Meet Buenos Aires, a city that appeals to all tastes and allows you to
know Latin America in an intense manner
Known as “the European of Latin America”, the Argentinean city of Buenos Aires can
attract lovers of all kinds
Buenos Aires is a city, which please much fancies. If you are art, history, sports, shopping
or romance lover, the Argentinean city hosts pleasures for all the ones who would like
to meet Latin America in a different and intense way.
For art lovers
Colon Theater (Teatro Cólon) is known as the Music Temple and offers the visitors free
concerts almost every month. It also has one of the most perfect acoustics of the world.
Its architecture calls visitors attention once the building dates from the early of 20th
century.
For the ones who like dancing, the Argentinean tango can be found in many places in
the city and in lots of manners. You can search for tango at Carlos Gardel Corner or Senor
Tango, famous restaurants which offers a good experience. Restaurants at touristic
attractions can offer dance shows while the client enjoys the great Argentinean culinary.
At touristic places is also possible to find couples dancing right there, in the middle of
the street.
Besides all these artisitc contente, Buenos Aires provides another kind of art at Buenos
Aires Latin-American Art Museum, MALBA in Spanish, which seeks conservation and
spread of art in expositions representing Latin-America. Futhermore, the Nacional
Museum of Arts, the MNBA, has the greater artistic heritage of the country and one of
the majors in the continent.
For sport lovers
Boca Juniors and River Plate, two of the biggest and most famous soccer teams in Latin
America are based in Buenos Aires. In spite of sharing the city, they are far away form
each other, obviously because of the rivalry. Both the stadiums are opened to touristic
visit.
Placed at La Boca neighborhood, Club Atletico Boca Juniors is opened all days from 10
a.m to 6 p.m, but at match days the schedule changes. It is possible to make a tour at
the stadium and visit Boca Juniors’ museum for a best understanding of the club’s
history through photos, trophies, shirts and old stuffs. The prices for the visiting varies
from 90 and 110 pesos according to the kind of visit you want to do.
The seat of Club Atletico River Plate is at Nuñez neighborhood. As its rival, the club’s
museum is part of its stadium, known as Monumental. The visitation is allowed all days
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., but at match days the visits occurs until one hour before the
game starts. The prices varies from 80 to 110 pesos.
For history lovers
Buenos Aires is the politic, economic and cultural pole of Argentina. The governmental
site is known as Pink House (Casa Rosada). It seats Argentinean Republic Presidency
which is located at May Square (Plaza de Mayo). The square hosts other historical
buildings as the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Cabildo, the city government office and the
central house of Nación Bank (Banco Nación).
Nonetheless, the Argentinean capital carries in its history years of a dictatorial
government between 1976 and 1983. For the ones who would like to live an emotional
experience in Argentina, all Thursdays at 3 p.m., a group called May Square Mothers
(Madres de la Plaza de Mayo), gather in front of the Pink House to require news about
its kids, disappeared during the military period. During the dictatorship, some parents
considered subversives for the government, had its children taken away and put up for
adoption. Until nowadays, the families try to find out what happened and where are
their kids.
The act is an attempt not only to ask for information, but also to keep the episode known
and in the memories of all the citizens of Argentina. Join the protest! It is a great
experience.
For shopping lovers
Buenos Aires make no mistakes in shopping issues. The city is able to host differtent
kinds of shoppers, varying stile and pleasure.
San Telmo: its a fair that occurs only on Sundays, all day long. For the ones who are able
to join this experience, it is awesome! Famous for being an antiques fair, it is a touristic
place where you can find a bunch of different things! Polaroids, pictures, shirts, artisans,
artists, leather and several products. The street is closed for the fair takes place which
starts at Dorrego’s Square (Plaza Dorrego), and ends over the long Defensa Street (Calle
Defensa). The shopping times worth not only for the shopping at all, but also for the
time and experience there.
Plaza Serrano: placed at Palermo Soho, it is the most known fashon center in Buenos
Aires. It is possible to find incredible outfits at the street fair. Independent stylists show
their models and accessories. The fair is opened at Saturdays and Sundays from 2 p.m.
to the end of the day.
Calle Florida: the main shopping street of downtown hosts brand stores of a variety of
products. The ten blocks of the street are reserved only for pedestrians and you can
enjoy the Argentinean gastronomy at typical restaurants. Through the street you ca see
art and couples dancing tango. The street is between Plaza San Martin and Plaza de
Mayo.
Calle Murillo: for the ones who like leather, Murillo Street (Calle Murillo) has stores
selling manufactures products. Only 200 meters of the street are used for this purpose,
but there are many specialized stores to be visited and the possibility of comparing
prices. The stores are opened from Monday to Saturday.
For romance lovers
Buenos Aires inspires romance. For the ones who like romantic tours, Paseo del Rosedal
is a beautiful place. The rose garden has different kinds of this flower and it is a pleasant
and cozy place, full of green areas in the middle of the metropolis.
Another great place for a ride is Parque del Centenario, for romantic or familiar tours. It
is a set of squares a little bit far from downtown, but also great to visit at Cabalitto
neighborhood. There you can find different animal and plants species, monuments and
an artificial lake. On summer, the theater in the park presents plays for both adults and
kids. The park is opened all days from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
For city lovers
La Boca
The typical neighborhood of La Boca is set at the margins of Riachuelo and it is visited
for a lot of tourists during the year, but it is also one of the poorest districts of Buenos
Aires. Besides the soccer team stadium (Boca Juniors), La Boca also hosts Caminito, the
famous street where artists and painters sell their works.
Caminito is considered an open sky and no doors museum. Walk there is not difficult,
but you should avoid visiting the neighborhood in the evening.
Puerto Madero
Built by Eduardo Madero, an engineer, Puerto Madero is the newest city district. The
harbor was disabled at 1990. Today is major concentration are offices, bars, restaurants,
hotels and even an university.
Puerto Madero pays tribute for women. Its streets are named with famous female
scientists, artists, politicians, etc. The Woman´s Bridge, built at 2001, rotates 90 degrees
to the passage of ships.
One of the main attractions of the port is Fragata Sarmiento Museum, a ship opened to
touristic visits. It tells the navigation history through photos, documents, costumes,
tools and weapons and you can walk and visit all the rooms. The tour costs about 2 pesos
and the ship is opened every day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Palermo
The upscale neighborhood of Palermo is divided between Palermo Soho and Palermo
Hollywood. In the first reign purchases and in the second, the nightlife.
Palermo Soho received this designation by the bohemian and artistic style characeristics
of the district in New York. In the district are the bars, restaurants and design fair which
takes place every Saturday and Sunday.
Palermo Hollywood has this name because of TV and film companies that settled in the
place, but the main activity is in nightclubs, bars and restaurants.
Recoleta
Considered the most elegant district of the city, Recoleta's main attractions are street
fairs and the cemetery. It seems morbid and a bit scary, but the cemetery is considered
a museum both for the artistic works in the tombs as because of in that place there were
buried great political, cultural and artistic Argentinean personalities, as Eva Peron,
Adolfo Bioy Casares and Facundo Quiroga.
The most expensive square meter of the city is in the cemetery. However do not be
scared with the different manner of bury. In the Recoleta Cemetery the urns with the
human remains are not really buried, but raised in graves as houses, and you can see
them when you get close to each grave.
Some tips
- talk to the townspeople: sometimes tourist places can be tiring or do not fill your desire
to know the city as well as possible. Talk to the locals, chat at a coffee bar and discover
places that Argentineans like to attend. So the experience will be deeper in seeing the
city.
- walk a lot: if you are available for a good walk, forget the taxi! The best of knowing
Buenos Aires is to trace a subway route and walk to the desired location. Then you will
know different places and find stories that go beyond the scripts and touristic schedules.
- Buenos Aires subway is one of the oldest in the world and the first in Latin America.
Known as Subte, the subway has in its galleries art and history. It's easy to find
exhibitions and old stations that will tell the story of the city. At Peru Station you can
find Mafalda strips, a character immortalized by the work of Quino. It is a beautiful
tribute to the designer at the station near to Plaza de Mayo, in the heart of the city.
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