Visiting Buenos Aires

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.

Boca Junior vs River Plate.

Super-classic Boca Junior vs River Plate.

Thousands of tourists come to stay in Buenos Aires only to see this super - classic match than it can be missed, every season.

This Oct. 19 will host a new Argentinean super classic match, the two largest teams of Argentina will face again, this time in the stadium of River the “Monumental” and for the “Torneo Apertura 2008”.

This event is so spectacular and exciting, is being said out there that “you can not die without see the super - classic.” Not only because the lesson of these two football teams but for the spectacle offered by the “hinchas” and the “cantitos” the fans sing making a mockery toward the other and demonstrating the great rivalry.

On the side of the Boca fans we have nicknamed “hinchada” the “12″, because they are seen as the player number 12. It is also often called “half plus one” because more than half the country is a sympathizer of this club.

In contrast River are named “Millionarios” because their stadium is located in a residential area of Buenos Aires, the “hinchada” nickname is “borrachos del tablon.”

As for the history while Boca has 22 titles River has 34 and is the club that was more titles in Argentina but Boca has 18 international titles and River only 5.

For more information on this great story you can click here. Do not miss it, ask your ticket via mail turismo1@alojargentina.com

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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.

Theater Colon Buenos Aires…

On occasion of the commemoration of the Centennial of the Colon Theater, on May 28 at 19:00 pm. Will take place the delivery of the Commemorative Medals to 18 established artists who have honored a timely manner at the Colon Theater cast stable, the Maestro Pujia will be in charge of the ceremony.

Besides the Maestro Pujia will open a sample in Space “Encouragement of Fine Arts” at the prestigious theater, this event will be attended by 450 guests from the cultural environment, participating in the same authorities of the Colon Theater, Colon Theater Foundation, Government Buenos Aires, Ministry of Culture, Channel A and several media-related social and cultural sphere.

Both events are developed within the framework of the celebration of 100 years of the Theater Colón.

“La Gran Vía de Mayo” is the new program stimulated by the area of tourism of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires that has a purpose of revitalize the former “Avenida de Mayo”, which history and culture are related so narrowly with the origin and development of Buenos Aires and of its more important events.

To say “Avenida de Mayo” (May Avenue) is to think about its European architecture, which we will see along the road, approximately 1600 mts, from “Plaza de Mayo” (May Square) up to the National Congress. It is undoubtedly the avenue that marks steps for Buenos Aires, like for example, the first subway inaugurated in Latin America, one of the first ones in the world (1913®s), it also possess the highest skycrafts in Latin America for those years, around 1923, the Palace Barolo of 100 meters of height built by the Italian Architect Palanti that can be visited in May Avenue 1370.

“La Gran Vía de Mayo” begins on April 12th and continues until May 18th, with a series of artistic activities with outdoors stages, bars and other designated buildings. There will be approximately 200 free spectacles, with varied subjects, from music, theatre, dance, shows of tango and different guided tours. In the weekends the traffic is cut and the street is transformed in pedestrian crossing.

We recommend everybody to visit “La Gran Vía de Mayo”. It is an important events in Buenos Aires, in the frame of one of the nicest avenues in terms of architecture and so rich in traditions and histories.

You can find the monthly and weekly schedule in this link.

We can’t deny that Buenos Aires is well known in the whole world for three determinate aspects in our culture Tango, Maradona and excellent meat.

In the begging of the 90s, the international success of the company Tango Argentino opened our doors to the whole world. A new generation began to dance Tango, a lot of bands were formed and many young people began practicing this sensual dance that attracts peoples of all ages and society levels, “Tango” and “Milonga” schools were opened and the “2×4” became more famous.

Tango became well know as an international dance. After the 2001 crisis and the following years the 3 to 1 dollar exchange and more advantages with the EUROS, is what make us received thousands of tourists from all over the world that wants to live this mystic dance and this is something possible only in Buenos Aires, the Tango capital.

The ones that loves this mystic dance has the chance to a sightseeing along a typical “Conventillo” in La Boca, go along “Caminito” full of those new realistic sceneries and a beautiful modern art expositions in the street, where painters, artists, sculptors, dancers and singers expose their art.

Learn how to dance tango in groups or individual classes; enjoy an artistic show, with a band, singers and first level dancers; and even have a tango class at the same place, enjoy a shopping tour where you can get special shoes, dressing, crafts, and silver stuff in San Telmo, where you may also find the international silversmith Juan Carlos Pallarols.

Aand later

..enjoy with the five senses the “Asado Criollo” ritual in a rural environment, with firewood meat and the best Argentinean wines!!!!!

Here you will find some interesting addresses:

Silversmith Juan Carlos Payarlos. Unique silver artwork 1039 Defensa Phone Number: 4300 6555 - 4361 7360 - 4362 0641

La Cueva de la Música, Were you will find all the Tango music. 744 Lavalle Phone number: 4328-0072

CALDEN Argentinian Meats, Cordero del Sur, Trucha del Sur 4701 Honduras Phone number: 4833-2221

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