Visiting Buenos Aires

“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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