Archive for the ‘Patagonia’ Category
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Argentina is a a country where just about anything can be found. From a sultry street tango on a bustling street in Buenos Aires to the enormous whip-cracking sound of a house-sized chunk of ice falling from a glacier in Patagonia, Argentina is a land with something for everyone. Finding ...
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
THIRTY years ago, a holiday in Argentina probably wouldn’t have been on the cards for most UK tourists. As controversial battles waged in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, relations between Thatcher’s Britain and Argentina’s ruling military government were at an all-time low.
Today, thankfully, an invasion of a much more ...
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Argentina
"People are really waking up to what Buenos Aires is all about," says Gordon Campbell Gray, the celebrated hotelier who created One Aldwych in London, Carlisle Bay in Antigua and Le Gray in Beirut. "It's a party city – it's very beautiful architecturally but it's really about great food and ...
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Friday, December 23rd, 2011
Indians too are now travelling abroad a lot more frequently than they did say a decade ago and they are looking aggressively for deals, discounts and freebees. While there are budget holidays which are cheap and affordable there are 'value' holidays which apart from offering some great financial bargains also ...
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Tiny bursts of yellow light from street lamps and the low-slung red and blue awnings of fruit and vegetable markets were a blur as our taxi barreled down Avenida 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The white-paint lane markings were just a suggestion.
Buenos Aires is thick with people and buildings ...
Posted in Andes, Argentina, Bariloche Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina, Patagonia, South America | 1 Comment »
Monday, August 15th, 2011
Now travel agents looking to book honeymoon tours to South America for their clients have a partner with the incoming tour operator and travel agency, SouthAmerica.travel. This company has just recently begun promoting its wide selection of South America Honeymoon Tours. These fully customizable, private tours were handpicked from SouthAmerica.travel's ...
Posted in Antarctica, Argentina, Argentine Northeast, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cuyo, Iguazu Falls, Mendoza Argentina, Patagonia, South America, Tango | Comments Off
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Tango on the streets, lush sub-tropical forests, spectacular mountains and a vibrant culture. Jaideep Mukerji discovers that Argentina has all this... and more.
One of the countries that appears distant to visitors from India is, in reality, easily accessible and makes a great travel destination. The origin of its name goes ...
Posted in Argentina, Argentine Northeast, Buenos Aires Argentina, Iguazu Falls, Patagonia, Perito Moreno Glacier, South America, Tierra del Fuego Argentina, Ushuaia Argentina | Comments Off
Friday, May 6th, 2011
TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Destinations Awards - Top 25 - Central & South America
1: Machu Picchu, Peru
It's no wonder Machu Picchu is Peru's most-visited site. Dating to the mid-1400s, it's a marvel of mortar-free limestone architecture perched on a high plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle. Get there via train from ...
Posted in Antarctica, Bariloche Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Patagonia, Perito Moreno Glacier, South America, Tierra del Fuego Argentina, Ushuaia Argentina | Comments Off
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Argentina is now even more accessible to UK travellers, thanks to the new British Airways direct flight from London.
Start your visit at Buenos Aires, arguably Latin America’s most stylish capital. From here fly to the Atlantic coast of northern Patagonia, a striking place of steep, tawny cliffs with a hinterland ...
Posted in Argentina, Argentine Northeast, Argentine Northwest, Buenos Aires Argentina, Iguazu Falls, Patagonia, Salta Argentina, South America | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
The wine regions in Argentina happen to be quite exemplary. This large country has got a number of such regions including Mendoza, Cordoba, Rio Negro, Salta and Cafayate. Each one of these regions is renowned for wine having specific taste. This Argentina travel advice focuses on the wine making regions ...
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