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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Buenos Aires!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Buenos Aires provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guide book.
•Fodor’s Buenos Aires features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Buenos Aires.
•Experience Buenos Aires like a local! Fodor’s Buenos Aires features information from local experts.
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•8-pg. pull-out map
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Buenos Aires!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Buenos Aires provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guide book.
•Fodor’s Buenos Aires features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Buenos Aires.
•Experience Buenos Aires like a local! Fodor’s Buenos Aires features information from local experts.
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•8-pg. pull-out map
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
Buenos Aires
Be A Fodor’s Correspondent ............ 3
About This Book ............ 6
Chapter 1: Experience Buenos Aires ............ 7
Buenos Aires Today ............ 8
Experience Buenos Aires Planner ............ 10
What’s Where ............ 12
Top Buenos Aires Attractions ............ 14
Buenos Aires Like a Local ............ 16
City Itineraries ............ 18
With Kids ............ 20
Free (Or Almost Free) ............ 22
Master Class ............ 23
Who Are These People? ............ 24
All of the Cow but the Moo ............ 25
Tango ............ 26
Good Marketing Skills ............ 28
Fashion Forward ............ 30
The Sporting Life ............ 31
Chapter 2: Buenos Aires Neighborhoods ............ 41
Centro & Environs ............ 46
La Boca & San Telmo ............ 58
Recoleta & Almagro ............ 67
Palermo ............ 79
Chapter 3: Shopping ............ 99
Shopping Planner ............ 102
Shopping: San Telmo ............ 108
Shopping: Palermo ............ 116
Shopping: Recoleta & Barrio Norte ............ 122
Shopping: Centro & Environs ............ 130
Chapter 4: After Dark ............ 135
After Dark Planner ............ 136
Performances ............ 139
Tango ............ 140
Cocktail Time ............ 142
Live Music ............ 150
Late-Night Bars ............ 152
Dance Clubs ............ 155
Gay & Lesbian ............ 157
Chapter 5: Where to Eat ............ 159
THE SCENE ............ 160
Where to Eat Planner ............ 162
Best Bets for B.A. Dining ............ 163
Dining: Centro & Environs ............ 164
Dining: La Boca & San Telmo ............ 166
Dining: Recoleta, Barrio Norte & Almagro ............ 168
Dining: Palermo ............ 170
Dining: Belgrano & Las Cañitas ............ 172
Restaurant Reviews ............ 174
Buenos Aires Dining & Lodging Atlas ............ 195
Chapter 6: Where to Stay ............ 201
THE SCENE ............ 202
Where to StayPlanner ............ 204
Best Bets ............ 206
Hotel Reviews ............ 207
Chapter 7: Side Trips ............ 225
Excursions from Buenos Aires ............ 226
Side Trips Planner ............ 228
Colonia del Sacramento ............ 231
Buenos Aires Province ............ 237
The Atlantic Coast ............ 259
Los Esteros del Iberá ............ 269
Iguazú Falls ............ 273
Understanding Buenos Aires ............ 292
Spanish Vocabulary ............ 293
Menu Guide ............ 302
Travel Smart Buenos Aires ............ 303
Getting Here & Around ............ 304
Buenos Aires Essentials ............ 312
Index ............ 327
About Our Writers ............ 336
BUENOS AIRES IN FOCUS
Experience Buenos Aires
A Passionate History ............ 33
Buenos Aires Neighborhoods
Argentine Icons: Sinners, Saints & Prodigal Sons ............ 89
After Dark
The Dance of Buenos Aires ............ 143
Side Trips
The Cowboys at World's End ............ 252
Iguazú Falls ............ 279
CloseUps
Life Before Malls ............ 127
Big Spenders ............ 133
When the Sun Comes Up ............ 156
Staying Up with the Porteños ............ 176
Homes Away From Home ............ 213
Maps
Buenos Aires Metro Network ............ 43
Buenos Aires Neighborhoods ............ 44
Centro & Environs ............ 48
La Boca & San Telmo ............ 60
Recoleta, Barrio Norte & Almagro ............ 68
Cementerio de la Recoleta ............ 75
Museo Nactional de Bellas Artes ............ 77
Palermo ............ 80
Shopping Neighborhoods ............ 101
San Telmo Shopping ............ 109
Palermo Shopping ............ 117
Recoleta & Barrio Norte Shopping ............ 123
Centro & Environs Shopping ............ 131
Dining Neighborhoods ............ 161
Dining & Lodging Map Atlas ............ 196
Side Trips ............ 226
Colonia del Sacramento ............ 233
Buenos Aires Province & the Atlantic Coast ............ 238
San Antonio de Areco ............ 247
Esteros del Iberá & Iguazú ............ 270
Puerto Iguazú ............ 274
Foz do Iguaçu ............ 277
Be A Fodor’s Correspondent ............ 3
About This Book ............ 6
Chapter 1: Experience Buenos Aires ............ 7
Buenos Aires Today ............ 8
Experience Buenos Aires Planner ............ 10
What’s Where ............ 12
Top Buenos Aires Attractions ............ 14
Buenos Aires Like a Local ............ 16
City Itineraries ............ 18
With Kids ............ 20
Free (Or Almost Free) ............ 22
Master Class ............ 23
Who Are These People? ............ 24
All of the Cow but the Moo ............ 25
Tango ............ 26
Good Marketing Skills ............ 28
Fashion Forward ............ 30
The Sporting Life ............ 31
Chapter 2: Buenos Aires Neighborhoods ............ 41
Centro & Environs ............ 46
La Boca & San Telmo ............ 58
Recoleta & Almagro ............ 67
Palermo ............ 79
Chapter 3: Shopping ............ 99
Shopping Planner ............ 102
Shopping: San Telmo ............ 108
Shopping: Palermo ............ 116
Shopping: Recoleta & Barrio Norte ............ 122
Shopping: Centro & Environs ............ 130
Chapter 4: After Dark ............ 135
After Dark Planner ............ 136
Performances ............ 139
Tango ............ 140
Cocktail Time ............ 142
Live Music ............ 150
Late-Night Bars ............ 152
Dance Clubs ............ 155
Gay & Lesbian ............ 157
Chapter 5: Where to Eat ............ 159
THE SCENE ............ 160
Where to Eat Planner ............ 162
Best Bets for B.A. Dining ............ 163
Dining: Centro & Environs ............ 164
Dining: La Boca & San Telmo ............ 166
Dining: Recoleta, Barrio Norte & Almagro ............ 168
Dining: Palermo ............ 170
Dining: Belgrano & Las Cañitas ............ 172
Restaurant Reviews ............ 174
Buenos Aires Dining & Lodging Atlas ............ 195
Chapter 6: Where to Stay ............ 201
THE SCENE ............ 202
Where to StayPlanner ............ 204
Best Bets ............ 206
Hotel Reviews ............ 207
Chapter 7: Side Trips ............ 225
Excursions from Buenos Aires ............ 226
Side Trips Planner ............ 228
Colonia del Sacramento ............ 231
Buenos Aires Province ............ 237
The Atlantic Coast ............ 259
Los Esteros del Iberá ............ 269
Iguazú Falls ............ 273
Understanding Buenos Aires ............ 292
Spanish Vocabulary ............ 293
Menu Guide ............ 302
Travel Smart Buenos Aires ............ 303
Getting Here & Around ............ 304
Buenos Aires Essentials ............ 312
Index ............ 327
About Our Writers ............ 336
BUENOS AIRES IN FOCUS
Experience Buenos Aires
A Passionate History ............ 33
Buenos Aires Neighborhoods
Argentine Icons: Sinners, Saints & Prodigal Sons ............ 89
After Dark
The Dance of Buenos Aires ............ 143
Side Trips
The Cowboys at World's End ............ 252
Iguazú Falls ............ 279
CloseUps
Life Before Malls ............ 127
Big Spenders ............ 133
When the Sun Comes Up ............ 156
Staying Up with the Porteños ............ 176
Homes Away From Home ............ 213
Maps
Buenos Aires Metro Network ............ 43
Buenos Aires Neighborhoods ............ 44
Centro & Environs ............ 48
La Boca & San Telmo ............ 60
Recoleta, Barrio Norte & Almagro ............ 68
Cementerio de la Recoleta ............ 75
Museo Nactional de Bellas Artes ............ 77
Palermo ............ 80
Shopping Neighborhoods ............ 101
San Telmo Shopping ............ 109
Palermo Shopping ............ 117
Recoleta & Barrio Norte Shopping ............ 123
Centro & Environs Shopping ............ 131
Dining Neighborhoods ............ 161
Dining & Lodging Map Atlas ............ 196
Side Trips ............ 226
Colonia del Sacramento ............ 233
Buenos Aires Province & the Atlantic Coast ............ 238
San Antonio de Areco ............ 247
Esteros del Iberá & Iguazú ............ 270
Puerto Iguazú ............ 274
Foz do Iguaçu ............ 277
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