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SHOPPING IN BUENOS AIRES FIESTA TIME! WONDERFUL WINES
Buenos Aires is a shopping mecca and offers South Americans are renowned for their love of Widely acclaimed for its wines, Chile and
a huge array of retail options. The famous San celebrating and whether it be the seasons, the Argentina are great places for exploring vineyards.
Telmo markets, held every Sunday, sell one-of- saints, the living or the dead, you can be sure they The popular Maipo and Casablanca Valleys –
a-kind antiques. Calle Florida is a pedestrian will party with passion. Every country celebrates both an easy day trip from Santiago – produce
mall in downtown Buenos Aires and is the most Carnaval, guaranteeing parades, costumes, music Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Cabernet
important commercial street in the city. For chic and dance. Borrowed from Mexico, the Day Sauvignon. Further afield lie Colchagua and
designs, unique leather work and hip market of the Dead is, ironically, a happy and colourful Aconcagua, which border the Argentinean wine
stalls, head to the neighbourhood of Palermo. celebration honouring past loved ones with an region of Mendoza. Mendoza is undoubtedly the
If you just need a quick souvenir, you can’t go abundance of food and drink. Buenos Aires’ wine capital of Argentina producing 75% of the
past the colourful and vibrant neighbourhood of Tango Festival will have you signing up for dance country’s famous Malbec. More recently, wine
La Boca, where you might even catch a street lessons while Peru’s Inti Raymi Festival will have production has begun in southern Buenos Aires.
tango performance. you praying to the Sun God. Winery tours are perfect for a free half or full day.

Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina Peru

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