Paraná sunset
Over the wide river.
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Corrientes is one of Argentina's oldest cities, founded by Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón on 3 April 1588 as a river stop between Asunción and Buenos Aires, the oldest city in the northeast. Every evening its people gather on the long riverfront promenade overlooking the broad Paraná. The Costanera runs with tree-lined paths, benches and viewpoints, broken by small river beaches, the best known Playa Arazaty, with its sand and shade trees, where people swim in summer and share mate on the bank. From its ends you can see the towers of the bridge linking the city to Chaco province across the river. Corrientes is known for chamamé, a regional folk music, whose national festival is held in mid-January, the best time to hear it despite the fierce summer heat. The riverfront is open and free.
Over the wide river.
In mid-January.
On the riverfront.
Avenida Costanera General San Martín, on the Paraná river, Corrientes
April to September for mild weather, or mid-January for the chamamé festival despite the heat.
