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Why spend thousands in France when you can find the same vibe here? Buenos Aires (a.k.a. the Paris of South America) has embarked on a dramatic turnaround since the 2001 collapse of the Argentine peso - but the place is still amazingly cheap.

Chic hotel rooms, nights out dancing and fabulous food and wine cost half what they do across the Atlantic. A huge thick-cut steak dinner? Rarely more than $25.

By Sheridan Prasso, Money Magazine contributing writer

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Last updated April 18 2008: 10:05 AM ET

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