‘The Land of Six Continents’ boasts spectacular natural beauty, thriving cities bursting with life, music and plenty of slow-cooked meat, and some of the world’s most devoted football fans – and so much more. Compare tour packages for Argentina now and start planning your trip to the home of Messi, Malbec and Mate.
An incredible abundance of Argentina tourist attractions
Whether you prefer to get to know an exciting new city, gaze in awe at stunning natural vistas or taste your way through the land of red wine and meat, there is a tour for you with options beginning in Buenos Aires, Puerto Iguazu and El Calafate.
For adventure travellers there are plenty of options involving close encounters with Argentina’s wild side, with tours that visit the Ibera Wetlands, home to anacondas, howler monkeys, otters and a colourful array of tropical birds. Iguazu Falls is a popular option for tour comparison Argentina, and you will find a large selection of tours that include a visit to the awe-inspiring falls on both the Argentinian and Brazilian sides.
If frozen water is more your style, try the Glacier Experience, which begins in the lakeside town of El Calafate and includes a visit to one of the world’s few advancing glaciers, Perito Moreno Glacier, and a cruise on Lago Argentino – the biggest lake in the country.
Best of tours offer the chance to slowly make your way through wine country, sipping Malbec at the various ‘bodegas’ found in Mendoza. You will also enjoy an Estancia stay for a real-life experience with an iconic symbol of the country – gaucho cowboys.
If all that isn’t enough, you can combine your visit to Argentina with either Brazil or Chile, with tours that start in Santiago, Chile and options that end in the pulsing city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There are also tour packages that focus solely on experiencing Buenos Aires itself, where you will take in the colonial style Plaza de Mayo, the colourful areas of Recoleta – including Eva Peron’s grave in La Recoleta Cemetary – and La Boca, and learn to drink fernet like a local with a night tour of Palermo.
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- Bohemian San Telmo is the oldest ‘barrio’ or neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, and is characterised by well-preserved colonial architecture. Another Argentina tourist attraction favourite is La Boca, where you will sense a strong European influence due to its history of Italian settlement.
- Argentina’s football stars are some of the world’s best known including Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Gabriel Batistuta and Daniel Passarella.
- One road most travelled in Argentina is the Road of Seven Lakes, officially known as route 234. The picturesque route passes a total of – you guessed it – seven lakes on its way from San Martin de los Andes to Villa La Angostura: Machónico, Escondido, Correntoso, Espejo, Lácar, Falkner and Villarino.
- The social aspect of the Argentinian lifestyle is so important the nation even have an official day that marks its celebration: Friends Day, on July 20th.
- Argentinian cartoonist Quirino Cristiani created the first two animated feature films in the world, as well as the first animated feature film with sound – though sadly both were lost in a fire.
- Argentina is responsible for bringing us the dog breed creatively named Dogo Argentino, the Ceibo flowering tree and a lot of beef – one of the country’s biggest exports.
- The South American nation proudly boast the invention of some very important things, like coronary bypass, the bus, and fingerprinting.
- Eva Peron was the second wife of President Juan Peron, and remains a great symbol in Argentina for her work championing labour rights and women’s suffrage. The musical ‘Evita’ featuring the song ‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’ was inspired by her.
- Most itineraries include a visit to the rolling plains and estancia ranches of the Pampas and Patagonia. Here you can see the iconic Argentinian cowboys in action!
- Argentina is home to a number of spectacular national parks, including the oldest national park in the country: Nahuel Huapi, which takes its name from the Lake it surrounds in Pantagonia. Other popular Argentina tourist attractions for nature lovers are Los Glaciares and end-of-the-earth Tierra Del Fuego.
- If you are more of an urban traveller, compare tour packages and tick off a visit to the world’s most southerly city, Ushuaia.
- You can enjoy some of the best tea and scones you will ever savour in the riverside town of Gaiman, which was settled by Welsh immigrants in the 19th century and now boasts many traditional teahouses.
- Sharing the honour with Brazil, Argentina is home to the world’s largest waterfall system: Iguazu Falls, which are comprised of 275 individual cascades.
- Tierra Del Fuego on the southern-most tip of Argentina offers spectacular vistas, though one of the most incredible views can be enjoyed overlooking the Beagle Channel strait.
- The Falkland Islands-Islas Malvinas are a hot topic of dispute to this day, as most Argentinians believe the islands should be officially part of the land of the blue and white-striped flag, though the area remains a British territory.
- Argentina has no shortage of spectacular snow-capped mountains. Be sure to include the Andes with an option to ski at Las Leñas, or a visit to the town of Bariloche in Pantagonia when you compare tour packages.
- Argentina’s wine region of Mendoza is well known for red varietals in particular, but by far the most recognisable is the Malbec. Many wineries or ‘bodegas’ offer tasting for visitors.
- Argentina boasts deserts like El Cuyo, glaciers such as Perito Moreno, and the scenic straights of Magellan and Antarctica.
- One of Argentina’s most unearthly natural attractions is Ischigualasto Provincial Park, or the ‘Valley of the Moon’. The UNESCO World Heritage Listed site is not only home to unique formations of rock, but is where some of the oldest dinosaur remains the world have been found.
- The football game FC Boca Juniors vs FC River Plate, two of Argentina’s most prominent football clubs, is nicknamed Superclasico and is regarded as one of the fiercest rivalries in sport. There is even a Danish – oddly enough – movie about it.
- The national sport of Argentina is ‘pato’, a combination of elements of polo and basketball, played on horseback. Argentinians are also the global leaders when it comes to polo, having won four world titles.
- Argentina’s most popular forms of music are tango, folk music and Argentine rock. The most important folk styles are cuarteto and cumbia.
Courtney Gahan is a serial expat, traveller and freelance writer who has bartered with Moroccan marketeers, seen the sun rise at Angkor Wat and elbowed her way through crowds on NYE in NYC
