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142  ARGENTINA REGION B Y REGION

Exploring the Pampas

The unrelenting plains of the Pampas region offer plenty of
opportunity for horseback riding and gaucho activities at the
many estancias. Away from the empty spaces, La Plata is a
vibrant university city, San Antonio de Areco is a charming
colonial town, and Luján houses the country’s most important
Catholic shrine, La Virgen de Luján. The most popular beach
resorts are Mar del Plata, Villa Gesell, Miramar, and Pinamar
and Necochea. Heading south, the land begins to roll and, Rosario
eventually, rise to the green and dramatic mountains of the
Sierra de la Ventana and Tandil, which afford an array of Stained-glass detail, Catedral de la Río Paraná
outdoor adventure sports.
Inmaculada Concepción, La Plata Colón Pergamino
Sights at a Glance
General SAN ANTONIO
Towns and Cities Estancias Rufino L. Mar Arenales DE ARECO Campana
1 La Plata pp144–7 r Estancia Cerro de la Cruz Chiquita LUJÁN Tigre
2 Luján Junín Mercedes
3 San Antonio de Areco Parks and Areas of General General Lincoln BUENOS AIRES
Pinto
7 Chapadmalal Natural Beauty Alvear Realicó General Chivilcoy Lomas de Zamora Berazategui
0 Balcarce w Sierra de la Ventana Parera Villegas Bragado Río Salado LA PLATA
q Tandil e Parque Provincial Ernesto Carlos Lobos
t Bahía Blanca Tornquist Tejedor 9 de Julio Río Samborombor
y Santa Rosa u Parque Nacional Lihué Calel Trenel P Saladillo Ranchos Verónica
Arroyos Saladillo
General Pico
Arroyos Vallimanca
Resorts Eduardo Pehuajó Carlos a Chascomús Pta. Piedras
San Rafael Casares
4 Mar del Plata Castex Quemú- m Río Salado
5 Villa Gesell Bañados de Atuel Santa Victorica Quemú p Las Flores Castelli Bahía San
Isabel
6 Pinamar San Carlos a Clemente
de Bolívar
8 Miramar Loma del Algarrobo Catriló Tapalqué Dolores
BUENOS AIRES
9 Necochea Jaguel Moro del Águila Río Salado LA P AMP A SANTA ROSA Cerro La China Azul H ú Rauch General General
3,593 ft
Lavalle
L. Cochicó
Parque Luro
Olavarría
L. Epecuén
Limay Cerro Azul Valle del Chapalcó Reserva Provincial Guamini 932 ft m Maipú Guido
Mahuida 1,198 ft Macachín General e Laguna
Salar General Arroyos Cura Mala La Madrid La Argentina
Grande Achá d PINAMAR
Salitral TANDIL VILLA
de la Perra Cerro del Seis Guatrache a
876 ft Coronel GESELL
25 de Mayo Benito Juárez Sa. del Tandil Vidal
1,463 ft Río Grande
PARQUE NACIONAL Valle PARQUE PROVINCIAL L. Mar Chiquita
LIHUÉ CALEL Maracó Grande BALCARCE
Emb. ERNESTO TORNQUIST Adolfo
Neuquén Casa Salina Tornquist SIERRA DE Gonzales Arroyos El Pescado MAR DEL PLATA
Piedra Lago La Amarga Cuchillo-Co Colorado Grande LA VENTANA Chaves
S i e r r a s d e l T a n d i l
Cerro Prieto Tres Arroyos Loberia CHAPADMALAL
975 ft San Cayetano
ESTANCIA CERRO
DE LA CRUZ MIRAMAR
Coronel NECOCHEA
Río Curaco
Dorrego
La Adela BAHÍA Monte
BLANCA
Hermoso
SOUTH ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Río Colorado
Salar del
Algarrobo
Charming houses near the beach, Pinamar
Viedma
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