I visited the 'Little Switzerland' of South America. Photos show what it's like to visit the charming town in Argentina.

Bariloche's soaring mountains and scenic lakes are part of what reminds its visitors of Switzerland.Francisco Ramos Mejia/Getty Images, Jordan Parker Erb/Business Insider

• 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.

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.