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Área Natural Protegida Punta Tombo
Continental South America’s largest penguin nesting ground, Punta Tombo has a colony of more than half a million Magellanic penguins and attracts many other birds, most notably king and rock cormorants, giant petrels, kelp gulls, flightless steamer ducks and black oystercatchers.
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Hito Argentino
A kilometer west of the center, this is a great viewpoint with a small obelisk painted in Argentine colors at the impressive confluence of the Ríos Paraná and Iguazú. From here you can see Brazil and Paraguay, with similar markers on their sides. A desultory artesanía market is als
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Museo y Taller Draghi
This small museum, attached to the silversmith workshop of the locally renowned Draghi family, highlights an exceptional collection of silver facones (gaucho knives), beautiful horse gear and intricate mate paraphernalia. There’s also some jewelry and leather bags; everything is fo
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Barrio Chino
BA’s petite but exuberant Barrio Chino (Chinatown), established by Taiwanese immigrants after WWII, is worth a visit for the great-value noodle and spring roll joints and exotic supermarkets where you can gawk at beheaded fish and pick up treats like lychee candy and beautifully pa
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Biblioteca Nacional
Prominent Argentine and Latin American literary figures, such as Ernesto Sábato, have lectured here, and other events include workshops, concerts and cultural activities. Tours in English are offered on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 3pm. Bring photo ID and be ready to fill out a
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Museo Temático de Maquetas Tupac Amaru
Set up by and housed in the headquarters of an indigenous political organization, this unexpectedly charming museum tells the history, traditions and mythology of indigenous Argentina in a series of entertaining dioramas. If you read Spanish, youll find copious information here on
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Buenos Aires
Art lovers shouldn’t miss this fine museum, which specializes in geometric abstraction drawn from the technology-driven world that surrounds us today (think architecture, maps and computers). So rather than traditional paintings, you’ll see large, colorful and minimalist pieces mea
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Museo del Hombre
This interesting local museum has sections on geology and archaeology, including high-quality ceramics and two haunting Inca mummies with well-preserved funerary goods. Another room is dedicated to mountaineering, giving details of famous expeditions to the provinces 14 peaks that
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Museo Histórico Municipal General Pueyrredón
Once owned by Argentine icon, General Pueyrredón, the Museo Histórico Municipal General Pueyrredón is an old colonial villa set on spacious grounds with faraway views of the Río de la Plata. Don’t miss the algarrobo tree under which Pueyrredón and San Martín planned strategies agai
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Museo Histórico de Corrientes
This museum is set around an attractive patio and exhibits weapons, antique furniture, coins, and items dealing with religious and civil history. It’s a little bit higgledy-piggledy, but staff are proud of the exhibition and keen to chat. The room on the War of the Triple Alliance
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Estación del Ferrocarril Patagónico
Train fans can check out the imposing English-designed train station off Av Oneto, built by Yugoslav stonecutters in 1908. Puerto Deseado was once the coastal terminus for a cargo and passenger route that hauled wool and lead from Chilean mines from Pico Truncado and Las Heras, loc
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Iglesia Dinamarquesa
One block southwest of the seriously ugly Facultad de Ingeniería of the Universidad de Buenos Aires is a different sort of architectural oddity: the brick Iglesia Dinamarquesa , a neo-Gothic Lutheran church dating from 1930 and designed using blueprints from Danish architects Rönno
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Cerro San Bernardo
For outstanding views of Salta, take the teleférico from Parque San Martín to the top of this hill, a kilometers ride that takes eight minutes. Alternatively, take the trail starting at the Güemes monument . Atop is a cafe (whose terrace has the best views), a watercourse and artes
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Cerro La Movediza
At the north edge of town, the Piedra Movediza, a 300-ton stone, teetered precariously atop Cerro La Movediza for many years before finally falling in 1912. A ‘replica’ (non-moving) stone was built in 2007; like its predecessor, its still a major tourist draw (and a fun photo op.)
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Acuario Municipal Mendoza
Nothing at this small underwater freak show seems to have changed since its inauguration in 1945 (except the algae levels on the glass). But it’s hard not to gaze in awe at the motionless, tongueless albino frogs or the ‘armored pig, ’ a very ugly fish from the Río Paraná. Skip the
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Vía Cristi
Situated about 2km from the center of town, near the end of Av Antardida Argentina, Vía Cristi contains a collection of 22 sculptures, bas reliefs and mosaics winding its way up Cerro de la Cruz and vividly depicting the Conquest of the Desert, Mapuche Legends, Christian themes and
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Parque das Aves
Opposite Helisul, the Parque das Aves is a large bosky bird park. It has a huge assortment of our feathered friends, mostly Brazilian, with good information in English and Spanish. The highlight is the walk-through aviaries, where you can get up-close and personal with toucans, mac
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Villa Ocampo
The glamorous Unesco site Villa Ocampo is a wonderfully restored mansion and reminder of a bygone era. Victoria Ocampo was a writer, publisher and intellectual who dallied with the literary likes of Borges, Cortázar, Sabato and Camus. The gardens are lovely here; tours and a cafe a
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Museo Histórico Franciscano
Alongside the San Francisco church and convent, this retains a strong selection of colonial art from local painters, the Cuzco school and Bolivian workshops. A confessional from Potosí, a rustic violin from a Jesuit Guaraní mission, and an 18th-century Stations of the Cross series
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Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires
Housed in a recycled tobacco warehouse, this spacious, multistory museum shows off the works of (mostly) Argentine contemporary artists. Expect exhibitions showcasing everything from photography to industrial design, and from figurative to conceptual art. There’s also an auditorium
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