stop. Inside there’s a Japanese restaurant along with lovely ponds filled with koi and spanned
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Parque Nacional Patagonia
Out on the steppe, this new 530-sq-km park was created in 2015 primarily to protect the maca tobiano , an endangered duck that has been brought to the brink of extinction by non-native mink. Its also a bird-watching destination. While most of the park infrastructure and trails are
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Caverna de Las Brujas
Caverna de Las Brujas is a magical limestone cave on Cerro Moncol, 72km south of Malargüe and 8km north of Bardas Blancas along RN 40. Its name means ‘Cave of the Witches.’ The cave complex stretches for 5km. Guided tours (admission and flashlights included in the price) take two t
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