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  • Accommodations in Mar del Plata Created: Friday, December 14, 2012 Updated: Friday, December 14, 2012
    Hostels, Hotels, and Accommodations in Mar del Plata, Argentina. With upwards of 7 million tourists hitting Mar del Plata, the seaside city has the infrastructure to handle everyone from surfers bu...
  • December 2012 Events in Buenos Aires, Argentina Created: Friday, December 07, 2012 Updated: Friday, December 07, 2012
    As 2012 comes to a close, cities around Argentina bustle with holiday and cultural activities. Film, art, music and other cultural events could keep one busy every day of December. Find out some of...
  • Mar del Plata - Beach Tourism in Argentina Created: Friday, November 30, 2012 Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012
    The seaside community of Mar del Plata offers 30 miles of coastline set-up and ready for the millions of tourists that visit each year. Find out where to stay, when to go, what to eat, and, if lazi...
  • Cluny Created: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
    Going strong since its opening in May of 2004, Cluny has become one of the top spots for elegant dinners and relaxed lunching with friends. Foodie and blogger, Vina Rathbone offers up delicious des...
  • Walk Patagonia - Trekking Service Provider in Glaciar National Park, Patagonia Created: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
    We reached out to trekking and expedition companies in El Chalten, Patagonia to find out what makes them unique and what services they offer. Walk Patagonia was one of the first to respond.
  • Asian-Argentine fusion Restaurant: Mun Created: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
    Asian-Argentine fusion Restaurant: "Mun" at Casarena Bodega & Vinedos in Mendoza
  • Comic Lane: Paseo de la Historieta Created: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    There are some new characters on the streets of San Telmo, literally. Statues of some of the most beloved comic characters in Argentina and South America are popping up along the cobblestone street...
  • Home Hotel Created: Sunday, September 30, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Home Hotel, in Buenos Aires, Argentina fits right in with the hip crowds milling about the Palermo Soho neighborhood. A mix of eco-design, high-fashion, and homey accents this hotel offers the best...
  • La Peña del Colorado Created: Sunday, September 30, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    A mainstay in the peña folklórica scene, La Peña del Colorado offers a relaxed atmosphere, excellent food, and a unique folk-art decor. If you're looking to get to some of the roots ...
  • Humitas Created: Sunday, September 30, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    A mix of cornmeal, cheese, and spices humitas are a delicious and gooey treat.
  • Locro Created: Sunday, September 30, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Locro is a delicious stew found in the northern region of Argentina.
  • La Pascana Created: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    La Pascana in the Palermo offers up a traditional Argentine treats with a few surprises.
  • Pachamama Resto - Northern Argentina Food Created: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Pachamama Resto is a new restaurant in the chic Palermo area of Buenos Aires that offers traditional northern Argentina food. Find out about the treats offered up at this cozy, traditional spot in ...
  • 1884 Created: Saturday, June 23, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    A review of 1884 Francis Mallmann's Restaurant. The famed Argentine chef has opened a restaurant in the wine region of Mendoza, Argentina that offers up rustic and delicious dishes cooked using fir...
  • Cepas Touristic Serives Created: Saturday, June 23, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Cepas Tourist Services offers a variety of tours from trekking and hiking to spa days and mountain views. As it is located in the heart of the land of Malbec, of course it also offers tours of Mend...
  • Kentucky Pizza – Buenos Aires Pizza Joint Created: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Kentucky Pizza has been serving exceptional pizza in Buenos Aires since 1942 at all times of day and night. Find out about its signature item: the famed fugazzeta.
  • La Rosadita Fondue - Palermo Created: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    La Rosadita offers cheese, oil, chocolate, and dulce de leche fondues from their two locations in Palermo Soho and Palermo Hollywood.
  • Argentina Cooking Classes Created: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Guest Author - the Travel Chica - Stephanie, gives an over view of a class at Argentina Cooking Classes, a hands on cooking class where students get to make locro, empanadas, and alfajores.
  • Definition: Boliche Created: Thursday, August 25, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Boliche is an important word to know if you're looking to take advantage of that real late night vibe that flows through Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina into the small hours of the eveni...
  • Asado Created: Friday, August 12, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Argentina is the largest consumer of beef per capital than any other country in the world. The asado, a traditional event of cooking meat, is a mainstay of the Argentine culture.
  • La Pascana Created: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    La Pascana in the Palermo offers up a traditional Argentine menu of pizza, pasta, and meats. However, the quality of their dishes and unique empanada options keep locals and tourists coming to fill...
  • WWOOF Argentina Created: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    WWOOF Argentina connects travelers looking for budget accommodations and ways to learn about farming and sustainable living with organic farms looking for laborers to help run their farms. There ar...
  • Buenos Aires Delivery Created: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Filed under: makes life easier, Buenos Aires Delivery is a bilingual website that makes ordering food for delivery super easy.
  • Mapas de Buenos Aires Created: Monday, March 26, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Mapas de Buenos Aires offer handy guides to gastronomy, interior design, arts & hotels, and clothing and accessories in the Buenos Aires neighborhoods of Palermo, Botanico, and Colegiales. However,...
  • Mapas de las Artes (Map of the Arts) Created: Monday, March 26, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Mapas de las Artes (Map of the Arts) is both a print magazine and online resource to help art lovers find galleries, museums, exhibitions, art fairs, and more in Buenos Aires.
  • Travel to El Chaltén, Patagonia Created: Friday, March 23, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    El Chaltén has been called the "hiking capital of Argentina" and draws thousands of hikers, trekkers, campers, and adventurers. However, the remote and quiet hiking wonderland takes a little t...
  • Interactive Public Transporation Map of Buenos Aires Created: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    If the printed guide to buses and subways in Buenos Aires, called the Guia "T", has you boggled this interactive map for Buenos Aires is a true gift. You can put in your street address and your des...
  • 5 Great Step-by-Step Guides for using the Guia T Created: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    The Guia T, Buenos Aires' guide to catching a bus, can easily confuse a newly minted tourist trying to save money in Argentina by taking the public transportation. The process is so confusing, many...
  • Dulce de Leche Created: Sunday, January 08, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Dulce de leche is a staple in many sweets found in Latina and South America, particularly in Argentina.
  • Alfajores Created: Friday, December 16, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Alfajores are ever present in Argentina. The sweet cookie sandwiches come in many varieties wrapped and in the candy section of convenience stores, just baked and displayed in pastry shop windows, ...
  • Submarino Created: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Buenos Aires has many different cafes and most offer up Buenos Aires' version of sweet hot chocolate - the submarino.
  • Guides to Parillas in Buenos Aires Created: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    Parilla, simply, is the word for a steak house. Argentina has the world's second highest consumption rate of beef, at 55 kg a year per capita. Given this taste for carne, it is no surprise that the...

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