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Travel (cont.) VAT Wetlands 24
Cuyo and the Wine Country 209 in hotels 274 Esteros del Iberá 170–71
driving in Buenos Aires 330 in restaurants 285 Monumento Natural Laguna de los
ferries 328 in shops 300, 301 Pozuelos 204
micros (long-distance coaches) 328 Vega, Jorge de la 114 Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur
organized tours 325 Rompecabezas 115 (Buenos Aires) 81
Pampas 143 Vega, Lope de 74, 77 Reserva Natural Laguna de
Patagonia 226 Vegetarian meals 285 Llancanelo 223
Subte (Buenos Aires) 330, 331 Velasco, Juan Ramírez de 188 Whales 25
taxis and remises 331 Ventura de la Vega 77 Antarctica 269, 270
Tierra del Fuego and Antarctica 263 Verdi, Giuseppe 78 Parque Nacional Monte León 234
trains 328, 330 Vernacular architecture 41 Península Valdés 230
Travel insurance 319 Via Christi (Junín de los Andes) 240 Playa El Doradillo 229
Travelers’ checks 320, 321 Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata 36, whale-watching 308, 309
in restaurants 285 54–5 Wheelchair access see Disabled
Trekking see Hiking and trekking Vida Silvestre 20 travelers
Trelew 225, 229 Viedma 228 White, Don Guillermo 158
hotels 283 restaurants 298 White-water rafting see Rafting and
Tren Ecológico de la Selva (Parque Viedmar, Glaciar 13, 257, 258 kayaking
Nacional Iguazú) 177, 178 Villa Cerro Catedral 243 Wichí people 26
Tren del Fin del Mundo 265 Villa El Chocón 239 Wildlife 24–5
Tres Lagos 249 hotels 283 Antarctica 269, 271
Trevelin 245 Villa Freud (Buenos Aires) 117 Paraná River system 167
Triple A 60 Villa General Belgrano 14, 187 Parque Nacional Iguazú 179
La Trochita workshops (El Maitén) 244 festivals 46 Reserva Provincial Península Valdés
Troilo, Aníbal 33, 86 restaurants 294 230–31
Tucumán (San Miguel de Tucumán) Villa Gesell 154 Sierra de la Ventana 157
181, 193 hotels 280 Subantarctic Islands 268
Tucumán, Congress of (1816) 55 restaurants 292 see also National Parks; Provincial
Tunuyán Villa La Angostura 13, 226, 242 Parks; Provincial Reserves; Reserves;
hotels 282 hotels 283 Zoo
restaurants 296 restaurants 298 Windsurfing 308, 309
U Villa O’Higgins (Chile) 251 Wines
accommodation in bodegas 276
Villa Traful 13, 242
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Villavicencio 216 holidays 307, 309
Alta Gracia 186 Vineyards Jesús María 188
Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay) Cafayate 194 Mendoza winery tour 214–15
120, 121 Mendoza 212–15 shopping 124, 125, 301, 303
Córdoba 185 San Patricio del Chañar 238 Wines of Mendoza 207, 210, 212–13
Cueva de las Manos 138, 246, 247 tours 307 Wines of Salta 195
Parque Nacional Iguazú 15, 139, see also Bodegas; Wines see also Bodegas; Vineyards
176–9 La Virgen de Luján (Luján) 46, 148 Winter in Argentina 49
Parque Nacional Los Cardones 180 Virgen del Valle 192 Wiring money 320, 321
Parque Nacional Los Glaciares 138, Visas 314, 317 Wolf, Juan 102
254–9 Vivero Dunícola Florentino Ameghino Women travelers 317
Parque Nacional Talampaya 189 (Miramar) 155 World War II 57
Parque Provincial Ischigualasto 20, Volcán Lanín 13, 241 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 20
221 Volunteer Point 268
Quebrada de las Conchas 194 La Vuelta de Rocha (Buenos Aires) 88 Y
Quebrada de Humahuaca 200–204 Yacyretá Dam 167
Reserva Provincial Península Valdés W Yámana people 261, 264, 265
230–31 Walking Yapeyú 169
San Ignacio Miní 30, 36, 160, 173 in Buenos Aires 330 Yavi 204–5
Santa Catalina 14, 190–91 see also Hiking and trekking Youth hostels 276–7
Unión Cívica Radical 57, 60–61 Walsh, Rodolfo 37 Yrigoyen, Hipólito 57, 81, 121
Unitarists 55, 161, 166, 172, 189 War of the Spanish Succession (1702– Yrurtia, Rogelio 77, 118
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 13) 54, 55 Canto al Trabajo 85
(UNC) 185 War of the Triple Alliance (1865–70) 56,
Upsala, Glaciar 258 172 Z
Uquia 15, 201, 202, 203 Wars of Independence 55, 88 Zamba (dance) 34, 192
Uriburu family 197 Waterfalls El Zanjón (Buenos Aires) 40, 84
Urquiza, General Justo José 110, 168 Garganta del Diablo (Parque Nacional Zapala 239
Urruchúa, Demetrio 95 Iguazú) 15, 139, 176, 179 Zonda wind 207
Uruguay, Río 20, 161, 168 Garganta del Diablo (Parque Zoo
Ushuaia 13, 261, 262, 263, 264, 266–7 Provincial Ernesto Tornquist) 157 Jardín Zoológico (Buenos Aires) 111
festivals 48 Iguazú Falls 10, 15, 161, 174–5,
hotels 283 176–7, 178
restaurants 299 Nant y Fall 245
Uspallata 216 Salto Arrechea 179
hotels 282 Salto San Martín 15, 177
V Waterskiing 308
Wax Museum (Buenos Aires) 87
Vacca, Raúl 237 Weather 50–51, 314
Vaccinations 319 Weddell Sea 271
Valdelén winter-sports complex 251 Welsh immigrants 23, 229
Valentino, Rudolph 33 Eisteddfod 46
Valles Calchaquiés 24, 194 The Welsh in Patagonia 225, 228
Varela, Adriana 33 West Point Island 268
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