Country guide
Argentina is 2,780,400 km², the eighth-largest country on earth, and the practical consequence is that its regions do not substitute for one another. Twenty-thr...
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Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor
Argentina is 2,780,400 km², the eighth-largest country on earth, and the practical consequence is that its regions do not substitute for one another. Twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city take in subtropical forest and the Iguazú falls in the northeast, the flat cattle country of the Pampas around Buenos Aires, the Andean front of Cuyo where Aconcagua reaches 6,960 m, and then Patagonia, where the glaciers are and where the ground falls to 105 m below sea level at Laguna del Carbón. Choosing a city here is mostly a question of latitude and season.
Checked 2026-08-25
Every city catalogued in this country so far, ranked by how much there is to see.
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Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.
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Museo Casa Carlos Gardel
Museo Casa Carlos Gardel is a biographical museum located in the former residence of Carlos Gardel, the legendary singer and central figure in Buenos Aires tango history.
Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo
The Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo occupies a French-style palace in Buenos Aires. The building itself serves as a significant example of European-influenced architecture in Argentina.
Museo Xul Solar
The Xul Solar Museum is Buenos Aires’s dedicated place for encountering Alejandro Xul Solar, an Argentine artist whose work crosses painting, sculpture, writing, invented languages and visionary design.
Palais de Glace, also called Palacio Nacional de las Artes, is a circular cultural landmark in Buenos Aires’s Recoleta neighbourhood. The building began as an ice-skating rink and later became a visual-arts institution.
Museo Casa Rosada
The Museum of the Casa Rosada occupies a subterranean space beneath the presidential palace in Buenos Aires. Its location directly under the seat of Argentine executive power gives it singular symbolic weight.
Museo de la Inmigración
The Immigration Museum occupies the former Hotel de Inmigrantes, a historic building constructed to receive and process the millions of immigrants who arrived in Argentina between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA
The ESMA Memory Site Museum is a museum and memorial at a former clandestine detention centre operated during Argentina's last military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983.
Museo Malvinas e Islas del Atlántico Sur is a national museum in Buenos Aires devoted to the geography, history, and contested memory of the South Atlantic islands known in Argentina as the Malvinas and in the United Kingdom as the…
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum, locally called Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, is Buenos Aires’ major natural-history museum. The visit is centered on Argentina’s fossils, dinosaurs, geological history and biodiversity.
Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta
The Enrique Larreta Museum of Spanish Art is a house museum in Belgrano, Buenos Aires. It occupies the former home of Enrique Larreta, an Argentine writer and diplomat, and presents Spanish art within preserved domestic surroundings.
Museo Histórico Sarmiento
The Sarmiento Historical Museum is a heritage institution in Buenos Aires dedicated to interpreting the life and legacy of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, the Argentine statesman, educator, and writer who served as president from 1868 to 1874.
Museo de Arte Popular José Hernández
The Museum of Popular Art Jose Hernandez is a specialist Buenos Aires museum devoted to Argentine folk and decorative arts.
The Luis Perlotti Sculpture Museum, known locally as Museo de Esculturas Luis Perlotti, occupies the former workshop of Argentine sculptor Luis Perlotti in the Caballito neighborhood.
The Pablo Ducros Hicken Cinema Museum, locally called Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken, preserves Argentina’s cinematic heritage.
Museo Mundial del Tango
The World Tango Museum, known in Spanish as Museo Mundial del Tango, is a Buenos Aires museum devoted to tango.
Manzana de las Luces
Manzana de las Luces is a historic Jesuit and educational complex in Monserrat, south of Plaza de Mayo. Its name means Block of Enlightenment and recalls the learning institutions established by the Jesuits.
Los Corrales Criollo Museum, also known locally as Museo Criollo de los Corrales, is a Buenos Aires heritage museum devoted to rural traditions, livestock culture, and the market history of its neighbourhood.
A 10–16 day Argentina trip can give Buenos Aires four or five days and use the remaining time for one distant region. Patagonia, the northwest and the Iguazú area should be treated as separate journeys because their transfers consume full travel days.
Argentina’s Dirección Nacional de Migraciones is the authority for admission rules. Passport, visa and permitted-stay conditions vary by nationality and purpose, so verify the current requirement there before purchasing non-refundable travel.
Buenos Aires uses Aeroparque and Ezeiza for different route mixes, while domestic flights and long-distance coaches carry most interregional journeys. Passenger rail serves limited corridors, and each city sets its own local transport payment rules.
March to May and September to November are useful broad windows for Buenos Aires and several central routes. Patagonia, Iguazú and the Andean northwest follow different weather patterns, so choose dates around the region that anchors the trip.
Argentina uses the Argentine peso (ARS). Exchange rates and payment conditions are not recorded here; confirm the amount at a bank or authorised exchange counter before accepting a conversion.
Police assistance is generally reached on 911, although local emergency numbers vary. Argentina uses Type C and I plugs at 220 V; nationwide tap-water guidance is Not recorded, so ask the local water authority or accommodation.
