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  • Around Buenos Aires
  • The Atlantic resorts and the Pampas
  • Córdoba and the Central Sierras
  • The Litoral and the Gran Chaco
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  • Neuquén and the Lake District
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Argentina Guide

The Litoral and the Gran Chaco

Colón

• Accommodation
• Eating
• Drinking and nightlife

Thanks to its setting, variety of activities and attractive hotels and restaurants, COLÓN, 120km or so north of Concepción, is easily the most appealing of Entre Ríos' resorts. It also makes a good base for visiting the wonderfully exotic-looking Parque Nacional El Palmar, just 50km north, or the European-style splendour of Palacio San José, about 40km southwest. Moreover, Colón is linked to the major Uruguayan city of Paysandú, 15km southeast, via the Puente Internacional General Artigas. Closer by, you can take memorable boat trips on the enticing Río Uruguay, swim at a riverine beach, hunt for semi-precious stones, taste wine at the region's only commercial vineyard or tour the abandoned Liebig meat-processing plant, a vestige of the area's once-thriving beef export industry. A day's exploration is well rewarded with a soak in the city's thermal springs, or with a visit to the Termas Villa Elisa, only a short distance north. Every February Colón hosts an important craft fair, the Fiesta Nacional de la Artesanía, with over five hundred exhibitors from Argentina, the rest of Latin America and Europe, as well as various musical events.