Pinamar

Buenos Aires Province's Atlantic Ocean coastline is home to the Argentine beach vacation city of Pinamar. About 45,000 people live there (2020). It is little under 400 kilometers (249 miles) south of Buenos Aires and is one of many small seaside settlements that along the coastline. Pinamar is a rather peaceful village in the winter because the ocean is its main draw. During the summer, tourism drives the economy. Right next to Pinamar are a number of smaller beach communities. The cities of Ostende, Valeria del Mar, and eventually Cariló may be found as you go south.

Pinamar stands out from the majority of other Argentine beach towns for two reasons: it is a planned community with strict building regulations and it was intentionally transformed from a sand dunes wilderness into a forest (primarily made of pine trees, which explains the "pina" in the town's name).

According to city planning, which was established by the city's first architect, Orge Bunge, and has been upheld by elected officials ever since, a city consists primarily of dwellings with open gardens for gardens. Pine trees were first planted in Cariló, a town close to Villa Gesell, and were then replicated in Pinamar, albeit the city design for Villa Gesell was not as meticulously laid out or maintained over time.

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina