Argentina, the country of the large skies, an infinite land still mostly virgin offering supreme beauty in a high diversity of surprising outlooks: desert, mountains, pampa, lakes, glaciers, falls and oceans. From the heat of the Tropic of Capricorn to the ice of the Antarctic Polar Circle, from the imposing summits of the Andes to the vast Atlantic Ocean, there is a great diversity of vegetation, fauna, climate and more.

Argentina surprises the visitor with imposing cascades with over 200 waterfalls falling down in the jungle; it marvels with its millenary glaciers, unique testimony of the ice that once covered the earth's surface; and it amazes with its colonies of millions of penguins and hundreds of whales on the Atlantic Coast. In Argentina everything is possible, from horse riding at the foot of the highest mountain of the continent or attending polo matches and ski races to taking part in the German Oktoberfest, the Welsh Eisteddfods and the Argentine Fiesta Gaucha.

Argentina forms the eastern half of South America's long, tapering tail. It's a big country - the eighth-largest in the world, and the second-largest on the South American continent. It borders Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia. It also shares the offshore island territory of Tierra del Fuego with Chile, and continues to dispute the ownership of the Islas Malvinas (the Falklands to the British).

The topography is affected by both latitude and altitude, and is accordingly varied. Argentina's territory would cover a third of Europe and is as long as the US in wide. spanning 1.100.000 square miles. The population is around 30.000.000 of which 9.000.000 live in Buenos Aires. The topography of Argentina is varied. To the west is the Andes, to the north the vast forested plains of the Chaco, to the south the vast Pampas and in the far south Patagonia. Dress should be tailored to the area being visited. Seasons are reversed. so when it is winter in the US it is summer in Argentina and vice-versa.

The country can be divided into four major physical provinces: the Andes to the west, the northern lowland, the central Pampas, and Patagonia. Argentina's climate ranges from subtropical in the north through humid and steamy in the center to cold in the south.

And the attractions: Buenos Aires, a city open to every ethnic group and so European in character, Iguazu Falls, the site of great waters, Bariloche's typical Alpine scenery and the great Patagonian Andes with the land of glaciers. A country of many worlds, surprisingly easy to visit. European influences are in every aspect of Argentina's art, architecture, literature and lifestyle. As a result, there are many important art museums and galleries in the city, and it has a vigorous theatre community. Probably the best known Argentine popular culture is the tango - a dance and music which has captured the imagination of romantics worldwide...