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 La Boca

Country: Argentina
City: Buenos Aires
La Boca La Boca is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It retains a strong European flavour, with many of its early settlers being from the Italian city of Genoa. In fact the name has a strong assonance with the genoese neighborhood of Boccadasse (or Bocadaze in genoese dialect), and some people believe that the Buenos Aires' barrio was indeed named after it. After a lengthy ...

 La Recoleta Cemetery

Country: Argentina
City: Recoleta
La Recoleta Cemetery La Recoleta Cemetery is a famous cemetery located in the exclusive Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Cemetery includes graves of some of the most influential and important persons of Argentina, including several presidents, scientists, and wealthy characters. Internationally, Eva Perón is one of the best known persons buried in this cemetery. The entrance to the cemetery is ...

 Mar del Plata

Country: Argentina
City: Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the Buenos Aires Province, 400 km south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina. With a population of 541,733 as per the 2001 census, it's the 7th largest town in Argentina. As an important fishing port, industry concentrates on fish processin ...

 Las Cataratas de Iguazu

Country: Argentina
City: Iguazu
Las Cataratas de Iguazu The Waterfalls A memorable experience and a spectacle of nature they are considered a wonder of the world. These falls originated 200 thousands years ago in the place that today is known as “the 3 frontiers” marked with stone pillars, where the Iguazú river and the Paraná river meet. A geological fault produced on the Paraná riverbed made the outlet of the Iguazú river become an abrupt cascade a ...

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