Special Interests

Argentina's development strategy aims at diversifying the supply of tourist products and adapting them to domestic and foreign tourists' new needs and demands.

SKIING - SNOW-MOUNTAIN

Argentina is a fantastic tourist destination and the combination of mountains and snow constitutes one of the country's main attractions. On the incomparable Andes, there are outstanding ski centers especially designed for all those who are passionate for winter sports. Scattered about the western and southern provinces and surrounded by awesome scenery, these complexes are also ideal to partake in enriching adventure tourism.

Visitors will find world-class pistes fitted with ultramodern lifts and infrastructure. Beginners will benefit from the latest equipment as well as from first-rate ski schools staffed with both Argentinean and foreign professional instructors, whereas experienced skiers will have the chance to choose runs of varying difficulty so as to fully enjoy sliding down peculiarly quiet snow-covered slopes set amid a unique natural environment.

The most famous ski resorts are: Los Penitentes (Mendoza), Las Leñas (Mendoza), Caviahue and Cerro Bayo (Neuquén), Cerro Catedral (Bariloche-Rio Negro), La Hoya (Chubut), Cerro Castor (Tierra del Fuego).

TOURISM AND GOLF

Circuito Golf Argentina is a tournament circuit that allows you to enjoy golf in the most astonishing golf courses in the country every weekend. The more you play, the more you will enjoy the country.

Buenos Aires City and Province: Campo de Golf de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, San Isidro Golf Club. Las Praderas de Luján, Buenos Aires Golf Club, Olivos Golf Club, Pilar Golf Club, Club de Campo Los Pingüinos, Sierra de la Ventana Golf Club, Mar del Plata S.A. Club, Mar del Plata Golf Club, Marayui Country Club, Pinamar Links, Carilo Golf Club. Cordoba Province: La Cumbre Golf Club, Cordoba Golf Club. Mendoza Province: Golf Club Andino. Tucuman Province: Club de Campo El Siambón. Misiones Province: Tacurú Social Golf Club. Neuquen Province: El Rincón Club de Campo. Rio Negro Province: Llao Llao Hotel & Resort. Ushuaia City: Ushuaia Golf Club.

TANGO

This world-famous dance is still taught and practiced at the "milongas" located not only in the City of Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires, but also in the rest of the country. Tango was the true expression of immigrants in the 1880s, and nowadays constitutes Buenos Aires City's most traditional dance.

TOURIST TRAINS

Tourist trains represent different ages in our railway history; that is why they are regarded as a truly Argentinean tourist attraction. They allow tourists to enjoy their beautiful routes and services. There are six tourist trains in the country, namely: Tren a las Nubes (Train to the Clouds - Salta), Tren de las Sierras (Train of the Hills - Cordoba), Tren de la Costa (Riverside Train - Buenos Aires), Tren de la Patagonia (Patagonian Train - Rio Negro), Viejo Expreso La Trochita (a narrow-gauge steam train - Chubut), and the Tren del Fin del Mundo (Train to the Uttermost Part of the Earth - Tierra del Fuego).

ECOTOURISM

This activity allows tourists to get in contact with nature so as to interpret, enjoy and learn from the environment. It is one of the most popular and widely spread activities in our country, and encompasses hiking along different trails in national parks and nature reserves, as well as fauna- and bird-watching. Other activities worth doing are photographic safaris, diving, snorkeling and geologic exploration, among others.

ADVENTURE TOURISM

In this kind of tourist activity, tourists are attracted to a natural and appealing environment with the purpose of performing certain recreational activity or risky sport they are particularly skilful at. Some of these activities are: rafting, mountaineering, horseback riding, speleology, cycletourism, paragliding and over landing. They can be practiced throughout the whole country.

RELIGIOUS TOURISM

Filled with a truly religious and pious spirit, these tourists' main destinations are sacred art places or shrines.

TOURISM FOR YOUTHS

These activities are designed for young people and students, who can thus learn and have fun while traveling.

ETHNIC TOURISM

This entails visits to our own or our ancestors' place of origin.

CULTURAL TOURISM

This kind of tourist activity involves the appreciation of past and present cultural manifestations and monuments through the tourist's approach to the country's art, customs and characteristic traditions.