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What are your interests?

Pretty important before we can give informed answers.

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Exactly. But apart from that my general advice is to only worry about Argentina. You don't have time for Southern Brazil or Uruguay. Though you could do a trip to Colonial as its not far from BA (you could do this in the 2 weeks your there).

But what are your interests?

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I recommend you to go from BA to Colonia for a daytrip. Depends on where you come from, but if you are European, Colonia is nice but not so outstanding as it reminds a little of Italy, Spain, Croatia... Head on to the Eastern coast of Uruguay. Don´t spend too much time in Montevideo, as BA is very similar and in my eyes way more interesting. If you hear of world famous Punta del Este, it might be fun for partying and gambling, but unless you are not interested in that, it´s just another beachside town like so many others in the world. You should rather head on to the Rocha district and stay in one of the small beachside villages. For example Cabo Polonio which is about five hours away from MTV. From there it´s just another two hours to Chuy the border town to Brasil.

I ´ve recently done all that. Easy to organize, and a nice experience...

If you want to see more see my blog: http://no--pasa--nada.blogspot.com/search/label/Uruguay

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Oi Rick,

To tell the truth, three weeks is not that much time for this type of trip. Also, depending on where you are from, you may have to get a visa to enter Brasil! If you want a little adventure, take the Buquebus to Colonia for an afternoon, then head over to Montevideo for a day or two before hopping on a bus for Salto, and some great spas in that area. Spend a few days there, then take the "lancha" over to Concordia, Argentina. From Concordia, take a bus over to Rosario for a few days before heading back to BA.

Now, if you REALLY feel like going to Brasil....and get your visa, if needed....there's a night bus from Montevideo to Porto Alegre, and several great towns to visit in that area such as Gramado, Novo Petropolis, Bento Goncalves, among others. From Porto Alegre, Flecha Bus will take you back to Buenos Aires over-night.

Buen viaje!

JAC

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remain in Argentina, 3 weeks is a short time. Go to southern Patagonia if you like mountains and glaciars, go northwest if you like a hotter climate. If you are for beaches go to Brazil, and don´t do that kind of questions if you want to get a good answer

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I would like to say there is a lot more to NW Argentina than a hotter climate.

Salta is a great colonial city with great architecture and museums.

The quebrada de cafayate has some incredible scenery, with incredible rock features. We cycled 60km of the valley and it was the perfect way to take it all in (take plenty of water!).

Cafayate is a great little town with great wineries that do free tours and wine tastings.

There are other great towns/villages to explore, such as Cachi, but unfortunately I didn't have time to see them.

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Of course, If it were only for the climate there are tons of places to go. But we cannot really send the OP anywhere without knowing anything about him.

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#7.

Yeah, exactly.

I agree with your post btw, I just wanted to give an overview the OP of what NW Argentina has to offer as you already had done for Brazil and Patagonia.

Personally I would go back to Patagonia because I love outdoors and adventure activities.

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Rick, its all good starting a topic and having some quality answers about suggestions. But unless you write back and let us know what your interests are or anything, then this is pointless.