Local information

Young Argentineans are lively and very active. They love cultural events and sports: soccer for sure, and also hockey, rugby…and polo. Buenos Aires, the capital, offers worlds to discover and each street corner offers an excuse for a rendezvous, a café, or a poem…it's a city that lives 24 hours a day!
The Argentinean people are especially kind and very accustomed to foreign visitors, making it easy to feel at home in this splendid country.

Climate: The huge variety of climate encourages visiting any time of year. Its vast territory includes wide diversity: subtropical in the north, humid climate in the center, and in the south (Patagonia), glacial.

Distances:
Buenos Aires-Córdoba: 711 kms
Buenos Aires-La Plata: 60 kms
Buenos Aires-Mar del Plata: 404 kms
Buenos Aires-Mendoza: 1080 kms
Buenos Aires- Santafé: 484 kms
Buenos Aires-San Carlos de Bariloche: 1630 kms
Buenos Aires-Ushuaia: 3132 kms
For more information, www.caminosargentinos.com.ar

Currency: Argentinean peso
Equivalents (April 2001): 1 Argentinean peso = $1 US = €1.11

Phone country code: 54
Some city codes: Buenos Aires (1), Bariloche (944), Mendoza (61), Santa fé (42).