Information about Argentina: Home of the tango, fine wines, Maradona and the gaucho, Argentina possesses a rich cultural heritage. Its capital, Buenos Aires has one of Latin America’s most cosmopolitan populations. Over many generations, settlers have come to Argentina in search of wealth and new lives – Italians and Spanish, Scots and Slavs, Germans and Welsh.

In recent years, travellers have been seduced by the country’s incredible geographical diversity, abundant wildlife and good value for money. Visitors can take advantage of a good tourist infrastructure to experience what the country has to offer from the sub-tropical north down to Tierra del Fuego, where Patagonia meets the icy waters of Antarctica - a distance of around 3500 km. From the comforts of elegant first-class hotels in the cosmopolitan sophistication of Buenos Aires to the simple refuges in the towering mountains of the Fitzroy range, there are places to stay to suit all tastes and interests.

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Learn Spanish in Argentina with its exceptional natural beauties, for it comprises a diverse territory of mountains, plateaux and plains with all the climatic variations. There are several climatic and landscape regions. Argentina's cultural roots are mainly europeans and that is clearly reflected in its arquitecture, music, literature and lifestyle. It has an intense cultural activity. It is seen in the festivities, expositions, cinemas, theatres, and concerts that take place in the principal cities.

Buenos Aires has aproximately 100 cinemas and 90 theatres with a great diversity of spectacles that turn it into one of the cities with the major theatrical activity in Latin America. In the Borges, Recoleta y General San Martín cultural centres the cultural dynamics of the country and the world are exposed. The Colon Theatre, which is among the best three lyrical theatres, stands out for its arquitecture and its perfect acoustics. It is visited by the most outstanding personalities of the classical music, ballet and drama of the world.

Argentina offers modern means of transport: air, sea, river,overland and urban. The main airlines of the world travel to Argentina arriving, most of them, at the Internacional Ministro Pistarini Airport (located in Ezeiza), connected to the city of Buenos Aires by means of a motorway (35 Km). It is also possible to arrive at the cities of Cordoba and Mendoza by air from some bordering countries. Or even, you can reach Argentina by overland transport from these countries.

Several bus companies work along the whole country reaching, in general, all the cities in comfortable units (some of them are cimatized including colour TV, toilette and hostess service).
There are several airlines that perform domestic flights to the main cities of Argentina, with the possibility of making combinations later on with overland transports to go to other smaller urban centres either by bus, taxis or remisses.