- Capital: Buenos Aires
- Currency: Argentinean Peso (ARS)
Argentina covers the southern part of South America, from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean, with a total area of 2 766 889 km2. Of the 37 million inhabitants of the country, 13 million live in Buenos Aires, the capital. The country is bordered on the north by Bolivia and Paraguay, on the east by Brazil, Uruguay and the Atlantic Ocean and finally on the west by Chile. Argentina also shares part of the territory of the Land of Fire “Tierra del Fuego” with Chile. The country is divided into four major physiographic provinces: the Andes in the west, the fertile plain of the north, the central Pampas and Patagonia
Cities
Buenos Aires
Legendary city of the tango, this dance born in the lowlands of the port. A cosmopolitan city that has seen generations of immigrants come from overseas, making it a city of the Old Continent as well as the New World… In one-word, fascinating Buenos Aires! Buenos Aires the prosperous has turned into a city with two speeds, all in contrasts. Poverty is rife in the tin houses of the villas miserias, slums suburbs where thousands are treated as rejects while the districts of Recoleta, Palermo and Belgrano are beautiful. In addition, if the city is alive by day, it is a capital city that also knows how to live after sunset. Do not come back to sleep at 11pm under the pretext that the streets are not very animated: the evening is just beginning! In summer, enjoy shaded terraces. And above all, in any circumstance, do not hesitate to start the conversation. Communication is easy
Iguazu Falls
The Iguazu Falls are certainly one of the most beautiful shows that nature can offer us on this planet. In the heart of the rainforest, more than 6 million liters of water flow every second throughout this park that tourists will discover while making pleasant hikes, whatever their age and their physical condition . The beauty of the Iguazu Falls is such that in 2012 they were voted one of the “Seven Natural Wonders of the World” at the New7Wonder Foundation, a vote in which over one billion people participated. On this occasion, Enio Cordeiro, the Brazilian ambassador to Buenos Aires, declared that “these wonders survive all the existing wonders that will exist because they are the wonders of nature”. On the border between Argentina and Brazil, the Iguazu National Park offers to the visitor a fantastic show in the rainforest: the Iguazu River which flows with a crash of 275 waterfalls, the highest reaches a height of 72 meters, the famous Garganta del Diablo (Devil’s Throat). Most of the falls are located in the Argentine territory: 4 footpaths will allow you to discover them by approaching you as close as possible, to observe them from the bottom or the top, in the heart of the forest. When the affluence is not very important, you may have the chance to observe the local fauna, iguanas, toucans and other parrots, eagles flying over the falls, peccaries, caimans or other coatis.
Pantagonia
Delimited to the north by Colorado River and to the south by Cape Horn, Patagonia is a desert territory with less than one inhabitant per square kilometer. Most of this territory belongs to Argentina and the rest to Chile. This land fascinates by its wide spaces and its diversity, the beauty of the nature and the richness of the animals which it shelters. At the end of Patagonia there is the Land of Fire “Tierra del Fuego”. Argentina occupies only a third of the island, whose area is comparable to that of Ireland. The Strait of Magellan separates the Land of Fire “Tierra del Fuego” from the rest of South America. It’s actually a real archipelago.
Language
Even if Spanish is the most spoken language in Argentina, some other languages are also used as the Quechua, the Guarani, and the Araucanian
Electricity
The voltage is 220 V. An adapter and a converter are required during your stay
Communication
International access code: 00 International dialing code: 54 Concerning national calls made in Argentina, it is not necessary to dial the 54 country code.If you are calling from Canada, please dial 011, then 54 and finally the local phone number in Argentina