Is Patagonia a Country? What Changes When You Cross the Border
Is Patagonia a country? No, it is a region shared by Argentina and Chile. See which base is in which country and what changes when you cross the border.
Best time to visit Patagonia: pick your month by wind and sun
Wind, not temperature, decides the best month for Patagonia. SMN records for El Calafate, Ushuaia, Bariloche and Trelew, matched to what you want to do.
Argentina in December: weather, crowds and the best regions
Argentina in December is early summer: Patagonia at its best, rain in the north. Weather, daylight and holiday dates for seven destinations.
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BY Nicolás Pablo Iemolo - October 5, 2026 7:33 pm
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Buenos Aires neighborhoods: where to stay, by the trip you are making
The question we are asked most often about Buenos Aires is not what to see. It is where to sleep. And the honest answer is that the city does not have a best neighbourhood; it has five that suit different trips, and the right one depends on how long you are staying, what you are […]
- BY Nicolás Pablo Iemolo
- September 8, 2026 5:49 pm
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Things to do in Buenos Aires: choose the city by theme, not by list
Almost no one comes to Argentina for Buenos Aires alone, and almost no one manages to avoid it. It is where the international flights land, where the domestic ones leave from, and where most itineraries spend their first two nights and their last one. So the useful question is not the one the lists of […]
- BY Nicolás Pablo Iemolo
- September 4, 2026 9:30 am
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Is Argentina safe? What the advisories say, and what actually happens
The first organic result for this question is the United States State Department advisory for Argentina, and it has said the same thing since July 2026: Level 1, exercise normal precautions. That is the lowest of the four levels, the one that also applies to Japan, Iceland and most of western Europe. So the answer […]
- BY Nicolás Pablo Iemolo
- September 4, 2026 7:33 am
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Things to do in Argentina: what each region is worth, in days
Every guide lists the same dozen places. This one attaches the days: the shortest stay each region is actually sold at, with real starting prices.
- BY Nicolás Pablo Iemolo
- September 3, 2026 10:11 pm
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Cheapest South American country to visit: the answer, and why it may not help
Bolivia, on both recent surveys of daily costs. But on a two week trip the daily rate is the smallest of four levers, and real route prices show why.
- BY Nicolás Pablo Iemolo
- September 3, 2026 6:09 pm
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Solo travel for women over 60: the room is the real cost
Travelling alone after sixty? The single supplement, not the walking, is what decides the trip. How it works in Argentina and the three levers that move it.
- BY Nicolás Pablo Iemolo
- September 3, 2026 4:47 pm
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Patagonia and Antarctica itinerary: the ship sets the dates
A Patagonia and Antarctica itinerary works backwards from the sailing date: four of eleven days are the Drake, and the port you sail from decides the rest.
- BY Nicolás Pablo Iemolo
- September 3, 2026 9:56 am
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