Argentina travel guide

Ushuaia, located in the province of Tierra del Fuego, is the world's southernmost city. About 100,000 people live in the city, and it is from here that you sail south, if you want to travel to Antarctica. Ushuaia is an old prison colony, and you can still visit the city jail, now a museum. Besides the museum, there are plenty of activities such as trekking in the nearby national park, hiking in the mountains/glaciers behind town (you can take a ski lift up there all year round), horse riding and sailing. The city also has a lot of restaurants and you simply have to taste their delicious fresh king crab and beaver carpaccio, which are some of the area's specialties.

Argentina is famous for a number of things. Football, gauchos, meat, mate and of course wine. On the western side of the country, at the foot of the Andes, is Mendoza, the wine capital of Argentina. The city itself is very European, with large squares and piazzas where people relax during their afternoon siesta. Just outside of the city, the landscape turns very green and lush, full of vineyards and breweries taking advantage of the ideal weather. Bike rental places are abundant, willing you to cruise around on your own wine tour. The roads are wide and the drivers relaxed which makes for a very leisurely ride through the tree covered avenues. One of the most produced wines in Mendoza is the Malbec, a heavy, full-bodied red wine that might have you riding on the wrong side of the road towards the afternoon.