Along the Río Paraná
From the northern edge of downtown, Parque Urquiza slopes steeply downward to the banks of the Río Paraná. During summer, the waterfront fills with people…
Must-see attractions in Argentina
Quebrada de Humahuaca
It’s not often that you imagine the heavenly host armed with muzzle-loading weapons, but in this roadside village’s picturesque 17th-century church that’s…
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
For great views over Tandil and a relaxing afternoon hike, head 6km west of town to this hilltop park. There's a bakery, a restaurant with outdoor tables,…
Museo Municipal Argentino Urquiza
Bariloche & the Lake District
A worthwhile detour for hardcore dinosaur enthusiasts, this museum is located in the little town of Rincón de Los Sauces, some 240km north of Neuquén via…
Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Emilio Caraffa
Córdoba
One of the city’s best contemporary-art museums stands ostentatiously on the eastern side of Plaza España. Architect Juan Kronfuss designed the…
Salta
Only Carmelite nuns may enter this 16th-century convent, the oldest building in Salta (though it was rebuilt into its current form in the 1840s after…
Buenos Aires
A feisty Irishwoman funded the construction of this handsome art deco–style apartment building, which was the tallest skyscraper in Latin America at the…
Salta
For outstanding views of Salta, take the teleférico from Parque San Martín to the top of this hill, a 1km ride that takes eight minutes. Alternatively,…
Catamarca & La Rioja
Head down Maestro from Chilecito's plaza to reach this relatively recent addition to the town: a huge statue of Christ on a platform accessed by a 203…
Museo Histórico Provincial Marqués de Sobremonte
Córdoba
It’s worth dropping into one of the most important historical museums in the country, if only to see the colonial house it occupies: an 18th-century home…
Bariloche & the Lake District
Visit this award-winning winery, founded by a pioneering family, to sample from their nine wine ranges and to visit their 'dinosaur cellar,' where a…
Monumento Nacional a La Bandera
Rosario
Manuel Belgrano, who designed the Argentine flag, rests in a crypt beneath this colossal stone obelisk, built where the blue-and-white stripes were first…
Buenos Aires
This mid-18th-century town hall building houses an interesting museum largely dedicated to the revolution of May 1810, when Argentina declared…
Córdoba
The construction of Córdoba’s cathedral began in 1577 and dragged on for more than two centuries under several architects, including Jesuits and…
Rosario
The well-presented collection features plenty of post-independence exhibits plus excellent displays on indigenous cultures from many parts of Latin…
Tierra del Fuego
If you make one stop in Tolhuin, check out this museum, which is especially worthwhile for Spanish speakers. A former 1920s police post, the little house…
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
This gargantuan flower sculpture, located in the center of Plaza Naciones Unidas, is the inspired creation of architect Eduardo Catalano, who designed and…
Buenos Aires
Santa Catalina was founded in 1745, when it became Buenos Aires’ first convent. In 1807 British troops invaded the city for the second time and took…
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
Housed in an unusual circular building that was once an ice-skating rink and a tango hall (happily not at once, however), the spacious Palais de Glace now…
Rosario
A former army HQ, not far from where police held, tortured and killed people during the Dirty War, this museum seeks to remember the violence and victims…
Mendoza & the Central Andes
Casa Natal de Sarmiento is named for Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, whose prolific writing as a politician, diplomat, educator and journalist made him a…
Coastal Patagonia
A rough 30km southeast of Camarones, the isolated rookery Cabo Dos Bahías attracts far fewer visitors than Punta Tombo, making it an excellent alternative…
Iguazú Falls & the Northeast
In riverside Parque Rivadavia, northeast of town, this ruined mansion was built in 1888 by a French industrialist who mysteriously abandoned the property…
Cafayate
This impressive museum gives a good introduction to the area’s wine industry. The atmospheric first section, which deals with the viticultural side – the…
Córdoba
Córdoba’s lovely and lively central plaza dates from 1577. Its western side is dominated by the white arcade of the restored cabildo (town council)…
Quebrada de Humahuaca
This well-presented collection of regional artifacts in a striking colonial house has some pieces from the pucará just south of the center. Exhibits offer…
Catamarca & La Rioja
The order of St Francis was on the scene very early and began building here in the late 16th century. Bad luck with construction and then an earthquake…
Museo Etnográfico Juan B Ambrosetti
Buenos Aires
This worthwhile anthropological museum was created as an institute for research and university training – and as an educational center for the public. On…
Centro de Visitantes Istmo Carlos Ameghino
Coastal Patagonia
This cultural center, 22km beyond the entrance of Reserva Faunística Península Valdés, focuses on natural history, displays a full right-whale skeleton…
Buenos Aires
Located in Villa Crespo, this meeting spot is so much more than a bar. The concept at Casa Brandon is to promote art in the context of sexual diversity…
San Antonio 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…
Mendoza & the Central Andes
Naturally occurring stone bridge, once used by Inca to cross the Río de las Cuevas. The ruins of an old spa lie eerily beneath the bridge, which combined…
Córdoba & the Central Sierras
If you like honey and want to learn about the importance of bees to our planet's biodiversity, don't miss a 15-minute walk northwest of town to check out…
Córdoba & the Central Sierras
Take a guided tour of the once-extravagant, now-decaying Hotel Eden, built in 1897, where the guest list has included Albert Einstein, the duke of Savoy…
Cafayate
Built as if money and space were no object, this upscale, over-the-top, US-owned winery is 3km from Cafayate. Tours show you three levels of relatively…
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
Tours of the Castillo Luro, as the museum is known, offer insight into the luxurious eccentricities that Argentine landowners could afford to indulge in…
Museo Etnográfico y Colonial Provincial
Along the Río Paraná
Run with heartwarming enthusiasm by local teachers, this museum has a chronological display of stone tools, Guaraní ceramics, jewelry, carved bricks and…
Quebrada de Humahuaca
The lovable cabildo (municipal building), built in the Spanish Moorish style in the 1940s, is famous for its clock tower, where a life-size figure of San…
Bariloche & the Lake District
The largest of the Patagonian wineries and one of the world's southernmost, Bodega del Fin del Mundo uses cutting-edge technology to produce its Special…
Museo y Taller de Platería Draghi
San Antonio de Areco
This small museum contains an exceptional collection of 19th-century silver facones (gaucho knives), beautiful horse gear and intricate mate paraphernalia…
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