Rosario, Argentina: what to know before you go
Argentina's third-largest city on the Paraná River, birthplace of Che Guevara and Lionel Messi, with its own food culture, river beaches, and a lot less noise than Buenos Aires.
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Argentina's third-largest city on the Paraná River, birthplace of Che Guevara and Lionel Messi, with its own food culture, river beaches, and a lot less noise than Buenos Aires.
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