Buenos Aires

• PARANÁ RIVER DELTA
Sailing tours along the Paraná river, covered with islands with lush vegetation and extraordinary fauna, start from Tigre.

• THE PATRON SAINT OF ARGENTINA
The Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Luján is the country's most important pilgrimage centre. Its museum complex comprising the Colonial and Historical Museum, the Arms Gallery, the Museum of Artillery and the Museum of Transportation is located in the civil buildings of Cabildo (Town Hall of colonial times) and Casa del Virrey (Viceroy's House).

• LA PLATA, CAPITAL OF THE PROVINCE
Its Museo de Ciencias Naturales has one of the world's most important paleontological collections.

• COASTAL TOURIST CENTRES
Holiday resorts, beaches, sandbanks, forests, casinos, nightlife and fishing spots are the main attractions of San Clemente del Tuyú, Santa Teresita, San Bernardo, Cariló, Pinamar, Villa Gesell, Mar del Plata -the country's main fishing port - and Necochea.

Mar del Plata
Where the muddy waters of the River Plate flow into the Atlantic there are numerous holiday resorts where the Argentineans, specially the people from Buenos Aires, spend the summer. Forests, sand dunes, fishing places, beaches, casinos and the nightlife are the principal attractions of such well known places as San Clemente del Tuyú, Santa Teresita, San Bernardo, Pinamar, Cariló, Villa Gesell, Miramar, Necochea and Mar del Plata, a city with half a million inhabitants and the principal fishing port on the Argentinean coast.