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The Lowdown on Salta, Argentina

May 16th, 2006

Salta, General Info

San Lorenzo

Of the many day trips one can make from Salta, San Lorenzo – the most luxurious of the city’s neighboring barrios – offers the fewest headaches in terms of cost, planning and accessibility...

May 16th, 2006

Salta, Getting Around

Cuespo del Obispo: The Ride Is Half the Fun.

Among the most striking differences one encounters upon arrival in Argentina from countries further north on the continent (the food, the fashion, the accent, the architecture, the overall Europeannes..

April 27th, 2006

Salta, Music and Clubs

The Inside on Inside Club

Of all the Fernet-and-coke-dispensing watering holes and cumbia-blasting dance floors that line both sides of Salta's late-night thoroughfare – the lively Balcarce – Inside Club is perhaps the mos..

April 12th, 2006

Salta, Where to Stay

Puesto Viejos: Good News for Your Herd.

The northern city of Salta, capital of its province, is the benefactor of a recent tourism boom, and one may find evidence of this before both feet are even off the bus...

The Lowdown on Ushuaia, Argentina

May 16th, 2006

Ushuaia, General Info

Salta - An Introduction

Lost hundreds of kilometers north of any of Argentina’s traditional tourist hubs, Salta has long been forgotten, passed over, and neglected for the glaciers of the south, the buzz of Buenos Aires, t..

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