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.

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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

Argentina North to South.

Part II

After all this northern tour, mark our course towards the south or to the “Patagonia“, stick to the mountain, we will arrive to the city of San Carlos de Bariloche. Between this city and Salta we have more than 2400 kilometers where there are several cities and provinces to visit with very nice places like in San Juan the “Valley of the Moon”, “Las Leñas” in Mendoza, and so on. But here I am trying to mark the places that we believe it can not be miss.

In Bariloche, we have to visit several hills, including the “Cathedral”, the “Otto”, the “Tronador” volcano and appreciate the lakes as the “Nahuel Huapi.” We can also go to Villa la Angostura or until “El Bolson”, two towns located at approx. 100 km with an incredibly beautiful mountain range surrounded by mountains, forests and lakes. You can not leave without having tried the handmade chocolates.

Then head towards one of our last largest city to visity in Argentina. Calafate located in the province of Santa Cruz approximately 2000 kilometers south of Bariloche and from here you can visit the famous “Perito Moreno” glacier. They say you can not you go to Calafate without having tested the “Patagonian lamb” and the sweet fruit mermelade.

To conclude our Argentinean tour we will go the city of Ushuaia, the most southern of the world, is also called “the end of the world” or “the beginning of everything” a beautiful city that combines mountains, sea, forest and glacier. Here you can try the spider crab, see the old wooden houses, navigate the Beagle Canal, or visit the old Presidio.

In this site www.argentinaturistica.com you can find more about the history and background of each city or tourist area. For those who have time to make a trip or who are thinking of doing so, I recommend doing it through ground transportation in order to better appreciate the scenery and also because certainly it is less expensive.

Argentina from North to South.

Part I

Surely, many have thought they know Argentina, but they do not decided witch places of our country are going to visits. I have been luckly enought to know several points of the country and I think I can recommend 6 places or tourist areas that can not be missing.

Lets take as a starting point; Buenos Aires, where key locations are: “Caminito” famoust street of the tango in the neighborhood of La Boca, Recoleta Cemetery, the Forests of Palermo, the “Manzanas de las Luces” in San Telmo, Plaza de Mayo, and so on. Do not miss a lunch in Puerto Madero, a walk down the Florida street or a tango show. Take advantage of the wide variety of accommodations in Buenos Aires, for every style hotels, apartments, apart-hotels, bed and breakfast, and so on.

Then we go towards the northeast of Argentina, more accurate to the city of Iguazu in Misiones province where you can visit the Iguassu Falls and take hiking tours in contact with the missionary jungle. Yu can found on this website www.iguazujunglexplorer.com other jungle tours.

After the visit to Misiones we continue our way to the northwestern of Argentina. In Jujuy, “La Puna”, which includes a vast salt fields, with a surface similar to the lunar full of harmony and unforgettable sensations; we also have small towns like Purmamarca where you found the famous hill of the seven colors, and the Quebrada de Humahuaca a place in heaven declared “world heritage”.

In Salta you can make the journey on the “Tren de la Nuves” which is one of the highest in the world and you can appreciate the scenery beyond belief, we can also enjoy the small settlement of Cafayate in the mountainous surroundings, and to completed it can not fail the city of Salta, on the cliff “Balderrama” where you can appreciate native food, music and folk dancing.

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BUENOS AIRES (Ezeiza), Argentina

The airport is situated at Ezeiza, 35km (21 miles) southwest of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires has 2 Airports, One for Domestic Flights (Aeroparque - AEP) and otherone for the International flights (Ezeiza - EZE). The distance between the 2 airports is 40 Km.

A ride form Ezeiza to Downtow takes around 1 hour and from Aeroparque 25 minutes. There are two information desks. One is located on the ground floor of Terminal A and it is open 24 hours and the other one is on the ground floor of Terminal B and it is open from 0530 until the last flight. Courtesy telephones are situated around the terminal, with a direct link to the information desk. The airport has a 24-hour information line, which also provides information for the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (internal flights) (tel: (011) 5480 6111).

Customer service representatives from Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 are available to provide assistance and information; they are easily recognisable by their uniform. Tourist information desks are located in Terminal A Arrivals and in the baggage reclaim hall of Terminal B Arrivals. Travelers have the option of several restaurants, bars and retail stores. Services available to travelers in the airport include banks, currency exchange counters, ATMs and a post office. Terminal A houses two pharmacies, a medical center and the left-luggage office.

THE TANGO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The tango World championship develops in Buenos Aires city from 24 to 1 of September. More than 400 couples will participate in the competition that includes interesting events, activities, Tango concerts and Dance classes.

The main headquarter of the championship is going to be at the “Harrods store”, and in the 1 of September will be the finals with the participation of the international Mariano Mores orchestra with Raul Lavierán in voice.

This event confirms that Buenos Aires was the word and most important tango center, supported by wide range of hotels, restaurants and furnished apartments.

In the official championship site I found a good resource with access at the compete information, very simple and fast. We can enter to every event by days and the access to the full schedule. We can download all the press releases arrange by date.

A new law in Buenos Aires…

A new law in Argentina will protect the consumer from now on, with the prices of the services and products destined for foreign tourism. This will avoid the differentiated prices for tourists, usually a bit more expensive than for local consumers.

The 8th bis article specifies respect of the air tickets, granting protection to the tourist as a consumer. From now on, all the passengers local and foreign tourists will pay the same price.

The argument of “Defensa de usuarios y consumidores” (DEUCO) -Entity of Defense for Users and Consumers- is that “
 there can not be discriminatory prices for a foreign visitor due to the inequality that this implies
”

Also, Guillermo Lavallen of the Hotels of Tourism Asociation (AHT) clarified that they are putting in practice this policy for some years, and the differentiation made was necessary in the 2001-2002 crisis.

Buenos Aires book shops have a style and special caracteristics.Big and luxurious located on the most important avenues; o specialized on sales and used books, hidden on the neighbourhoods. Its main attraction for the tourist is on the history they represent and mostly on the cultural and relaxing space they offer. Other interesting characteristic is that many porteñas book shops are located on historical and valuable buildings. Go through the book shoops, search for books on shelves, talk to the owners it s a perfect way to know and understand the city and it s habits. In 1750 the first book sellers had established in Buenos Aires.

There were stores that, besides other stuff, such as food or medicine, sold books. One of them was located at the corner of Alsina y Bolivar. On that same corner is now today Libreria de Avila, the only store in the city that maintains it location and stuff since the colonial times. During the 20^Th century many important bookshops and publishing houses were open, such us “Librería de la Ciudad”, frecuently visit by Jorge Luis Borges, or “El Ateneo-Grand Splendid”, a magnificent and luxurious bookshop located in Santa Fe avenue, which is built in an antique cinema building and that was recently declared the second most important bookshop in the world according to an article in the british newspaper The Guardian. Many bookshops offer spaces for reading with confortable sofas and tables to have a coffee. Spaces where cultural events are performed. The readers can sit and enjoy, or read the book they had chosen from the shelves. Bookshops Tours: The areas where you can find most bookshops in Buenos Aires is Corrientes Avenue, between Callao and 9 de Julio (San Nicolas neighbourhood). There are chains bookshops (Ghandi – Galena, Hernandez, Cúspide), big stores (Losada, Longseller, Lorraine), and many many others. Most of them are dedicate to sales and clearance sale.

In Corrientes, Santa Fe and Juramento avenues and also in shopping centres, there hay big bookshops with the last realisements, and many interesting turistical information and stuff: such us books with photographs, and luxurious editions about tango. In Avenida de Mayo, from 500 until 1200, there are some bookshops that sell strange editions, first editions, old books or books that no longer exists, handwritten, etc.In the area that goes from Suipacha and Corrientes, on directions to San Martin Park, there are fancy bookshops attended by well known booksellers, such us Libreria Casares.

For the ones that prefer doing research on sales tables – mainly in Parque Centenario, Parque Rivadavia or Plaza Italia, are an excellent option to get great copies – used or brand new ones- to cheap prices, both books and magazines