Argentina

Eyewitness Travel First-time visitors to Argentina are often surprised by the sheer vastness and variety of its landscape, which compels people to return time and again and explore a new region. Buenos Aires is a magical city, with the architecture and cosmopolitan air of a European capital, but the vitality and raw energy of Latin America. At its edge are miles of rolling grassland filled with birdsong and gaucho (cowboy) customs. A journey beyond the Pampas takes visitors to the subtropical lush-ness of Mesopotamia, the shimmering beauty of the high plains and ravines of the Andean Northwest, and the vineyards and soaring peaks of Cuyo. In the distant south is Patagonia, where lakes, glaciers, and endless steppes compete for attention.