Buenos Aires
www.buenosaires.gov.ar Tourism
in the capital, with details of
hotels, events and where to dance or
watch tango.
Buenos Aires Herald
www.buenosairesherald.com
Condensed but interesting overview
of local, national and international
news in English and plenty of
articles on culture and eating out.
Clarín
www.clarin.com.ar This site
operated by one of the country's
main newspapers is painfully slow to
download but is full of info on
everything from politics to sport,
or the two combined.
Disappeared persons
www.desaparecidos.org/arg Speaks
for itself: this site is an
interface for finding out more about
the human side of this harrowing
episode in Argentina's history.
Entertainment
www.xsalir.com All the places to
go out to in and around the capital:
bars, discos, restaurants, concerts,
sports meetings.
General information
www.grippo.com Excellent and
eclectic site with a variety of
information on art, sport, current
affairs, tourism (especially
adventure or alternative tourism)
and Perón and Evita.
Greenpeace
www.greenpeace.org.ar Ecology
campaigns in and around Argentina
with special emphasis on whales.
Historical information
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/6037/links.html
History, geography, culture,
literature and more on this
excellent site.
Link-up
www.wam.com.ar/tourism/homepage.htm
Multilingual site putting you in
touch with tour operators catering
for foreigners in Argentina.
La Nación
www.lanacion.com.ar Extremely
well-executed site set up by the
country's leading conservative daily
with up-to-date news, weather and
information about the arts and
media.
Pagina 12
www.pagina12.com Tries to beat
Clarín for having the slowest
site to download, but worth
persevering for the outspoken news
paper's alternative and at times
caustic opinion of national
politics.
South American Explorers' Club
www.samexplo.org Very
useful site set up by the
experienced non-profit-making
organization aimed at scientists,
explorers and all travellers in
South America. Includes
travel-related news, descriptions of
individual trips, a bulletin and
indexed links with other websites.
Tourism
escapeartist.com/argentina6/tournet.html
Tourism-oriented Web site covering
mountaineering, Buenos Aires
restaurants, eco-tourism and all
kinds of other issues of topical
interest.
Tourist info
www.mercotour.com Reliable
region-by-region site full of
information on a variety of
tourism-related issues from skiing
to spas and adventure tours to farm
holidays.