Are you traveling to Buenos Aires alone? Would you like to meet people to hang out with? Here are a few tips on how to make friends in Buenos Aires.
In my experience, one of the best ways to make friends quickly is by taking group Spanish classes. Enroll for classes and you will find that [...]
No matter what country you visit there are always a few bad apples looking to take advantage of tourists and exploit their disorientation and unfamiliarity with their surroundings. Unfortunately this is also true in my beloved Buenos Aires.
Personally I’ve not fallen victim to a tourist scam in Buenos Aires, and I’ve taken numerous trips, staying [...]
The Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve is a lush greenspace only a short walk from the noise and commotion of downtown Buenos Aires. Go to escape the city and immerse yourself in nature without having to take a major excursion.
Porteños and tourists go to the reserve to jog, bike, stroll and birdwatch. I’m told there are [...]
Buenos Aires is one of the top 29 cities in the world to live in, according to a new feature article at AskMen.com.
The feature, published March 31, is a comprehensive roundup of 2009’s most inhabitable cities for the modern man. Cities are rated according to a number of criteria including dating & sex, sports & [...]
Over the past couple months a number of people have asked me how they can find apartments for rent in Buenos Aires directly from the owner. Others have inquired whether they can post information about their apartments on this blog. To satisfy these requests, I decided to add a Free Classified Ads section to BAtips.
Feel [...]
One of the most interesting trends in the Buenos Aires restaurant scene is closed-door restaurants, also known as restaurantes a puertas cerradas or simply puertas cerradas. These restaurants aren’t really restaurants at all but rather dinners served in the homes of private chefs, or in exclusive private clubs.
Alejandro Langer, chef at La Cocina Discreta in Villa [...]
Looking for a good Buenos Aires travel guide? The Government of the City of Buenos Aires has published a handy, 26-page travel guide that you can download and print before your trip.
The guide, which is in PDF format, contains all kinds of useful information for tourists. Topics include, museums, sports, festivals, neighborhoods, getting around the [...]
Most tourists who rent a furnished apartment for their stay in Buenos Aires use a rental agency such as Apartments BA or ByT Argentina to arrange their accommodations. But that’s not the only way to do it. You can rent directly from a local owner, which can be cheaper since you eliminate the middleman.
But there [...]
Argentina has postponed implementation of a proposed tourist fee that was set to take effect this March, according to the American Citizen Services Newsletter published by the US Embassy in Argentina.
In late 2008, Argentina announced it would charge a reciprocal entry fee from citizens of all countries that charge Argentines visa or entry fees. That fee was scheduled to [...]
How much do things cost in Buenos Aires? Is Buenos Aires cheap?
Compared to other major cities around the world, yes, it is cheap. In this article we’ll look at the costs of common items to give you an idea how much things cost in Buenos Aires.
But first, a little history.
Buenos Aires wasn’t always a cheap [...]
