Laguna de los Tres

A walled city of mausoleums in marble and granite, including Eva Perón's tomb, laid out along narrow avenues.

An opera house of 1908 ranked among the best acoustically in the world, visited on guided tours between performances.

A nineteenth-century covered market in the old quarter with produce, antiques and food counters, busiest on the Sunday fair day.

A high-altitude wine valley an hour south of Mendoza, with vineyards at 1,000 to 1,500 metres directly below the Andes.

Perito Moreno is a 30-kilometre glacier in Los Glaciares National Park with a five-kilometre front standing about 70 metres above the water. Unlike most glaciers it has remained roughly stable, and blocks calve off the face regularly in front of the viewing walkways. Boat trips and guided ice walks put you at water level and on the ice itself.

El Chaltén was founded in 1985 and exists for hiking: trails to Laguna de los Tres below Fitz Roy and Laguna Torre below Cerro Torre start from the village streets, with no permits or transport needed. Wind is constant and weather turns in minutes, so flexible days matter. It is three hours by road from El Calafate.