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Tango Buenos Aires
36 Reviews Everywhere you go in Buenos Aires there is someone performing Tango on the street. Crowds gather, the music play, the dancers put on their show in full dance regalia...... If you stop to watch; then...
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Taste mate Buenos Aires
21 Reviews Hola Napa :o) You can find a good "Mate Cup" anywhere in Buenos aires...even in the Supermarket. They are made in several different material. Wood, Calabaza (which is NOT plastic, Plata...there are...
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Kisses Buenos Aires
8 Reviews Five hours down the coast from Buenos Aires, lies the laid back beach resort of Pinamar. We went for the weekend to see what it had it offer and because this is high summer season, it was busy,busy,...
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Dog walkers = Paseadores de perros Buenos Aires
17 Reviews In almost every area where there is a park near by you will find these talented dog walkers. How do they manage to walk more than 6 dogs at a time amazed me. During a walk along the Botanical...
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Personal experiencies with Argentinians Buenos Aires
16 Reviews First, let me say that we meet Adalina twice. Once in Cementerio de la Recoleta and the other time at the Jardin Botanico. We were walking around the cementary when Ferni and I said we wondered if...
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Regarding Food Buenos Aires
23 Reviews Argentine empanadas can be baked or fried depending on the occasion or cook. It is more common in the city to have a baked empanada. They are dough that is filled with filling and folded over into a...
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Pesos, Argentinian currency Buenos Aires
5 Reviews Small bills and change are hard to come by in Buenos Aires so when you are given change make sure to hold on to it as you will need it to pay for small items like the collectivos, cabs, tips and...
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Gauchos / Folklore Buenos Aires
6 Reviews If you like horse riding, you come to Argentina and you have the time, this might be an unique opportunity to ride in the Andes in the Northwest of Argentina...! We are befriended with gauchos in the...
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Language Buenos Aires
7 Reviews Spanish is the native language in Buenos Aires (and all of Argentina) and we found it quite easy to communicate with the locals as we both speak very good Spanish. The Argentinians where quite...
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Wines Buenos Aires
6 Reviews For those who love wine (me!) Buenos Aires (Argentina in general) has a wonderful selection of fantatic wines. There are many "Bodegues" which are wineries here in Argentina producing some of the best...
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Quilmes Buenos Aires
4 Reviews Quilmes is the local beer and you will find that no matter where you go, you can order a Quilmes. I particularly don't care too much for beer (except for Leffe Blondes and an occassional pale ale),...
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Protests Buenos Aires
17 Reviews piqueteros? that's how we call the people who protest on the streets. List of the most common places where there are protest: - Plaza de Mayo - The historical square, protest are mainly located in...
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You are welcome to visit my travelogue on "mate" under my Santo Tome's pageI ran out of travelogue space on my Argentina page:o)
My first introduction to Mate was with friends at Casa Pueblo. Now I have it at home and at work. In Canada, you can buy it in health food stores like Amaranth in Calgary. In Argentina it is common to have Mate in the afternoon at home. I think I'll go heat up some water right now...
Tip to Mercedes Sosa..the great argentine Singer, in fact very much respected in all of South America. In the early 70's she had to leave Argentina, a threat to the Junta. She went to Spain and France.She returned to Argentina 1984Her Music can be found on the web.
a ball embeded in lederstraps which gets trown around by players on horses...and tried to smash the ball in a big net on poles.in the early days, a poor Duck got strapped up and trown around...no kidding!!each succesful goal gives 1/2 a point to the team. the horses are special breed, just like Polohorses....why did I put it under Local Custom, I don't think the game is played outside of Argentina, where it has astude followers....but now it is played outside Argentina...Europe has adopted it, France the current champion...info from ESPN
Some wonderful stuff is made here, especially (but not just) from Cayfayate, try, try and try some more. Try a nice full bodied Malbec when you're dining on every part of the cow on the grill.Some noteable estates are Lopez and Wineart. I would like to hear some more if you have any.
Some wonderful stuff is made here, especially (but not just) from Cayfayate, try, try and try some more. Try a nice full bodied Malbec when you're dining on every part of the cow on the grill.Some noteable estates are Lopez and Wineart. I would like to hear some more if you have any.
Mate - this is one of the most famous customs in Argentina.It's more than drinking tea - it's a kind of institution, done all over the country :-)A wonderful text exists about the philosophy of drinking mate - but as space is limited here, I have added it to "General Tips" - please see here:Mate
The habit of drinking mate is the only widly spread custom in argy land. Everywhere you will see people carrying a thermos with hot water to fill the mate-cups. Then they put green Yerba Mate (looks like marihuana or spices) in the cup and suck it up through a little iron strow... After they drank the mate they refill it with the hot water and give it to the next. Nice to see and for me nice to taste. It is bitter, but women often drink it with sugar.
Buenos Aires merchants are a little obsessed with exact change. Try to keep a lot of change on hand or you'll encounter a few dirty looks. For example, if your bill is $7.35 be sure to give the cashier $.35 even if you have to break a $20 or $100 peso note for the rest.
Argentina is famous for its beef...but there are different ways to enjoy it and there are also some other great things to eat!!!! Here are all the specialities I tasted : -Empanadas (beef, chicken, ham, cheese...) -Tamales (corn and meat ball in a corn envelop) --> My favourite!-Humita (empanadas with corn) -Vacio (piece of beef) -Bife de lomo (piece of beef) -Bife de chorizo (piece of beef)-Nocci con peceto (pasta with meat)-Charrusco (piece of beef)-Alfajor (biscuit)-Flan con dulce de leche (flan with a kind of caramel)-Matambre parrilla (beef)-Picada (set of different meat)-Estafado de lama (lama meat!)-Quinoa (vegetables/corn mixture)-Matambre portuguesa/milanese (thin slice of beef with sauce : tomato/onion or tomato/cheese)-Guiso (lentil mashed)-Sorrentinos (giant raviolis)
The Glu Hotel Buenos Aires
1 Review and 223 Opinions I was snookered by the website and photos. The hotel is not what is seems. Its located in Palermo,...
Huentala Hotel Boutique Mendoza
4 Reviews and 134 Opinions This is a good hotel, clean, friendly and well located. Staff are helpful.
Tierra de Leyendas Ushuaia
6 Reviews and 250 Opinions Have to give this place 5*s. lovely accomadation, great hosts that really look after you. A short...
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Q: hey guys i'll be in BsAs from 15th of december until end of january. sadly i don't have really time to travel around, only 4...
A: Only one night in Ushuaia! You're joking! All that way! There is so much to see on both land and water. I suggest that you look at the travel guides section of VT as...
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