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The city has many fine museums and a world-
reknowned opera house. Shopping for fine
leathers and furs can be fun and rewarding.
You can begin and end your stay in Buenos
Aires. But why not see the rest of Argentina?
The second largest country in South America, it
covers an area of over one million square miles.
If you can imagine South America resembling a
lamb chop, Argentina and Chile share the bone.
Did You Know?
The country is over 2,000 miles long
and only 884 miles across at its widest
point.
It narrows as it moves southward and its ter-
rain varies dramatically, changing from tropi-
cal jungles and rain forests in the north, to
majestic Andes peaks that are snowcapped
year-round along the spine and an ever-
expanding glacier near its southern tip.
Argentina offers a wide range of vacation
options that change with the seasons. Of
course, since Argentina is in the southern hemi-
sphere, when it's winter in New York, it's sum-
mer in Buenos Aires. Avid skiers may want to
combine a July 4th visit to Buenos Aires with
great skiing near Mendoza or in Bariloche. If
you prefer to trek, hunt or fish, you can explore
Argentina's national parks in the Argentine
summer and swim in Lake Nahuel Huapi on
Christmas Eve. Islands inhabited only by pen-
guins and the world's most spectacular water-
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