Buenos Aires is a hotbed of everything you can imagine in a city. Although it covers a vast area, most of the tourist destinations are concentrated within 5 inner barrios and these are therefore the most crowded. On weekdays, business people are everywhere, with their expensive leather cases and shoes, walking past beggars on the streets without a second glance. The city is trade hub, being a large political power in Latin America and the world.
Food is given a lot of importance and you will see rich and poor alike congregate for a good meal, particularly if it is parilla. Strong cultural ties bind...Read More
Buenos Aires History
Buenos Aires was not the first city to be established in Argentina, it was not used by the indigenous hunter-gatherer peoples as a settlement either. In 1535 however, Pedro Medoza a, Spanish aristocrat set up a port in the natural harbor created by the river delta. The Spanish then steadily colonized the area and Buenos Aires grew as a farming and trading community. However, Salta, Tucumán, Córdoba, and other Argentinian settlements were of more importance until the late 1700s.
In 1776, while the whole area was still under Spanish rule, Buenos Aires was declared the capital of...
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Hotel NH Jousten Location: Hotel NH Jousten, Avda. Corrientes, 280. Buenos Aires,
Hilton Buenos Aires Location: Hilton Buenos Aires, Avenida Macacha Güemes 351, Buenos Aires,
Hotel Bel Air
Hotel Bel Air, Arenales 1462 Telephone: 4021 4000
Hotel de Diseño
Hotel de Diseño, Marcelo T. de Alvear 1695, Tel: 5237 3100
Alvear Palace Hotel
Alvear Palace Hotel, Avenida Alvear 1891, 1129 Ciudad De Buenos Aires
Hotel Ñiken Location: C/ 87 No 335 (entre 6 y 8), Necochea, Buenos Aires,
Fast Facts
-Location: Buenos Aires (literally ‘fair winds’) is located on the southeastern coast of the South American continent. It is the capital and largest city of Argentina, which is the second largest country in South America and the eighth largest in the world. Argentina (from the Latin word for silver, ‘argentum’) shares land borders with Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia and Chile, and is surrounded on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. Buenos Aires city is located inside the province of Buenos Aires, but is an autonomous federal district. It consists of 48 barrios or neighbourhoods. It is situated in what is called the Rio de la Plata (River of silver), where the Uruguay and Parana rivers combine and join the Atlantic Ocean. The large historic port gives the people of Buenos Aires their name: porteños
-Dialing code: country +54
city: 11, then an eight digit subscriber number. To call other districts from Buenos Aires, dial 0, the district code, then the 8-digit number. Cell phones are more expensive to call than landlines and normally begin with a 15, followed by the 8-digit number. Calling a cell phone in another area (i.e. not Buenos Aires) would require you to dial that district code, then 15, then the 8-digit number
When to go
As Argentina is in the southern hemisphere, the seasons are the opposite times to when is common in the Middle East. Buenos Aires is a pleasant city all year round but the peak times for travel tend ...
Kids In Tow
What to do with Children in Tow
Although it may not seem that way at first, Buenos Aires is an extremely safe and child friendly ...
Health and Safety
The important thing to remember is that as a tourist, you are fairly conspicuous, especially if you don’t speak Spanish. Practice ...
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