Insight Guides Argentina

Insight Guides

• Publisher: Insight
• eBook ISBN: 9781780055442
• Edition: 6
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

Insight Guides: Inspiring your next adventure

This new edition of Insight Guide Argentina is a comprehensive, full-colour travel guide packed with inspiration and information. It includes engrossing features on everything from the tango to Patagonian wildlife and the Cuyo wine region.

Inside Inside Guide Argentina:

A detailed history section covers the country's history from the pre-Columbian period through the dark days of the dictatorship to the country's economic crisis and subsequent recovery.
The Best of Argentina section lists the country's must-see attractions, from estancias and folk festivals to world-class art galleries and outdoor activities.
The Places section covers the entire country from its dynamic capital Buenos Aires to windswept Tierra del Fuego. Specially commissioned photographs vividly capture the beauty of sights such as Iguaz Falls, the Perito Moreno glacier and the rolling hills of the Lake District.
Detailed full-colour maps help you get around, while the travel tips section is packed with useful information on transport, climate, festivals and outdoor activities, and provides answers to such questions as when to go and what to budget for your trip, and includes a selection of the best restaurants.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-color print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travelers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure. 'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine

Understanding the Language

General

Of the many versions of Spanish in South America, the Argentine version is among the most difficult to understand. However, it is much better to know a little Spanish when you arrive. English might be spoken at major hotels and by quite a few Argentines in Buenos Aires, but don’t count on it outside the capital.

Pronunciation and Grammar Tips

Argentines tend to use a local vocabulary with little resemblance to classical Spanish, while the local accent imposes a soft “j” sound on the “ll” and “y” and most people speak very rapidly without enunciating clearly. At the same time, when using the second person familiar, Argentines use the form “vos” instead of the more common “tú”. (Note also that in Latin American Spanish the plural form of you is “ustedes” rather than “vosotros,” as used in Spain.) The verb form used with “vos” places the accent on the last, rather than the penultimate syllable (for example, “¿que hacÉs?” instead of “¿quÉ hAces?” – what are you doing?).

Basics

Yes Sí

No No

Thank you Gracias

You’re welcome De nada/Por nada

Okay Está bien

Please Por favor

Excuse me (to get attention) ¡Perdón!/¡...

Table of contents

• How To Use This E-Book
• Argentina’s Top 10 Attractions
• Editor’s Choice
• Introduction: Go South
• Landscapes and Wildlife
• Decisive Dates
• Pre-Columbian Period
• From Conquest to Independence
• Travelers’ Tales
• Caudillos, Tyrants, and Demagogues
• Crisis and Recovery
• The Argentines
• The Tango
• Insight: A Tango Tour of Buenos Aires
• The Gaucho
• Insight: A Day in the Country – Gaucho-style
• The Arts
• Outdoor Adventure
• Spectator Sports
• Food and Wine
• Introduction: Places
• Buenos Aires
• Insight: The Architecture of Buenos Aires
• Around Buenos Aires
• Mar y Sierras
• The Central Sierras
• The Northeast
• The Northwest
• The Cuyo
• Insight: Bodega Hopping in the Cuyo
• Patagonia
• Insight: Patagonia’s Wildlife
• Tierra del Fuego
• Transportation
• Eating Out
• Activities
• A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information
• Understanding the Language
• Further Reading