• This month, I visited Bariloche, an Argentine town that is often compared to Switzerland.
• Located in Patagonia along the banks of the Nahuel Huapi lake, the town does have a Swiss feel to it.
• Germans, Swiss, and Italians immigrated there in the 1800s, thus giving it its European vibe.

People love drawing comparisons between Switzerland and other places around the globe.

Take, for example, Jim Thorpe, a town in Pennsylvania that’s been deemed the “Little Switzerland of America.” There’s also Uruguay, which in 1951 was declared the “Switzerland of South America” by a New York Times article because of its banking regulations at the time.

More recently, however, some in the travel industry have crowned another town the “Little Switzerland of South America” — this time for its scenic views, architecture, and European feel. I visited San Carlos de Bariloche, located in Argentina’s Patagonia region, earlier this month.

Here’s what it was like.