Wandering Well · Country

Argentina.

Less-touristed places, sorted by Wander Well Score.

Necochea, Argentina
Gold
Coast & island escapes

Necochea

Necochea · Argentina

An Atlantic beach town in Buenos Aires Province, Necochea has drawn summer visitors to its broad sandy beaches since the late 19th century, when the Díaz Vél…

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Tres Arroyos Partido, Argentina
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Tres Arroyos Partido

Tres Arroyos · Argentina

This Buenos Aires province partido with roughly 100 km of Atlantic Ocean beach frontage, taking in the coastal resorts of Claromecó, Reta, and Orense along t…

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Iruya, Argentina
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Iruya

Iruya · Argentina

Founded in 1753 high on the eastern slopes of the Sierra de Santa Victoria in Salta Province, Iruya is a little Argentine town surrounded on two sides by the…

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Salta, Argentina
Silver
Mountain villages

Salta

Capital · Argentina

The provincial capital of Salta sits high in the Andes foothills of northern Argentina, in the Valle de Lerma, crossed by the Arenales river and close to the…

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San Martín de los Andes, Argentina
Gold
Inland waterside towns

San Martín de los Andes

Lacar · Argentina

A lakeside town in Argentina's Patagonian Andes, San Martín de los Andes sits on the eastern shore of Lago Lácar with a walkable centre full of cafés and res…

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General Pueyrredón Partido, Argentina
Gold
Coast & island escapes

General Pueyrredón Partido

General Pueyrredón · Argentina

Mar del Plata, the large Atlantic coast resort city that anchors this Buenos Aires Province partido, draws visitors with a dense café and restaurant scene an…

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Chascomús Partido, Argentina
Silver

Chascomús Partido

Chascomús · Argentina

A Buenos Aires province town where ornate colonial-style architecture trimmed in ochre lines tree-lined streets, jacarandas bloom purple overhead, and a walk…

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Campana, Argentina
Silver
Inland waterside towns

Campana

Campana · Argentina

This industrial city on the Paraná de las Palmas river in Buenos Aires province, Campana is known as the birthplace of the first Argentine automobile and has…

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Carmen de Patagones, Argentina
Gold
Coast & island escapes

Carmen de Patagones

Argentina

Sitting on the north bank of the Río Negro, Carmen de Patagones is the southernmost city in Buenos Aires province and the only part of that province that bel…

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Pilar, Argentina
Silver
Bustling market & commercial towns

Pilar

Pilar · Argentina

Pilar, a city northwest of Buenos Aires, is where the Treaty of Pilar was signed in 1820, a foundational document in Argentina's constitutional history that…

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San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina
Bronze
Sacred & spiritual destinations

San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca

Capital · Argentina

Founded on 5 July 1683, this walkable city in northwestern Argentina draws pilgrims and visitors alike to its colonial architecture and historic churches, mo…

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Esperanza, Argentina
Gold

Esperanza

Las Colonias · Argentina

Founded on 8 September 1856 by around two hundred European farming families under a land-grant colonisation contract, Esperanza holds the distinction of bein…

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Corrientes, Argentina
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Corrientes

Capital · Argentina

Founded on 3 April 1588, Corrientes is the oldest city in northeastern Argentina, sitting on a bend of the Paraná River across from its twin city Resistencia.

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Oberá, Argentina
Gold
Spa & thermal wellness

Oberá

Oberá · Argentina

Known as the "City of Churches" for its more than 30 places of worship, Oberá is also the site of the Fiesta Nacional del Inmigrante, held since 1980 to cele…

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Carlos Paz, Argentina
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Carlos Paz

Punilla · Argentina

This major tourist hub in Argentina's Córdoba province, Villa Carlos Paz sits in the Punilla Valley alongside the San Roque dam and the Sierras de Córdoba, w…

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Tandil, Argentina
Gold

Tandil

Argentina

City in the Tandilia hills of Buenos Aires Province, Tandil draws visitors for its sierra scenery and a walkable centre with a dense café and restaurant scene.

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Gualeguay, Argentina
Bronze
Inland waterside towns

Gualeguay

Gualeguay · Argentina

Founded on 20 March 1783 by the military surveyor Tomás de Rocamora — who also founded Gualeguaychú and Concepción del Uruguay and gave the province of Entre…

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Humahuaca, Argentina
Silver
Mountain villages

Humahuaca

Humahuaca · Argentina

Humahuaca sits in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, a UNESCO World Heritage valley of dramatically coloured mountains in the high Andes of Jujuy province, Argentina.

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San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Bronze
Big-city explorations

San Miguel de Tucumán

Capital · Argentina

Argentina's declaration of independence was signed in this northern city on 9 July 1816, earning San Miguel de Tucumán the nickname "Cradle of Argentine Inde…

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Alta Gracia, Argentina
Silver
Charming old-world towns

Alta Gracia

Santa María · Argentina

Alta Gracia, in the Córdoba province of Argentina, is built around the remains of a Jesuit estancia whose historic core — including the main church, the Resi…

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Zonda Department, Argentina
Silver
Wine country

Zonda Department

Zonda · Argentina

This little wine-and-fruit-growing department in Argentina's San Juan Province, Zonda sits against a rugged mountain backdrop with sparse vegetation and hill…

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Gualeguaychú, Argentina
Silver
Inland waterside towns

Gualeguaychú

Gualeguaychú · Argentina

Gualeguaychú, a city in Argentina's Entre Ríos province on the bank of the Gualeguaychú River, is best known for its annual carnival — the "Carnaval del País…

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Río Cuarto, Argentina
Silver

Río Cuarto

Río Cuarto · Argentina

City in southern Córdoba province with a walkable centre full of cafés and restaurants, Río Cuarto sits on the banks of the Río Cuarto (also known as the Cho…

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Concordia, Argentina
Silver
Inland waterside towns

Concordia

Concordia · Argentina

Riverside city in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina, Concordia sits on the right bank of the Uruguay River directly across from the Uruguayan city of Salto, wit…

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Posadas, Argentina
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Posadas

Capital · Argentina

Sitting on the left bank of the Paraná River across from Encarnación, Paraguay, Posadas is the capital of Argentina's Misiones province and its largest city,…

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Villa General Belgrano, Argentina
Gold
Mountain villages

Villa General Belgrano

Calamuchita · Argentina

Bavarian-style architecture lines the streets of this pocket-sized Argentine mountain town in Córdoba's Calamuchita valley, a legacy of the German, Swiss, Au…

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San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
Silver
Inland waterside towns

San Salvador de Jujuy

Dr. Manuel Belgrano · Argentina

Sitting at the confluence of the Grande and Xibi Xibi rivers, surrounded by mountains that carry snow in winter, San Salvador de Jujuy is the capital of Arge…

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La Rioja, Argentina
Gold

La Rioja

Capital · Argentina

This mid-sized Argentine city at the foot of the Velasco Sierras, where a grand twin-towered sandstone cathedral anchors a walkable centre with a lively café…

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Esquel, Argentina
Bronze
Hiking & national-park bases

Esquel

Futaleufú · Argentina

Patagonian town in northwest Chubut Province, Esquel is the home station of La Trochita, the historic narrow-gauge railway known in English as the Old Patago…

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Exaltación de la Cruz Partido, Argentina
Silver
Bustling market & commercial towns

Exaltación de la Cruz Partido

Exaltación de la Cruz · Argentina

This quiet Buenos Aires Province town anchored by a stately two-story neoclassical civic building on a wide, tree-lined street, offering an authentic slice o…

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Diamante, Argentina
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Diamante

Diamante · Argentina

Sitting on the eastern shore of the Paraná River in Entre Ríos province, Diamante offers direct access to the river and views across the Paraná Delta.

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Monte Caseros, Argentina
Gold
Coast & island escapes

Monte Caseros

Monte Caseros · Argentina

This town in the south-east of Argentina's Corrientes province where three countries meet: Monte Caseros sits across the water from Bella Unión in Uruguay an…

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Eldorado, Argentina
Silver
Inland waterside towns

Eldorado

El Dorado · Argentina

Founded on 29 September 1919 by German-born entrepreneur Adolfo Julius Schwelm on the eastern banks of the Upper Paraná River, Eldorado is a city in Misiones…

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San Carlos de Bolívar, Argentina
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San Carlos de Bolívar

Bolívar · Argentina

A tree-lined central plaza with a grand equestrian monument anchors this Buenos Aires Province town, offering a relaxed taste of Argentine pampas civic life…

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Aconquija, Argentina
Bronze
Mountain villages

Aconquija

Andalgalá · Argentina

Pocket-sized mountain town in Argentina's Catamarca Province where dry, scrub-covered slopes draw hikers and horse trekkers along rocky trails through a broa…

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Leandro N. Alem, Argentina
Gold

Leandro N. Alem

Leandro N. Alem · Argentina

This mid-sized Misiones town set among rolling green hills, with a lively illuminated central roundabout and easy access to the wider region's UNESCO-listed…

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Goya, Argentina
Bronze
Inland waterside towns

Goya

Goya · Argentina

Sitting on the eastern shore of the Paraná River in Argentina's Corrientes province, Goya is a riverside town and the second most populous city in the province.

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Don Torcuato, Argentina
Silver
Relaxing family getaways

Don Torcuato

Argentina

This town in the Tigre district of Greater Buenos Aires, Don Torcuato has a compact centre with cafés, restaurants, and a concentration of historic churches,…

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Reconquista, Argentina
Bronze

Reconquista

General Obligado · Argentina

Founded in 1872 as a military fort by Colonel Manuel Obligado on land once belonging to the Jesuit mission Reducción San Jerónimo del Rey, Reconquista is the…

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Mercedes, Argentina
Gold
Charming old-world towns

Mercedes

Mercedes · Argentina

Mercedes, a town in Buenos Aires Province west of the capital, hosts three national food festivals — the Fiesta Nacional del Salame Quintero, the Fiesta Naci…

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Chivilcoy, Argentina
Silver
Bustling market & commercial towns

Chivilcoy

Chivilcoy · Argentina

Recognized since 2016 as the provincial capital of theatre, Chivilcoy is a town in northern Buenos Aires Province credited with planting the founding seed of…

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Morón, Argentina
Silver

Morón

Morón · Argentina

This busy city in Greater Buenos Aires, known informally as the Capital of the West for its concentration of banking, financial, and political institutions i…

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Chilecito, Argentina
Silver
Charming old-world towns

Chilecito

Chilecito · Argentina

A tree-lined town in Argentina's La Rioja province, set in a valley between dramatic mountain ranges, with a large hilltop Christ statue visible above the ro…

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La Boca, Argentina
Gold

La Boca

Argentina

This waterfront neighborhood in Buenos Aires where tango took early root and Italian Ligurian immigrants shaped a working-class culture now expressed in the…

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Yapeyú, Argentina
Silver
Quiet rural escapes

Yapeyú

San Martín · Argentina

Yapeyú, a compact village in Argentina's Corrientes province, is known across the country as the birthplace of General José de San Martín (1778–1850), hero o…

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Alpa Corral, Argentina
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Mountain villages

Alpa Corral

Río Cuarto · Argentina

A little village in the eastern foothills of the Sierras de Comechingones in Córdoba province, Alpa Corral sits alongside the Río Las Barrancas and offers a…

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Santa Rosa, Argentina
Silver
Bustling market & commercial towns

Santa Rosa

Capital · Argentina

Founded in 1892 on the shore of Don Tomás Lagoon in the Argentine Pampas, Santa Rosa is the provincial capital of La Pampa and one of the smallest provincial…

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Merlo Partido, Argentina
Gold
Big-city explorations

Merlo Partido

Merlo · Argentina

A large Buenos Aires Province city in Greater Buenos Aires, with a tree-lined central plaza, a landmark church tower, and a walkable café and restaurant scen…

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Mojón Grande, Argentina
Silver
Ancient & archaeological sites

Mojón Grande

San Javier · Argentina

This compact grid-plan village in Argentina's lush Misiones province, where low-rise houses and a little church sit amid rolling forested hills, with the wid…

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San Marcos Sierras, Argentina
Silver
Inland waterside towns

San Marcos Sierras

Cruz del Eje · Argentina

This little Argentine town in the Córdoba hills where a pale colonial-era church anchors a compact centre, with a river nearby and surrounding upland country…

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Colón Partido, Argentina
Bronze

Colón Partido

Colón · Argentina

A Buenos Aires Province town where a well-preserved early-1900s municipal building anchors a leafy central plaza, with water within easy reach and a relaxed…

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Monte Hermoso, Argentina
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Monte Hermoso

Monte Hermoso · Argentina

Monte Hermoso is an Atlantic Coast beach town in southern Buenos Aires Province with a distinctive geographic quirk: it is the only place in Argentina where…

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Moreno Partido, Argentina
Gold
Big-city explorations

Moreno Partido

Moreno · Argentina

A large Buenos Aires Province city whose tree-lined central plaza — complete with a marble statue, ornate ironwork, and a yellow-trimmed civic building — anc…

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Ayacucho Partido, Argentina
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Ayacucho Partido

Ayacucho · Argentina

This flat Pampas town in Buenos Aires Province anchored by a grand stone cathedral with twin towers and ornate neoclassical facades, offering a quiet slice o…

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San Francisco, Argentina
Silver
Charming old-world towns

San Francisco

San Justo · Argentina

Founded in 1886 in eastern Córdoba province, San Francisco is an Argentine town straddling the border with Santa Fe, with a compact centre of cafés and resta…

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Aristóbulo del Valle, Argentina
Silver

Aristóbulo del Valle

Cainguás · Argentina

A low-rise town of red-earth streets and tin-roofed buildings spread across lush green Misiones countryside, with forested hills rising on the horizon and a…

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Cruz del Eje, Argentina
Silver
Inland waterside towns

Cruz del Eje

Cruz del Eje · Argentina

Cruz del Eje, in Argentina's Córdoba province, sits alongside its reservoir — completed in 1943 — in a sun-drenched valley known locally as the Cuenca del So…

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Pergamino, Argentina
Gold

Pergamino

Pergamino · Argentina

This city in northern Buenos Aires Province known as Argentina's textile hub and declared the national seed capital in 1997, Pergamino sits at the heart of o…

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San Miguel Partido, Argentina
Silver
Big-city explorations

San Miguel Partido

San Miguel · Argentina

This city in Greater Buenos Aires whose centre has developed into a dining and entertainment hub for the northwest of the metropolitan area, drawing resident…

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Villa Dolores, Argentina
Bronze
Wine country

Villa Dolores

San Javier · Argentina

This town in southwestern Córdoba province, Villa Dolores sits beside water with mountains visible on the horizon and a compact centre with cafés and restaur…

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