Visiting Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is one of the 25 favorite cities for Spanish people, according to the browser Skyscanner.

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The trend in trips shows that Buenos Aires and New York are the most required in no European destinations. Buenos Aires is nº 19, and New York is nº 22. One of the explanations is how the city developed a good positioning strategy in Europe, specially in Spain, the organization of the Rally 2010 got a big amount of tourists from all over the world. You will enjoy it again in 2011, January, Tango’s worldcup, and some other activities such as cultural,food industry, etc…

Spain represents for Buenos Aires city the first European outgoing tourism market and, although the economic spanish difficulties, it shows how our city is increasingly attractive for travelers who choose far away destinations.

For these holidays, we advise you to stay in temporal rent apartments in Buenos Aires and take advantage of the last minute discounts.

Besides, you will find different options and excursion suggestions to visit the city.

Now, a dinosaurs’ exhibition is being performed in the city. It is an advisable idea, since this exhibition is unique around the world. The audience will see the oldest dinosaurs of the world; you can not miss this opportunity, since it is very economic for parents and children and you will learn a lot of the history of humanity.

Clicking here you will read a report of an electronic newspaper of tourism about dinosaurs’ exhibition.

Live the best experience when you get to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

When you arrive in Buenos Aires, get ready for the awakening of the senses, you will feel and vibrate a cosmopolitan city, from the choice of staying in a hotel or a comfortable fully equipped apartment that will make you feel at home, knowing the Argentine essence, tasting Buenos Aires’ bars and restaurants to the mixture of styles in architecture. Buenos Aires is a city full of contrasts.

Melancholy is breathed in every neighborhood and when walking and touring the city, you will perceive the spirit of tango. We suggest different walks that will take you to the most emblematic places of the city.

And after being amazed by this city, take the time to travel to the south of the country, more exactly to Peninsula Valdez.

Every year in Argentina a great show is enjoyed, which takes place between late May and mid-December. This show is produced by the particular characteristics of the waters in Peninsula Valdes: its tightly closed gulfs generate a calm sea and the beaches with moderate slopes and plain bottoms are ideal for whales with their calves who will be safe from predators or being stranded. Thus, the whales arrive each year and are six months in this area. The amount is still growing, so this year it is estimated that there will be more than two thousand samples around the coast of Chubut for the enjoyment of all tourists who visit the place. The southern right whales were declared by Argentina as a natural monument, a situation that favored the steady increase in numbers. It is estimated a raise of 7 percent annually since the ’70s.

“Puerto Madryn city receives a large number of tourists from all over the world who come to enjoy this unique experience. Peninsula Valdez has the infrastructure to accommodate a significant amount of visitors, besides strengthening air connectivity with Andes Airlines which will soon fly to the city daily.

We suggest the official website of Puerto Madryn. It has useful information of the area, for accommodation you can visit these options.

Hotel ****: http://www.hotelpeninsula.com.ar/home.html

Hotel ***: http://www.argentinapatagonia.com.ar/costanera.html

Official website: www.madryn.gov.ar

Schedule of cultural activities in the Claridge Hotel.

As is the custom, the Claridge Hotel will be offering during the month of March, a cycle of cultural activities.

The chronogram is the following:

-Friday 6 of March at 21hs. In the Claridge Restaurant, accompanied by the specialities of the Chef Damián Gelati, the tenor Leonardo Pastore with the pianist Estela Ojeda will be interpreting the most beautiful melodies of the history of music.

Tuesday 17 and 31 at 20hs. In the Claridge Bar there will be a tango show interpreted by the “La Milonga de Ultratango” group with the dancing of Paola Parrondo and Victor Nievas.

-Thursdays 12 and 26 at 20hs. In the Claridge Bar, the group “Gitanes Hot Cuartel” will be playing the greatest jazz hits.

For reservations and to obtain further information, write to actividadesculturales@claridge.com.ar, or you can enter the site of the hotel www.claridge.com.ar

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Buenos Aires is a cosmopolitan city which offers numerous activities for the day, an active nightlife, national and international music festivals on open grounds, discussions, conferences, and fashion, with innovative proposals in design that attract visitors every year from all over the world who travel to discover new expressions in art and culture.

We invite you to enjoy an unforgettable trip to Buenos Aires with accommodation and excursions included.

Day 1

Upon your arrival at the Ezeiza International Airport, a transfer-in will be waiting to take you to the apartment where you will be staying.

The apartment is furnished and equipped for two persons and comprises comfortable installations; telephone that includes a fixed rate card for local calls to up to $ 35 (pesos), Cable TV, Music component, electric appliances in general, kitchen utensils and linen.

Day 2
City Tour of Buenos Aires
A tour that will allow you to discover the magic of the Argentine capital. The excursion includes the sumptuous neighborhoods of Recoleta and Palermo, with the beauty of its buildings and parks. Plaza de Mayo, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the typical Avenida de Mayo, and many other buildings and palaces of great architectural, historical and cultural value. Sundays include a visit to the San Telmo market fair.

Day 3
Fiesta Gaucha
A reception in the winery with empanadas and wine, followed by a guided tour to the museum and chapel. A horseback riding trip will allow you to enjoy the charms of the argentine fields, its landscapes, cultivation, and its wild aromas.

At lunch time you’ll be having a typical asado criollo, followed by a tango and folklore show with boleadoras.

The day will finalize with an exhibit of troops, gaucho races and their dexterity with horses.

Day 4

Free day

Day 5
Tigre and Tren de La Costa
Travelling with the Tren de la Costa you will reach the residential neighborhood of San Isidro, with its typical colonial architecture. Its historical interest and value is owed to the many luxurious summer houses built by the aristocracy in the XIX century.

Across the main square, where a fare is installed on Saturdays and Sundays, is the neo gothic Catherdral which dates back to 1905.

The tour continues by bus to other residential neighborhoods of Martinez, Beccar, Olivos, and Vicente López.

Day 6

Free day (shopping suggested)

Day 7
Tango Show ad Dinner
Buenos Aires is famous for its nightlife both for residents and foreigners. It offers innumerable culinary and artistic possibilities.

We offer alternatives that will allow you to enjoy the magic and charm of the Tango while enjoying an excellent meal.

Day 8

Transfer Out
The transfer will take you from your apartment to Ezeiza International Airport.

For more information follow the link or email us at logistica@alojargentina.com

Temporary rental of furnished apartments in Buenos Aires.

The temporary rental of furnished apartments is the ideal lodging option for foreigners. This type of accommodation is considered to be one of the favorite options when choosing the city of Buenos Aires as a touristic destination.

If you want to discover our city in a much more independent way you must consider this option since it offers you the comfort of home with all the needed amenities such as full equipment, house hold appliances, cleaning service, telephone, cable TV and internet access, all in a spacious and cozy ambience that can welcome one to six guests. This is another advantage when it comes to enjoying a family vacation since the overall cost price will be much lower than the one of a regular hotel.

We suggest you to discover the following furnished apartments in Buenos Aires. They are available in a large variety of neighborhoods.

Plus, we offer you the possibility to make an online booking as well as a flexible schedule to make your check in and check out.

Buenos Aires counts with an incredible variety of cultural events for the summer of 2009. This weekend begin the activities of the “Aires Buenos Aires, Verano 09” program, with an endless list of options to enjoy for free in different areas of the city. Theater shows, ‘milongas’ in the parks, the comeback of the drive-in and concerts with artists of the importance of Jairo, Jaime Roos or Las Pelotas are just some of the proposals that Buenos Aires has prepared for you to enjoy the ‘porteño’ summer. You can find the entire itinerary in www.buenosaires.gov.ar

If you want to enjoy shopping activities and find the best prices on brands, in Córdoba Avenue, from Julian Alvarez till Uriarte streets, you will find the famous outlets of important national firms. Brands like Prune, Cardon and Puma can be found in Gurruchaga y Aguirre streets.

Enjoy Buenos Aires!

Buenos Aires neighborhoods

It is one of the neighborhoods of the city of Buenos Aires, which has grown in recent times as regards its buildings and new architectural trends.

In the past, there were deposits with goods of the ships, but the ideas have changed and has become a separate city where are concentrated luxurious, elegant and high level buildings.

Puerto Madero is a great attraction for the market of the real estate investment, there are offices and apartments at a high level to rent or buy. In few time was premiered the large tower of YPF.

It is a quiet place, guarded by the Prefectura Naval Argentina, near the ecological reserve and a few minutes from downtown. They also are luxury hotels like the Hilton or Faena and restaurants of high level.

Tunnels of Buenos Aires.

Every time that it decides to dig a well for the construction of new buildings, emerges traces from the past.

It is said that the ancient Jesuits had designed a system of tunnels to link the main points of the city, from the Cathedral, the Cabildo and the Fort till the shores of the Rio de la Plata, the focus is centered in the called “Manzana de las Luces”.

After that the Jesuits were withdrawn, the tunnels start to be used by the Creoles, in view of the invasion of the English Army. After the defeat to international troops, the tunnels were abandoned.

It is said that too much time were used by smugglers to hide merchandise. Official versions claim that after the twentieth century were rediscovered, where they found traces of the era of the Jesuits.

Below the “Manzana de las Luces”, is divided into two levels of 3 and 6 meters deep, where it can find foundations of old buildings and the entrance to the tunnels, that they can not visit but yes look behind some bars.

The “Casa Rosada” of Buenos Aires.

It is the government house of the nation and is located in front of the “Plaza de Mayo” on the street Balcarce 50.

It is said that history began in 1580 when the colonizer Juan de Garay had sent to build a fortress. Then toward the 1595 governor Fernando Ortiz de Zarate decided to build a walled building with a drawbridge and moat. Finally by early 1600 the work was finished.

There, had lived the viceroys in colonial times and the authorities of governments homelands . Already with Domingo Sarmiento as president of the republic, the building became “La Casa Rosada.” In addition to paint it with this color, it was embellished with gardens.

Nowadays is the central headquarter of the Executive Power, one of the most representative buildings of the city of Buenos Aires. Also in its interior there is a great museum.

Buenos Aires Ecological Reserve.

After read and comment a note about National Parks and Ecological Reserves, I realized there is no necessary to move away from the Capital for appreciate something of this style.

A few blocks from the smoke, noise and traffic, a natural park of 350 hectares is home to native vegetation, with more than 250 species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and 50 varieties of butterflies.

Highs grasslands coexist with ceibos, creoles willows, cattails and reeds, giving rise to animals that live in the interior gaps. Some animal species are otters, cuis, weasel, lizard, different species of snakes and Zarzal frogs.

Previously was a beach but in 1986 was declared Ecological Reserve.

You can take guided tours or guided by maps that are delivered free of charge at the entrance.

There are two panoramic views, the “Circuito de la Laguna de los Patos” and the “Circuito de los Rios,” you can make walking or cycling and takes between two and four hours.

From the trails of the Ecological Reserve, you can enjoy a stunning panoramic view of the city of Buenos Aires and seeing the new buildings and apartments in Puerto Madero.