Jul 3, 2017 • 5 min read
South America is known for many things – incredible culture, gorgeous beaches, amazing food. But most striking might be the continent’s sheer geographical…
Jul 3, 2017 • 5 min read
South America is known for many things – incredible culture, gorgeous beaches, amazing food. But most striking might be the continent’s sheer geographical…
Apr 3, 2017 • 5 min read
Patagonian treks are all about preparing for the elements. ‘I thought it would be summer down here,’ is a phrase that’s echoed off those majestic granite…
Dec 1, 2016 • 5 min read
The festive season doesn’t have to mean turkey and all the trimmings. Plus it’s undoubtedly one of the best times of year to hit the road. So forget the…
Feb 26, 2016 • 7 min read
Torres del Paine's 'W' circuit is often touted as Patagonia's must-do trek, but there is a rising star in a far more remote pocket of Parque Nacional Los…
Feb 16, 2016 • 5 min read
A maze of fjords with wild, wind-worn isles, abundant marine life and glaciers that tumble into the Pacific, the singular landscape of Chilean Patagonia…
Jan 7, 2016 • 6 min read
Ice cream is a serious matter in Buenos Aires. There is an heladaria (ice cream parlor) every few blocks, and a request for a recommendation can provoke…
Jul 14, 2015 • 5 min read
Almost completely flat with a network of bike lanes now covering more than 130km, cycling is often the quickest and always the most pleasurable way to get…
Jul 10, 2015 • 5 min read
Started by enterprising chefs who began opening up their homes to cash in on the tourism boom during the post-2001 economic crisis, puertas cerradas …
Jul 8, 2015 • 4 min read
Think of Argentina and, along with tango, beef and Boca Junior football club, a glass of Malbec might well come to mind. But it's not all tannins and…
Oct 16, 2014 • 3 min read
In El Chaltén, Argentina’s ‘trekking capital’, you’ll find majestic peaks, astonishing glaciers and idyllic mountain tarns all within easy walking…
Apr 11, 2013 • 4 min read
First-time visitors to the southern cone of South America arrive in Buenos Aires or Santiago with visions of glaciers, waterfalls, penguin colonies,…
Aug 2, 2012 • 2 min read
Where have all the cowboys gone? You might find a gaucho getting rowdy in one of Buenos Aires’ peñas (music clubs), but if you want to see some real…
Jun 28, 2012 • 2 min read
This is an excerpt from the Food & Drink chapter of Lonely Planet's Argentina guide.
Jun 1, 2012 • 4 min read
Long called the Paris of South America, Buenos Aires is exactly that, and yet so, so much more besides. Granted, this is a city of wide boulevards and…
Jun 14, 2011 • 4 min read
You don’t have to know the difference between a cornice and a cantilever to see that Buenos Aires is an architectural wonderland. In this melting-pot…
Jan 13, 2011 • 4 min read
In Patagonia, there are little towns with very big bones. The fossilized skeleton of the biggest dinosaur ever to roam the planet was discovered near…
Jan 10, 2011 • 2 min read
Buenos Aires likes to regard itself as an Italo-Spanish city washed up on South American shores, and here the legend of immigrant gauchos taming empty…
Nov 30, 2010 • 3 min read
It's a marvellous adventure, the Dinosaur Route in northwest Patagonia. The skeletons of the biggest dinosaurs ever to have walked the planet are,…
Nov 17, 2010 • 3 min read
At the southern end of Buenos Aires' Avenida 9 de Julio, street kids splash in marbled fountains, while others bash footballs against a dramatic bronze of…
Nov 16, 2010 • 3 min read
This article was specially produced for Brooks Range by Lonely Planet.
Sep 28, 2010 • 4 min read
The central steppe of Patagonia, South America’s southern frontier, sweeps eastwards for thousands of miles from the foot of the Andes Mountains.
Sep 1, 2010 • 4 min read
A forbidding perimeter wall protects the dead of the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires. The entrance to the necropolis is a Doric-columned portico, beyond…