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Hotels, halal food, prayer spaces, things to do, and itineraries in Buenos Aires.
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Must-see attractions in Buenos Aires
From headline landmarks and heritage icons to parks, waterfronts, and major museums, discover 21 standout sights to build into your time in the city.
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.
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Halal restaurants in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires’s food scene is part of the city experience. Choose from 16 restaurants and food districts with location notes and planning tips.
buenos-airesLa Bourgogne
This classy restaurant is part of the Alvear Palace hotel and is one of the best in Buenos Aires. A French chef presides over the kitchen with skill and aplomb and there is a wide selection of dishes on offer. You can also try the excellent grilled meat on the rotisserie.
buenos-airesPrimafila
This is a nice place to take your partner for some good food and classy enjoyment. The thin crust pizzas are famously excellent since they are baked in a brick-oven. They also serve many other dishes including seafood, salads and pasta. Cuisine: Italian Address: Av. Puyerredon 2501 Telephone: 4804 0055
buenos-airesCabaña Las Lilas
An extremely upscale but proportionately (if surprisingly) comfortable place to eat. The specialty here is the steak and it’s not without reason that it is reputedly the ‘best place in Buenos Aires to eat steak’. The steaks are enormous, succulent, and must be tasted to be believed. They also have an extensive list of Argentine and international wines.
buenos-airesBar 6
A complete restaurant offering the highest quality meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the late hours, it is also a cocktail bar. The atmosphere is comfortable and the wait staff is quiet and efficient; this is the place to while away a whole day.
buenos-airesEl Farol
Go here to get the flavor of what a typical porteño likes to eat. There are large portions, lots of meat and some Spanish and Italian influences thrown in. The taste and quality of the food in El Farol is always superb and the staff tends to be jovial and talkative.
buenos-airesArtemisia
If you are getting tired of all the meat on offer, don’t fret as there are some carefully hidden vegetarian places in Buenos Aires too! In the Palermo Viejo district, this little haven of home-cooked food is relief to find. Simple dishes, organic ingredients and polite and attentive waitstaff make this restaurant always a pleasure to eat at.
Buenos Aires masjids and Muslim travel
Landmark masjids and prayer-aware notes for visitors planning salah, family movement, and halal-friendly days.
the King Fahd Islamic Cultural Centre
The largest mosque in Latin America is located in Buenos Aires; the King Fahd Islamic Cultural Centre. It has an attached library and is situated within some quite beautiful gardens.
Centro Islamico de la Republica Argentina
Centro Islamico de la Republica Argentina is also quite a large mosque and it located in Constitucion barrio. Services are in Spanish.
Colegio Argentino-Árabe
Colegio Argentino-Árabe is a mosque which is part of a university. It has a predominantly Arab demographic and services are in Spanish.
Centro De Estudios Islámicos
This mosque is located in the Caballito barrio and has a multicultural demographic.
Where to stay in Buenos Aires
Choose where to stay by trip style, from landmark luxury and family bases to central, airport, and neighborhood-led stays.
buenos-airesHotel NH Jousten
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buenos-airesHotel Bel Air
Hotel Bel Air, Arenales 1462 Telephone: 4021 4000 Fax: 54 11 4021-4070 Website: http://www.hotelbelair.com.ar/
buenos-airesHotel de Diseño
Hotel de Diseño, Marcelo T. de Alvear 1695, Tel: 5237 3100 Fax: 5237 3137 Website: http://www.designce.com.
buenos-airesAlvear Palace Hotel
Alvear Palace Hotel, Avenida Alvear 1891, 1129 Ciudad De Buenos Aires Telephone: 4808 2100 Website: www.alvearpalace.com
History and today in Buenos Aires
Read the city today, its history, residents, culture, and character before planning your route.
When to go
As Argentina is in the southern hemisphere, the seasons are the opposite times to when is common in the Middle East.
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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
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Currency and Exchange Rates
The currency in Argentina is the Argentina Peso (ARS)
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Public Holidays
The weekend in Buenos Aires is Saturday-Sunday. Public Holidays are: January 1 (New Year's Day) Good Friday May 1 (Labor Day) May 25 (First Argentine Government) June 10 (National Sovereignty Day) June 20 (Flag Day) July 9 (Independence Day) August 17 (Anniversary of the Death of General San Martín) October 12 (Día de la Raza) December 8 (Immaculate Conception Day), and December 25 (Christmas). Most tourist businesses and restaurants, however, will remain open during all but Christmas Eve, Christmas day and New Year's. Christmas Eve (24th December) tends to be a bigger celebration than Christmas day and family gatherings generally happen that night.
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Buenos Aires Residents
If you are travelling to other parts of Argentina, you’ll quickly find out that Buenos Aires is almost in a separate realm to the rest of the country. Argentines tend to resent or talk down about the porteños, because they are seen to be ‘upper-class’. In truth, Buenos Aires has received far more European immigrants than any of the other cities and the culture is proportionately different.
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Annual Temperature
Month High (°C) Low(°C) January 30.4 20.4 February 28.7 19.4 March 26.4 16.6 April 22.3 12.7 May 18.7 9.5 June 15.1 7.2 July 13.8 6.7 August 14.3 7.8 September 17.9 9.9 October 22.5 13.1 November 28.8 19.2 December 22.4 13.5
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Buenos Aires Today
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.
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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.
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Shopping in Buenos Aires
Explore 17 shopping stops, from malls, markets, and book bazaars to fashion streets and souvenir finds.
buenos-airesBuenos Aires Design
This is a high class shopping mall entirely dedicated to interior design. A good place to find European quality furniture, antiques and house wares, it is centrally located in Recoleta. Address: Avenida Pueyrredon 2501 Telephone: 5777 6000 Website: http://www.designrecoleta.com.ar/
buenos-airesGloria Lópes Sauqué
This beautiful leather design gallery is the showroom for the items by famous Argentinian designer Gloria Lópes Sauqué. Her creations are sold in Paris and exhibited in various other countries. The store is open Monday through Friday from 10:00am to 8:00pm and Saturday from 10:00am to 6:00pm and is located in the Libertad barrio. Address: Posadas 1169 Telephone: 4815 3007 Website: www.glorialopezsauque.com
buenos-airesFalabella
This chain department store has the best in anything you want. Cosmetics, clothes, house wares, it’s all here. Address: Calle Florida 202 Phone: 5950 5000 Website: www.falabella.com
buenos-airesThe Microcentro
In the Microcentro, the Avenue Santa Fe is the site of hundreds of shops which mainly sell gifts and clothes, but many other stores can be found there. There are also cafes and restaurants for a break.
buenos-airesPaseo Alcorta shopping center
Paseo Alcorta shopping center in Palermo is small but makes up for its size with sophistication. It has fashionable clothing stores for men and women along with great cafes, a Carrefour supermarket, and a movie theater. Address: Corner of Av. Figueroa Alcorta and J. Salguero Telephone: 5777 6500 Website: http://www.paseoalcorta.com.ar/shopping/
Signature sights in Buenos Aires
A curated pick of the city's standout sights, led by the strongest editorial recommendations.
Festivals and events in Buenos Aires
Plan around 13 festival seasons, public events, Ramadan/Eid periods, book fairs, art cycles, and winter food activity.
buenos-airesFiesta de las Murgas
With its own unique flavor, the Mardi Gras festival is different in Buenos Aires than in anywhere else. The carnival runs for a whole month, with dancing, music and street stalls every weekend. Not to be missed, this festival shows the city with its hair down.
buenos-airesBuenos Aires Fashion Week
Normally held in the last week of February, and again in August for the summer collections, Fashion Week showcases the newest fashions from the style-capitals of the world. The event runs for three days at the Buenos Aires Fairgrounds, with a nominal entry fee payable for the whole show. The website has all the information in Spanish.
buenos-airesFeria del Libro
one of the largest book festivals in the world, this is the place to go for hearing authors from all over the world and finding old treasures. It is normally held between April and May for about 2 weeks. There is also an attached children’s book fair.
buenos-airesFestival Internacional de Cine Independiente (BAFICI)
The independent film festival in Buenos Aires is held every April and showcases local and international talent. It is an excellent place to find out about up and coming directors, producers and films, as well as being the perfect weather! It is definitely the most prestigious independent film event in Latin America, with over 184 thousand visitors every year. The website, conveniently in English has more information:
buenos-airesArte Buenos Aires
A contemporary art fair, Arte BA is celebrated in the La Rural Exhibition Centre between the 11th and 18th of May, with the participation of national and international art galleries, institutions and organizations. It is a fairly large collection of Art on display and there is sure to be something for everyone’s taste. There are also discussion sessions throughout the duration of the festival.
Buenos Aires tours and experiences
Heritage walks, food crawls, coastal trips, museum circuits, family days, and guided ideas for an easier day out.
buenos-airesSay Hueque Tourism
This small company gives great personalized tours as they started with working with budget holidays. They will really help you get the most out of your money. They are also famous for their themed tours of the areas in Buenos Aires such as Biking Buenos Aires, Tango Buenos Aires and Literary Buenos Aires. If you wish to explore outside the city, they will gladly organise tours to the Tigre delta, Patagonia or Igazú and they are very good at finding the roads less travelled.
buenos-airesDine At Home-Home Hosted Dinners Tours
this quaint company offers dinners in the residences of porteños. Dietary requirements for vegetarians, Muslims (halal food), diabetics, lactose intolerant and others are accommodated for. It is an interesting experiment to try and definitely a good way to get a real feel of Buenos Aires. The same company also runs sightseeing tours in other parts of Argentina. Ask for Edward Goedhart.
buenos-airesThe Buenos Aires tourist office
Telephone: 0800 999 2838 Website: www.bue.gov.ar organizes free walking and bus tours of the city with volunteer guides. If you have a day or two to kill and want to learn some history of the city, contact the office.
buenos-airesTravel Line Argentina
Organizes excellent bus tours of the city and are reasonably priced. They have a wide variety of services, including airport transfers, bus trips overland into Uruguay and Atlantic coastline tours.
buenos-airesFrancisco Martoccia
A good personal tour guide is Francisco Martoccia who organizes tours led by himself or with a small group. He is very knowledgeable about the city and if you want a ‘home-cooked’ sort of approach to your holiday and you prefer dealing with real people rather than agents, go and see Francisco.
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