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Buenos Aires

The Maison's home: Recoleta, Puerto Madero and the porteño night.

Mendoza

The high-altitude Malbec country at the foot of Aconcagua.

Bariloche

The Patagonian lake district: alpine air and glacial water.

Iguazú

The great cataracts where the jungle meets the falling water.

Salta

Colonial Andean north: Calchaquí valleys and Cafayate vineyards.

Córdoba

Jesuit baroque, university tradition and the sierra estancias.

Ushuaia

The end of the world: gateway to Antarctica and the Beagle Channel.

El Calafate

The threshold of the great Patagonian ice: Perito Moreno glacier.

Mar del Plata

The Atlantic resort of the porteño summer: sea air and casinos.

Puerto Madryn

The whale coast: Península Valdés and its great marine fauna.

Rosario

The riverside city of the Paraná: birthplace of the flag.

San Martín de los Andes

The alpine village at the head of the Seven Lakes road.

Cafayate

High-altitude Torrontés among the red rock of the Calchaquí.

Tigre

The Paraná delta at the edge of the capital: water and willows.

La Plata

The planned city: neoclassical cathedral and museum tradition.

Villa La Angostura

The garden village on the Nahuel Huapi shore.

El Chaltén

Argentina's trekking capital beneath the spire of Fitz Roy.

Jujuy

The painted mountains of the Quebrada de Humahuaca.

Pinamar

The pine-forest Atlantic resort of the discreet elite.

Río Gallegos

The windswept gateway to deep Patagonia.

Neuquén

Patagonian wine and the dinosaur valleys.

Santa Fe

Colonial river city: convents and the constitution.

Tucumán

The garden of the republic: birthplace of independence.

Puerto Iguazú

The frontier town at the meeting of three nations.

Esquel

The Andean foothills and the Old Patagonian Express.

Colón

Thermal springs and palm savannah on the Uruguay river.

Gualeguaychú

The carnival city of the Entre Ríos littoral.

Bahía Blanca

The southern Atlantic port and gateway to the pampas coast.

Sierra de la Ventana

Ancient hills rising from the southern pampa.

Villa Carlos Paz

Lakeside sierra resort in the heart of Córdoba.

La Cumbre

The Punilla highlands: paragliding and golf among the hills.

Villa de Merlo

The microclimate town beneath the Comechingones.

Chascomús

Pampa lagoon town of gaucho tradition.

Luján

Argentina's basilica city in the pampa.

San Antonio de Areco

The capital of gaucho tradition and silverwork.

Pilar

The polo and country-club belt north of the capital.

Lago Puelo

Turquoise lake on the Andean Chilean frontier.

Cachi

The white colonial village high in the Calchaquí.

Cosquín

The folk-music capital of the Córdoba sierras.

Puerto Deseado

The Patagonian estuary of penguins and Darwin's wake.

Trelew

Welsh heritage and the great dinosaur museum of Patagonia.

Tandil

The hills, cheeses and salami of the southern pampa.

Santiago

The Andean capital: wine valleys and cordillera light.

Montevideo

The Río de la Plata's discreet capital: rambla and old town.

Punta del Este

South America's Saint-Tropez: beaches, art and the summer set.

Colonia del Sacramento

The cobbled Portuguese frontier town across the river.

Carmelo

Riverside wine and olive country on the Uruguay delta.

São Paulo

The Americas' financial capital: gastronomy, art and altitude.

Rio de Janeiro

The marvellous city: Ipanema, Sugarloaf and the sea.

Florianópolis

The island of forty-two beaches in the Brazilian south.

Lima

The gastronomic capital of the Americas above the Pacific.

Cusco

The Inca capital: threshold of the Sacred Valley.

Asunción

The serene riverside capital of the Paraguay heartland.

Puerto Varas

The German-Chilean lake town beneath two volcanoes.

Valparaíso

The bohemian Pacific port of funiculars and colour.

Salvador de Bahia

The Afro-Brazilian soul on the northeastern coast.

Cartagena

The walled Caribbean jewel of the Spanish Main.

Bogotá

The high Andean capital of gold and emeralds.

Quito

The Andean colonial capital on the equator.

Medellín

The city of eternal spring in the Antioquian valley.

Foz do Iguaçu

The Brazilian panorama of the great falls.

La Paz

The highest capital: Andean altitude and the salt flats beyond.

Trancoso

The barefoot-luxury village on the Bahian coast.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Bolivia's tropical commercial capital.

Iquique

The Pacific dune city of the Atacama coast.

Pucón

The Chilean lake resort beneath the Villarrica volcano.

Miami

The Atlantic gateway between the Americas and the world.

New York

The capital of the modern world: Manhattan in all seasons.

Madrid

The Spanish capital: the bridge to Europe for the Latin world.

London

The capital of restraint and grandeur: Mayfair to the City.

Paris

The Maison de l'Élégance: Place Vendôme to Avenue Montaigne.

Dubai

The Gulf crossroads of commerce, gold and the new world.

Monaco

The Principality: Hôtel de Paris, the Casino, the Grand Prix.

Aspen

The Rocky Mountain winter capital of American society.

Geneva

Lake Léman: banking, watches and Swiss discretion.

Lisbon

The Atlantic capital of light and tile.

Rome

The eternal city: antiquity, art and la dolce vita.