The TRUTH about Salta Argentina: Why Everyone is Talking About It

[@TideKnotTravellers]

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[@mabelmoreno2471]

can you tell us costs for car rental?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

@@mabelmoreno2471 we paid around £40 a day for car hire using cash withdrawn at the unofficial rate otherwise it would have been about £80 a day on the official rate/paying with any bank/credit card.

[@zddxddyddw]

You missed one last big church in Salta, the Iglesia de la Viña, which is similar to the red and yellow one but blue and bigger. And also, what you have noticed about all towns having a main square in the center is not exclusive to Argentina, it is the typical Spansh colonial layout. The Spanish built all their towns in the American continent with a central square that would be surrounded by the main church and all the important government buildings, and then the town would grow around that.

[@carlosgabrielli3928]

We are going to miss them ! I and hope you come back one day because you have traveled and shown these country like nobody else !! Also always with symphaty even when you have some problems. Thank you both and I will be following you wherever you go !!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you Carlos. It has been an incredible trip and we hope to help others discover this beautiful country through our videos.

[@Carstea03]

Such great content! I’m actually planning to visit South America this summer and I will definitely watch all your videos. Thank you guys!

[@horacioredigonda5949]

Muy lindos todos los videos que hicieron por argentina. Saludos 🇦🇷

[@TideKnotTravellers]

gracias, nos ha encantado visitarlos y hacerlos!

[@임부건-n9v]

Salta 영상 중 가장 취향 저격이네요. 감사합니다 It's the best introductory video clip for Salta, Argentina. Tnx a lot

[@TravelInteresante]

La Vieja Estacion looks like such an amazing and authentic spot to visit - love the shows and liveliness!! You have truly explored the land of Argentina so well that we will need to re-watch everything before we visit one day!

[@stephaniehenson7710]

I absolutely love Salta. Visited several times when I lived in Argentina. Great to revisit it through your video.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We loved our time here, 2 weeks flew by and we fit a lot in but not quite everything as there’s so much to see!

[@stephenwarren9762]

What a fantastic insight into your time in Argentina 🇦🇷. Nice to hear your adventures and favourite places and places to eat. Good luck guys

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you! ☺️

[@claudiomaxl8104]

An important tip 4 foreign tourist: these days the use of cards will be implemented at an exchange rate called dollar MEP, similar to dollar blue, but legal, 4 all foreign tourists

[@TideKnotTravellers]

I think this is the one we heard about, hopefully this happens soon as it will save a lot of time and stress for tourists. We spent so much time on this during our months here this year.

[@claudiomaxl8104]

@@TideKnotTravellers It's inexplicable why it took so long to implement it, it's convenient 4 both tourists n the country: Tourists don't run the risk of receiving counterfeit bills when exchanging on the black market n government can now accumulate all those dollars in the Central Bank.

[@bosteroxeneize9906]

I'm glad you had a good time in my country, when you return to England film you country too for sure it is very interesting.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you, it’s been incredible. We’re not returning to England just yet but we have already filmed a few videos in England ☺️

[@LucasWorldTravel]

Salta looks so amazing! Thanks for all the tips! We might get here in a few months and are looking forward to it. Your salt flat video was inspirational!

[@TheAverageTourist]

So awesome to see Argentina through your eyes. I think it's wild that you've been there for so long and there's still more to see and do. The blue dollar dance seems so annoying and a bit of a negative aspect or inconvenience. I hate carrying cash too when I travel. The scenery and landscape there is amazing so I look forward to some of the round-up videos you're going to do especially interested in the care hire and vegetarian tips.

[@brianc-i2i]

Thanks for a great video. I checked in to remind myself of my stay there in March 2022. I expected to see many of the landmarks you pointed out, but the brief clip of the same apartment I stayed in was a complete surprise!! (Paula was the host I think? she was really helpful)

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Wow, yes that is right, the host is Paula and she is lovely. We must have stayed there not that long after you as this was filmed in Spring 2022!

[@brianc-i2i]

I just sent Paula the link to this, and she is watching your film now!@@TideKnotTravellers

[@manuelromero1224]

So Beautiful city! 😍👏👏👏

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It is and such a lovely welcoming place too!

[@patrickconnolly7799]

This is my first video from you, and it’s well edited and informative. Thank you for helping me plan!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mrbushlied7742]

Foreign credit cards now provide the Dollar Blue rate. Last month we had a two-week holiday in Argentina: BA, Ushuaia, El Calafate, and back to BA. We were informed by our tour guide for the Recoleta Cemetary that Visa pays the blue dollar rate. We had to pay by card to enter the Recoleta Cemetary as they don't accept cash. I used my Visa card and discovered that I was only charged GBP 4.74 entrance fee to the Recoleta Cemetery. I then started to use my Visa card and discovered that I was getting an exchange rate of AR$340 to 1 US$. Which is not too different from the current blue rate of AR$380 to 1 US$. We found lots of vegan restaurants and most other restaurants have at least a vegetarian option. We did not starve during our Argentine holiday! I'm planning a second visit to Argentina in October to check out Cordoba, Mendoza, and Salta as I'm looking for a place to retire in 2026.

[@angelchavez3203]

Saludos from Buenos Aires , exelentes videos

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you ☺️ saludos

[@joseignacioretegui2691]

Did you hace the chance to visit the "museo de alta montaña" and see the Inca mummies?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We didn’t unfortunately but I have seen some really intriguing pictures of the Inca mummies, will definitely have to visit next time we are in Argentina. Sounds fascinating to see.

[@aknsmar2768]

Chicos, gracias por visitar nuestro norte, el baile que vieron, es originario de esa región (región norteña), es el folklore más popular, de norte a sur todos bailan chacarera y malambo😄💌

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Muchas gracias por la informacion. Realmente disfrutamos viendo el baile, ¡es muy divertido de ver! incluso si no tuviéramos idea de lo que estaba pasando con la historia 😅

[@danielavila_arg]

Muy lindo contenido en todos sus videos, hermosas palabras sobre Salta y Argentina, me alegro que hayan disfrutado mucho su estadía en mi pais, y los esperamos de vuelta cuando quieran. Como dato, vivo en Buenos Aires, y la semana pasada viaje con mi esposa por turismo a Salta y Tucumán, y pude recorrer entre otras cosas la quebrada de las Flechas (la cual no hubiera conocido si no veia sus videos jaja):

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Muchas gracias. Es maravilloso escuchar que visitaste las Flechas, ¡son geniales! ¡Nos complace mostrar estos lugares increíbles y escuchar que usted también los visitó es genial!

[@genkik8834]

Great content!!! I’m looking for a city to stay in for about a week to chill during the trip to South America. Do you guys think Salta is a good option to do so?? If you guys have any other recommendations plz let me know :)

[@therehastobesomethingmoore]

We are taking 4-5 years traveling between Mexico and Argentina, in search of our favorite retirement city. We have lived in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. Argentina is fun to research but it is hard to narrow down all of the choices. We prefer cool/cold weather but Mendoza and Salta, even with it’s hot summer, is still very high on our list. What do you think….good place for a retired couple ?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Personally we think Argentina as a whole would be a lovely place to retire. We travelled around the country from North to South and back up North again between January-April. The hottest time was January in BA other than that the temperatures were mild and lovely!

[@diegolargo8131]

les faltó tanto por conocer de Argentina... los esperamos para una próxima visita

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Esperamos volver a visitarlo algún día, pero por ahora exploraremos algunos países sudamericanos más en nuestro recorrido.

[@leonelleonardis9564]

Salta is a beautiful place to visit. I recommend you to try Humita and locro (meat and vegetable stew). Great trip Channel!!!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Ahh thank you, we tried a bowl of Humita (vegetarian version) in Cordoba. I preferred it to the regular Humita 🫔 although that was good too but I think we were too full at this piña to eat it all 😅

[@claudiopiazza3793]

@@TideKnotTravellers The real humitas are in Salta or Jujuy, I am from Córdoba but here we are not experts in humitas and it is not customary to eat humitas therefore we are not good for that food.

[@elenacasiraghi2867]

Hi guys, thanks for the very useful video! :) I wanted to ask you something: when you use long distance buses, do you buy the tickets in advance or at the moment? And in general, what would you recommend about it?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We buy our bus tickets in cash at the bus terminals. We got into a routine of arriving off of one bus exhausted but went straight to the desk of the next bus company and would buy our tickets then for the date we wanted to leave to travel to the next place.

[@jorgesancineto2943]

Very good videos you made. Congratulations. Wellcome to our country.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you ☺️

[@eprohoda]

Good mornning-amazing content!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you so much 😊

[@cesarstang1374]

A partir del 2/12/2022 ya se pueden hacer compras con tarjetas extranjeras al dolar blue. Seria de gran ayuda al pais si se ingresan esos dolares, porque cuando cambian en cuevas o en wester union no ingresan a la economia formal.

[@axelpap4613]

Awesome episode in Salta, good job guys, greetings

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you 😊

[@ricardomartinez1871]

10:10 Extract from "La sin corazón", "The heartless": I am prey to her whims Her love game catches me Conquer my soul Without having compassion

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Ahh thank you! Everyone seemed to know all the words and was singing along except us 😅

[@welchgarcia]

Very helpful information. Thank you for sharing. One question please; how much cash did you generally transfer to yourself? Is there a limit? TIA.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It varied but we tried to draw out fairly large amounts each time because WU charges us a fee for each withdrawal. We would usually take out about £300-£500 or $380-$630 worth of pesos each time. There were no limits in most places around Argentina except in El Calafate in the South.

[@virginiat2966]

Hi👋I'm from Salta.Welcome!!!😊

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Hello, thank you so much ☺

[@wesleyhunter2834]

Would you send me a link to where you stayed in Salta. And, was it close to the city center ?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Sure, we stayed here: abnb.me/6UBoFQcrWBb we found it to be close, short walk to everything.

[@marcelolopez4922]

Pegaron un fondo con fotoshop y listo viaje a Argentina 😆

[@TideKnotTravellers]

No, solo estamos parados frente al letrero en Salta en la parte superior del mirador. No hay photoshop aquí ☺️

[@dawoodkhanfazarullahkhan7490]

Thanks a lot for Salta review. If you have only one day to spend in Salta, what is the advice.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Ohh that’s tricky, probably wander around the main square and find a nice spot for lunch, take the cable car up to see the view and visit a piña for dinner and a show.

[@JimmyTheGreek2121]

Thank you guys, amazing videos. If I would plan a tour of Argentina, what would be the best time of the year to do it and how much time should I allocate to different places?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Great question! If you want to include Patagonia in the tour then around now to March would be the best time as the weather is best and after March some of the hiking trails in Patagonia are closed for safety. It’s hard to say how long in each place without knowing what you like doing but we would say however long you think you need always add on an extra day or two to allow for the South American way out here. Distances are vast leaving you more exhausted than you realise and things just all take a little longer so extra time and patience is needed to plan each part.

[@JimmyTheGreek2121]

@@TideKnotTravellers Thank you for your reply. How long time have you allocated to your Top 5 destinations?

[@realwalks]

Salta is beautiful!!!!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It’s an incredible part of the country and world!

[@nodoubtbb]

you didn't talk about the wine in salta. Did you see this as a part of the culture and economy of Salta?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We drank a lot of wine in Salta too. Definitely a thing there.

[@navegandomivandestadt34]

Muy bueno!

[@Explorcation]

Hey guys, your whole series on Argentina has been so fun to watch and helpful. It seems crazy that you were there for so long, yet there was so much you could go back and do. The car hire and 💲 situation was very different and I learned a lot from your experiences. I thought it was good that there was a registry for safety, I've never heard of that before.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

The registry definitely made us think carefully about the type of car we hired, especially when we picked up our second hire car and it wouldn’t start, the roads and landscapes are vast and we didn’t fancy getting stuck out there! 😅

[@Explorcation]

@@TideKnotTravellers getting stuck out there sure would be a challenge...so glad all worked out :)

[@tertiumorganum]

amazing cherers people i have a question ,what about vegan food in the north of argentina ,everything seems to have meat or dairy ,thanx

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We used the Happy Cow app and found quite a few places while travelling around the North (well the whole country had great options) In Salta we loved the co working place Trocadero which had plenty of options but also in Mendoza and Cordoba vegan/veggie food was available in some lovely places.

[@tertiumorganum]

@@TideKnotTravellers cheers mate 🙏really appreciate the info un abrazo from the Upper Galilee Israel

[@Qryjjlkysej]

Gurl, no one is talking about salta argentina, I didn't even know about it's existence since now 💀

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Now you know 😎

[@georgeazar5678]

n Calgary Canada, you can not pay with cash for car rental. They are afraid, that they will be robbed, if they had cash in their office.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Can understand that. Although I always think of Canada as being a friendly place with calm people, cash robbers don’t exist in my idealistic view of Canada 😄

[@picolete]

That cone looks like it hides a pyramid inside

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Interesting idea 🤔

[@jackchadwick9824]

Is it easier to fly from Buenos Aires?

[@carlosadrianbarrera3756]

if it is easier. 3 airlines fly every day: Aerolineas Argentinas, Jet Smart and Flybondi. The flight time is one hour 50 minutes. Good prices buying in advance of 30 days

[@Lovetoflyeast]

Thanks for sharing , what was the name of the apartment that you stayed in SALTA and any contact number ? that you have will help us .thanks for sharing the video

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We booked via Airbnb, it’s listed as ‘Best Location and view!’ Hosted by Paula. Hope that helps you to find it, Paula is lovely!

[@clairekeller4303]

Liked this info. I disagree with using or promoting Airbnb. It drives up costs for locals by removing long term rentals from the local market. It's really unethical. try not to overpay when traveling, as it drives up prices for locals in general.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We have to book Airbnbs because we need more space than a hotel room and also want to support small local businesses, we know in some places it’s a problem with our pricing locals too. It happens in our country a lot, it’s a difficult balance and is a shame when the numbers aren’t managed as there should be space for all.

[@HJones-pi5bs]

Which city is your favorite, Salta or Cordoba?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

That’s a tough one, we enjoyed more cultural experiences in Salta like going to a piña and seeing local music, but really loved the food and social scene in Cordoba too! We did explore the surrounding nature of Salta more than Cordoba so it’s not a fair comparison for us to make.

[@camps999]

SALTAA TIENbuena musicaa en especial la de santi g

[@JuanSanchez-ik7wx]

argentina version of the civil war reenactment........its the same in every country. It's staged and quite frankly, I have to wonder if these performers are stuck in time. You always have to wonder if life was actually the way they are portraying it in modern times or is it a work of fiction. I always steer clear of reenactments no matter what country or what state. But thats just me. I like hanging out with street performers, much more natural and unforced. If you are expected to applaud, it's not for me. But apart from that, Salta looks nice. I think the climate is probably the best thing about Salta.

[@lynnelloyd-williams6906]

And.... its a wrap

[@BoydJones]

Salter?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Salta 🇦🇷

[@lautiid6657]

Salta es mas fiero que el pingo, y lo dice un salteño.

[@pboperations]

It's 'S-ALTA' not 'S-ULTA!! Numpties

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Nice 👍🏼 hope you’re ok?

[@ellieantar809]

Love your vids but please Brits stop saying everything was in Spanish...it would be- it is a Spanish-speaking country!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Yes but in Europe every country has different languages so everything is usually written/explained in English too, even in Spain. However of course in South America Spanish is the main language so it is very different and many tourists don’t think about that because it is the only continent that is predominantly Spanish speaking. Travelling around other continents is completely different language wise to travelling countries in South America. That is why we make sure to explain this fact before people visit, we are constantly asked about it.

[@ellieantar809]

Not the point I was making Brits have a habit of expecting people to speak English when in a non English speaking country and quite honestly, it's embarrassing 😳

[@TideKnotTravellers]

@@ellieantar809 we don’t personally think that way and it’s not the point we were making in the video either, we’re just trying to help people enjoy and plan their travels better by informing people what to expect.

[@lucasmanso1]

Espero les haya gustado este bellisimo y enorme pais que tiene todo. Saludos

[@TideKnotTravellers]

nos encantó, gracias. ¡Es increíble lo diverso que puede ser un país, tan hermoso!

[@ricardomartinez1871]

If you like volcanoes there is "Cerro Galán" in Catamarca province. After seeing satelite photos they relised that it was a volcano of 40 kilometers from north to south and 30 kilometers from east to west . The problem to visit it is that the lower you have to get is 4.500 meters above see level. Let's say the plateau from where it raises. Must go by 4x4 and experienced drivers cause volcanic rocks can slice a pneumatic like a hot knife through butter. More here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1n

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Wow that sounds quite an adventure!