Cities & Regions in Argentina

Plan your visit to Buenos Aires - Argentina's capital of tango, beef, and European-style architecture spread across diverse barrios.

La Plata is 60 km from Buenos Aires: a planned city with the largest neo-Gothic cathedral in Latin America and Argentina's finest natural history museum.

Tigre is a riverside delta town 30 km north of Buenos Aires, reached by train and offering boat trips through the Paraná Delta waterways.

Cafayate is a small wine town in Argentina's Calchaquí Valleys, producing high-altitude Torrontés and Malbec surrounded by red-rock canyon scenery.

Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina is home to the UNESCO-listed Quebrada de Humahuaca, the seven-colour hill at Purmamarca, and the Puna altiplano.

Salta is northwest Argentina's best-preserved colonial city - gateway to the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Salinas Grandes, and Cafayate wine valley.

Tucumán is where Argentine independence was declared in 1816 - the country's empanada capital and gateway to the cloudforests of Yungas and Tafí del Valle.

Mendoza produces most of Argentina's Malbec under the Andes - wine tasting on Luján de Cuyo, Maipú bike routes, and Aconcagua access from the city.

San Juan is an Argentine wine city and the base for visiting Ischigualasto Valley of the Moon, a UNESCO World Heritage site of Triassic fossil formations.

San Rafael is a Mendoza Province wine town and outdoor activity hub, offering rafting on the Atuel River, wineries, and the El Nihuil reservoir system.

Bariloche is Patagonia's most popular destination - a lakeside Andean city known for skiing at Cerro Catedral, trekking, and artisan chocolate shops.

El Calafate is the gateway to Perito Moreno Glacier and Los Glaciares National Park in southern Patagonia, where active glaciers reach Lago Argentino.

El Chaltén is Patagonia's trekking village at the foot of Fitz Roy - free national park entry, trails from the door, and Laguna de los Tres at day's end.

Puerto Madryn is the gateway to Peninsula Valdés - a UNESCO reserve where southern right whales, orcas, elephant seals, and penguins gather year-round.

San Martín de los Andes is a Patagonian mountain town on Lago Lácar in Neuquén Province, offering skiing at Chapelco and the Siete Lagos scenic road.

Ushuaia sits at the end of the world on the Beagle Channel: penguin colonies, Tierra del Fuego National Park, and Antarctic cruise departures.

Corrientes is a riverside city on the Paraná in northeast Argentina, known for its carnival, Iberá wetlands, and Guaraní-influenced culture.

Iguazu Falls: 275 waterfalls across 2.7 km on the Argentina-Brazil border. The Argentine side has walkways through the spray and into the Garganta del Diablo.

Posadas is the capital of Misiones Province in northeast Argentina and the base for the Jesuit ruins of San Ignacio Miní on the way to Iguazu Falls.

Córdoba is Argentina's second city - a university town with colonial churches, lively nightlife, and the Sierras Grandes mountain range nearby.

Mar del Plata is Argentina's main beach resort city, 400 km south of Buenos Aires on the Atlantic coast, drawing millions of domestic tourists each summer.

Rosario sits on the Paraná River - birthplace of Che Guevara and Messi, home to the Flag Memorial, and one of Argentina's best restaurant and arts scenes.

Santa Fe sits on the Paraná River - where Argentina's constitution was signed in 1853, with a colonial centre and river delta access.