Argentina Travel and Tours Guide

European atmosphere, great nightlife
After the 2001 economic collapse, Argentina went from being one of South America’s most expensive cities to the cheapest almost overnight. Nearly 10 years later, the dollar is still strong against the Argentine peso, making vibrant Buenos Aires (known as the “Paris of South America”) a cosmopolitan city that is just as [...]

Argentina’s own language
National culture, ser nacional (national being), cultura rioplatense, cultura gauchesca, cultura criolla (creole culture). In Argentina the word creole often has a different connotation than in the rest of Latin America. While in most countries the word is used to refer to the offspring of Europeans born in the Americas, in Argentina it generally connotes a person of [...]

The name Argentina comes from Latin “argentum”, which means silver. 
The origin of this name goes back to the first Spanish Conquerors that came to the Rio de la Plata or River Plate.