Excursions, leisure and "mate" - Litoral

Travellers can gaze upon fields of citrus, cotton, and mate, take thermal baths in Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, La Paz, María Grande, Chajarí, Federación, Concordia, Colón, San José and Villa Elisa, gamble in the casinos of Puerto Iguazú, Posadas, Corrientes, La Paz, Paraná, Federación, Concordia, Colón, Concepción del Uruguay and Gualeguaychú, or simply admire the Iguazú Falls, a unique spectacle in the world.
The country of the mate. Argentina is the leading country in the consumption of mate, an infusion made with the so-called yerba mate herb grown in Corrientes and Misiones. Once dry and processed, the leaves are put into a gourd called mate – which may also be made of other materials - and hot water is poured over it. The infusion is sipped through a metal straw - bombilla - which generally has a silver mouthpiece. In Misiones and the north of Corrientes, mate is drunk cold with aromatic herbs and is known as "tereré". When a whole group is drinking this infusion, it is called "mate corrido" or "rueda de mate". There is also prepared mate in individual bags. Don’t leave without tasting it.
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