Argentina Handbook: The Travel Guide (Footprint Handbook)

by Charlie Nurse (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.25

  This updated and revised travel guide to Argentina contains ideas on how to plan a visit, when to go, where to stay and how to get about. In the same series as The South American Handbook , it includes Chilean Patagonia (including Parque Nacional Torres del Paine) and excursions from Buenos Aires into Uruguay. The book features: extensive listings on Buenos Aires for all budgets; information on where to tango ; a special section on estancia tourism and adventure tourism, from climbing and trekking to skiing; comprehensive background information on history, culture, art and theatre; colour maps to help plan a journey, with dozens of local town and site maps; and Spanish words and phrases.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  Argentina has become one of the fastest-growing tourist destinations, according to the World Tourism Organisation. The number of visitors increased last year by 15.4per cent. The main reasons are the peso's sharp devaluation and a return to political stability. This updated and revised travel guide to Argentina contains ideas on how to plan a visit, when to go, where to stay and how to get about. The book features: extensive listings on Buenos Aires for all budgets; information on where to tango ; a special section on estancia tourism and adventure tourism, from climbing and trekking to skiing; comprehensive background information on history, culture, art and theatre; colour maps to help plan a journey, with dozens of local town and site maps; and Spanish words and phrases. Detailed coverage of Patagonia and the adventure travel scene is included along with information on feasts and festivals, eco tourism, food, fashion, fads and folklore.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1998

  $14.21

  Argentina is vast and varied. This up-to-date handbook is an informative guide to making the most of a trip of any length to this exciting country. Buenos Aires is an elegant, fascinating capital city well placed as a starting point for exploration in one of many directions: north to get to ruined Jesuit missions and the magnificent Iguazu Falls; southwest to get to the beautiful Argentinean lake district; or far south to the highly remote Patagonia region to see spectacular glaciers and wildlife. Information is included on: the best time to visit; Argentina highlights and how to plan a trip; airpasses; useful Spanish words and phrases; and where to stay from hotels, guesthouses and camping, to developing estancia accommodation.