You hear plenty of talk about gauchos and the tango when you mention Argentina, but for many travelers it’s the country’s natural wonders that are the primary attraction. They range from the northern deserts to the southern Andean cordillera and from Iguazú Falls to the magnificent desolation of Patagonia.
The universal language of Argentina is Spanish, but many natives and immigrants keep their mother tongues as a matter of pride. Argentina’s culture has been greatly affected by its immigrant population, mostly European. The principal indigenous peoples are the Quechua of the northwest and the Mapuche in Patagonia.
Since the recent devaluation of the Argentinean currency -The "Peso"-, Argentina has become one of the cheapest destinations for international tourists. The cost of vacationing in the country has dropped dramatically, but services maintain the same quality as before 2001. Argentina is, without a doubt, one of the most comfortable and safe countries in Latin America.
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This complex, energetic, and seductive port city has been the gateway to Argentina for centuries. The multinational people of Buenos Aires possess an elaborate and rich cultural identity. They value their European heritage highly--Italian and German names outnumber Spanish, and the lifestyle and architecture aremarkedly more European than any other in South America. One of the world&’s finest opera houses, the Teatro Colon, flourishes here on the plains alongside the river. The locals are intensely involved in the life and culture of their city, and they will gladly share the secrets of Buenos Aires if you lend an ear and relate your own stories in return.
Buenos Aires’ physical structure is a mosaic as varied and diverse as its culture. The city is composed of many small places, intimate details, and tiny events and interactions, each with a slightly different shade, shape, and character. Glass-sheathed skyscrapers cast their slender shadows on 19th century Victorian houses; tango bars hazed with the piquant tang of cigar smoke face dusty, treasure-filled antique shops across the way.
For all its diversity, the elusive spirit of Argentina as a country is present everywhere in Buenos Aires. The national dance, the tango, is perhaps the best expression of that spirit--practiced in dance halls, parks, open plazas, and ballrooms, it is a dance of intimate separation and common rhythm, combining both an elegant reserve and an exuberant passion.
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Córdoba is Argentina’s colonial capital, a picturesque city of a million on the edge of a mountain range known as the Sierra Chica. Because of its proximity to the mountains, Cordoba is a perfect base for excursions into the natural beauty of the Andes, or even the Pampas 100 km to the south.
Prior to the rise of Buenos Aires, Cordoba was Argentina’s center of arts and learning, a place of scholars and priests, churches and universities. Though in terms of national importance the city has fallen behind the capital, it still retains and independent spirit and distinctive grace. Its name comes from the surrounding province, which embraces an unusually scenic section of the Andes, the Sierras de Cordoba.
The Suquia River forms Cordoba’s main natural landmark. The physical center is the Plaza San Martin, named after Argentina’s great liberator and the site of the city’s cathedral. South of the Plaza is Calle Obispo Trejo, an easily walkable avenue filled the some of the city’s most illustrious colonial buildings including the Church Compania de Jesus, which was built in 1645 and is known for its unique roof.
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