Corrientes Province, Argentina

Corrientes, capital of the province.

Distances: 1.074 kilometers from Buenos Aires
895 kilometers from Córdoba
320 kilometers from Posadas

Corrientes, capital of the county located at the shoreline of the Parana River, one of the mightiest from Argentina, on which the General Manuel Belgrano Bridge rises that unites it to the city of Resistencia, capital of the county of the Chaco.

It is growing industry, multiple cultural circles and rich varied architecture (from the colonial autochthonous to the moderns of its sky-scrapers); they make of it an attractive tourist city.

In Corrientes the Fiesta Nacional del Carnaval is carried out; offering a luxurious and colorful spectacle to visitors and natives.

Corrientes is considered the place where the biggest river fish are caught In Esquina, Goya, Empedrado and Paso de la Patria one can fish the Dorado (35 kg), Manguruyu (100 kg) and Surubí (60 kg).

Places of interest to visit

· Tidelands of Iberá, reservations characterized by their extense lagoons and rivers.
· The Bridge General Belgrano
· Santisima Cruz de los Milagros Church
· Nuestra Señora de Itatí Basilica
· San Francisco and La Merced Convents
· Historical Colonial Museum
· Franciscano Museum Art
· Complejo hidroeléctrico Yaciretá
· The Jesuists Mission Route

Tourist routes

The circuit of the Missions, old route of the Jesuits, passes by towns that were part of the Jesuit Missions: La Cruz, Santo Tomé, San Carlos.

The cities that this circuit embraces are: Mocoretá, Monte Caseros, Paso de los Libres, Yapeyú, La Cruz, Santo Tomé, Gobernador Virasoro and San Carlos.