Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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La Barra, Punta del Este, Uruguay
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Plaza Independencia, Montevideo
Best of the Rest
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Barrio Histórico, Colonia
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Centro Histórico, San
Antonio de Areco
Impeccably preserved 19th-
century Italianate municipal
buildings, silversmiths, and
pulperías
While one could cover
historic Colonia in an afternoon,
most visitors choose to linger
long among its seven museums,
perpetually blooming Plaza
Mayor
testify to this once-
crucial agricultural center's past
fortunes.
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&
La Barra, Punta del Este
, and wonderful
sidewalk cafés.
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Plaza Independencia,
(see p24)
Montevideo
Tethering Montevideo to its long
history, Plaza Independencia is
overseen by Palacio Salvo, a
mirror image of Palacio Barolo
(see p98)
At this point of land at La
Barra, the most tranquil
accommodations and most
exclusive nightlife miraculously
coexist.
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Avenidas Bunge and del
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The Tigre Club, Tigre
Mar, Pinamar
Pinamar's main thoroughfare,
a tree-lined stretch of national-
brand shopping, golf outfitters,
and alfresco restaurants,
terminates at the scenic
shorefront of Avenida del Mar.
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This former casino, arguably
the finest Beaux Arts structure in
the country, today houses an
excellent Argentinian art collec-
tion.
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Tigre • 4512-4528 • Open 9am- 6:30pm
Wed-Fri, noon-8:30pm Sat and Sun
$
Casino Central, Mar
(
Presidential Residences,
del Plata
Constructed in the 1930s, the
Casino Central might no longer
evoke Monaco-on-the-Pampa,
but it still is a notch above the
typical beach-resort fare.
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B6 • Bulevar Maritimo Peralta 2148
• 223-4957011
Isla Martín García
Ex-presidents who fell foul of the
Argentinian government were
imprisoned at the residences.
Today they are remembered with
commemorative plaques.
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El Centinela, Tandíl
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La Feria Mataderos
The Mesozoic symbol of
this mountain city is best
appreciated from its neighboring
hillside's peak, accessed by ski
chairlift, where one can take in
the view with a coffee and
alfajores (see p95)
Dancers of all ages twirl to
Argentina's other rhythm,
folcloríca
, while onlookers quaff
chorizo
sandwiches at this
Pampa-celebrating weekend fair
(see p98)
.
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