Buenos Aires

The capital, Buenos Aires, is known as the Paris of South America.  Spanish colonial design combines with French architectural influences to create a truly stunning city.

In Buenos Aires properties offer appealing capital appreciation prospects. Prices are still undervalued in comparison to other major cities in the region, such as Santiago de Chile and Sao Paulo. Meanwhile, increasing numbers of business visitors and tourists are boosting the short term rental market, ensuring attractive yields.

Geography

The Buenos Aires province has an area of 307,571 km².  To the east is the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the largest province of Argentina.

The landscape is mainly flat, with two low mountain ranges.  The highest point is Cerro Tres Picos (1.239 m) and the longest river is Río Salado (700 km).

As part of The Pampas the weather of the province is strongly influenced by the ocean, with hot summers and temperate winters. Humidity is high and precipitations are abundant and distributed over the year. The Western and Southwestern regions are dryer.

Climate

The weather of the Buenos Aires Province is temperate with average temperatures between 13 and 17 °C. At the coast, the wind from sea cools down the nights during the summer and keeps a high humidity during the winters.

Economy

Even though cattle are historically the main meat export, Buenos Aires is also the top producer of sheep, pork and chicken of the country. Equally important is the Dairy industry.

Another activity of the province that in the last decades has become even more important than cattle is agriculture. The most important crops include soybean, maize, wheat and sunflower. These are also grown as oilseeds and given the recent surge in the worldwide use of bio-fuels this, is a sector to watch.

Industry

A diverse range of products are produced, the most notable of which are: chemicals, metals, automobiles, textiles and food production. These signify around 50% of the country's industrial production.

Tourism

Tourists, mainly from Buenos Aires, visit the Atlantic coast. There are many cities and town along the coast line that starts some 250 kilometres from Buenos Aires . Among them, the biggest and most important is Mar del Plata, followed by Pinamar, Villa Gesell, Miramar and Necochea..

Other destinations include the Sierras of Tandil,  Tigre and the many islands of the Río de la Plata delta,   Isla Martin Garcia,  the Chascomus Lagoon and the La Plata city.

Lately  Agro-Tourism in estancias and ranches has become popular for foreigners visiting the province.