tuneday

My wife and I, just booked a trip to Buenos Aires for November. We need help with trip planning, suggestion on what to do within this short time.

Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Graziella5b

I suggest you can read many posts and travel reports on Buenos Aires in this forum. Picture a big, cosmopolitan city, with very good restaurants, good Tango shows, different neighborhoods,
nice shops,Malls, ....usually there is one Broadway musical going on, although it is in Spanish
they are a good option, usually there are several concerts etc that you might be interested.
A day trip to El Tigre with a boat ride in the Delta is very nice. In Bs As there are many sports going on usually Polo matches are in November, I believe, soccer is always an option but if you wish to attend a match you need advice from a local or buy tickets in agencies that deal with tourists. Even if you do not care that match for a sport that not many Americans enjoy, the whole admosphere, the whole event is very unique.
Many cafes, several interesting museums and in November the possibility of special art exhibits are very good options
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Scarlett

I agree with Graziella, get at least one good guidebook with a map and read.
Go online and look at the forums on TripAdvisor also, there is a lot of action on those forums, busy with questions and answers.
You will want to find a good hotel in a neighborhood that appeals to you, a day trip is good, whether Tigre or Colonia or an Estancia.
There are over 100 museums here, there are a gazillion cafes and restaurants where you can just sit and soak in the atmosphere for the price of a cup of coffee.
Do some initial homework then you will be better able to ask specific questions.
It is a huge city, you need to plan well with only 6 nights.

crellston

Agree that you need to do your research with the aid of a decent guide book. Personally, I like Fodors and Frommers. Both have the basics of BA on their websites (I always tend to forget that their is a lot more to these sites than just the forums!):

http://www.fodors.com/world/south-am.../buenos-aires/

http://www.frommers.com/destinations/buenosaires/

Without knowing where your interests lie, it is difficult to make suggestions, but for me highlights (not exclusive and in no particular order) included:

-Wandering the streets of Palermo Soho
-La Boca -great colourful architecture
-San Telmo on a Sunday for the antiques markets and tango and street theatre
- A tango show (we enjoyed Cafe Tortoni)
- Riding on the Subte - particularly the old wooden cars on Linea A
- A trip to Colonia is worth a day for a change of pace
-Recoletta cemetery

and finally, THE highlight for me was to meet the ubiquitous Avrooster (although I have heard that he is hards to track down these days

avrooster

"hards to track down"????

Just kidding. This reminds me of the good, ole times, when, in jest, I often corrected on TA the English spelling of none other than the world-famous top Internet expert on Argentina, my great friend drdawggy (who happens to be a college professor).

Kidding aside, I'm always here, but not as easily available since the "egg salad episode". LOL!!!

The above is a private joke. If interested in understanding it, you have to go back in time to this thread: http://www.fodors.com/community/sout...ant-refuse.cfm

Have a great time in our country.

Scarlett

crellston has a great list ..
I would add to that .. Puerto Madero on a weekend, lunch at one of the restaurants along the water. Fabulous views.
Take an Open Bus tour, they do a 2 hour tour of the whole city, a double decker open top bus, very popular.. they have added new buses they have gotten so popular.

SusanInToronto

I enjoyed the 'free' tours - we got lots of great information, the groups were informal and fun. I'd really recommend them. Website is www.bafreetour.com. You just tip what you think it's worth. We did both their tours.

With only 6 days, I'd be reluctant to take a day to go out of the city. We had 10 days and really enjoyed the city. We're kind of 'lazy' travellers - we had a vague idea for an itinerary, but we'd get up every morning, linger over our coffee and figure out what we really wanted to do.

tuneday

Thanks for the replies so far, we are really looking forward to our trip. Flight and hotel are booked....Just waiting for November to come around...

wanderingTradr

6 days will be enough time to see the city. I would highly recommend staying in the area of San Telmo its more of the old Argentina. On a sunday plan on walking around the San Telmo since they have the fair. Another day you can spend in recoleta seeing the cemetary and other sights there. Palermo is very nice to walk around in if you like architecture and parks. You can also go to the beach. Iguazu falls will take 2-3 days as well.. thats a must.
hope that help

-marcello
http://www.wanderingtrader.com

JoeFreire

• If you want to live the most Argentinean hours of your life, let me suggest you an Estancia Day tour, a unique way to know the Argentinean traditions. At the Outside of the capital city, there are some Estancias, like Don Silvano, La Alameda or Santa Susana, that allow to the visitors a day tour which includes reception with wine and typical Argentinean empanadas, horse back ride, tango and folkloric dance show, lunch with traditional barbecue and Show of Gaucho skills and finally will be able to take part of their gaucho day program which is see a nice way to learn more about the Argentine culture and folklore.

silverstarcar

Don´t forget to see Recoleta Cemetery, this is one of the top 2 cemeteries in the world. I do suggest hiring a guide if you can afford it, there is too much to see, and if you just go in and see Evita, then leave you are missing out big time.

I agree, it will not be worth it to go to UR, not enough time. Also consider a wine tasting session, Argentina is full of great wines for good prices.

The A Line subway is also cool, original subway built in 1913, they still have the original cars running, complete with manual doors.

Also check out one of the historic cafes, like cafe Las Violetas

There is excellent ice cream at Persicco and Volta

Fred

tuneday

Our vacation is less than two weeks away. I just want to say thanks to everyone that replied to my posting.

Thanks again !

bsas

As a tourist, probably one of the best tours is to take a Bus City Tour, which let you know in one or two days, almost all the touristic places of Buenos Aires, some of this tours have 20 mins stops in each circuit to walk around. Another fascinating activity to do in Buenos Aires, that I strongly suggest, is go to Tango Show. There are several tango houses around the city that offer different kind of shows that goes from the most traditional to the most innovating.