Last Frontiers' articles for Argentina (Press articles)
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Latin lap of luxury (Douglas Rogers, October 2005)
Argentina is sexy again thanks to a range of cheap hotels opening across the country, says Douglas Rogers. There's more to Argentina than tango and gauchos. After four years in the economic doldrums, the country is once again the sexiest destination in South America. A slate of chic new hotels in B... Read more»
Sophie Campbell visits the Tigre Delta
There was a school party on the river bus. Chattering pupils, wearing life jackets as nonchalantly as British children might wear blazers, dumped their packs and got out cards. White-coated teachers studied their payslips.I leant on a warm ledge of varnished wood and reflected upon my last visit to... Read more»
Sophie Campbell explores Salta province
Foggy? It's not meant to be foggy. In my mind, the province of Salta, in north-west Argentina, is hot orange and red; somewhere you can fry a steak on your horse's rump.But it is foggy. So much so that the plane takes a dummy run at the tarmac and zooms up again and into the fog.Somewhere around us... Read more»
Homage to Patagonia (Justin Marozzi)
High above the scouring winds that rush across the steppe, half-a-dozen condors drift on the thermals. The horses walk on, oblivious to the circling overhead, disturbing a grey fox cub which scurries off into deeper cover. Hearing our approach, a startled hare kicks off through the grass. On the ho... Read more»