Buenos Aires Travel Blog

photo by Elizabeth Gleeson Get your tickets now for the last weeks of Fuerza Bruta, the mind-blowing interactive modern theater/dance/performance that originated right here in Buenos Aires and traveled the world before coming back for an extra-long run in the troupe’s hometown. Now with satellite...

For some people, trolling for vintage treasures is second-nature, more exciting and rewarding than stepping into any department store or upmarket boutique. Buenos Aires, a shopper’s paradise, is chock-full of secondhand finds, particularly in the more gentrified districts of San Telmo and Palermo,...

National Public Radio’s Alt Latino Latin American music program was created several months ago to showcase rhythms and beats coming from way down south – music that oftentimes gets tossed by the wayside in favor of English-language tunes. Check out this week’s program, which features a...

Thursday night kicks off this year’s Hot Fest and the lineup of international music acts is stellar. Catch Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins in the opening night performance at Luna Park, then rest up for the weekend – Friday in Costanera Sur, at the amphiteater just next to the Ecological...

The Festival Internacional de Diseño is wrapping up its 10-day run with a full weekend of art, fashion, and design-themed activities brought to Buenos Aires by locals and special international guests, invited from all over the globe to bring their particular touch to the already well-developed local...

The annual Buenos Aires Photo fair opens to the public tomorrow, October 28, packing the stalls of Plaza Francia’s historic Palais de Glace with thousands of lens-based artworks from galleries from Buenos Aires, including contemporary spots Zavaleta Lab, Ruth Benzacar, and Chez Vautier, as well...

When you’re trying to decide where to go out to eat in Buenos Aires, staying in – in someone else’s home, that is – is becoming a more common option. The concept of private ‘closed door’ restaurants, or puerta cerradas, is nothing new, but several enterprising BA-based chefs and hosts...

This coming weekend, BA’s creative types will make the annual pilgrimage to the coastal city of Mar del Plata in Buenos Aires province for the ninth annual TRImarchi festival of graphic design, a massive affair that welcomes 5,000 designers and tens of thousands of visitors from all over Latin...

Think of BA’s thoroughfares as a jungle and the city buses as the wild beasts that roam, roaring as they tear recklessly down down the narrow streets. The public bus or ‘colectivo’ system in Buenos Aires is daunting, notoriously confusing for first-time users due to the expansive system...

Being new in town or just passing through can mean that your access to the things that you really want to see, in the way you want to see them, is limited. Organized tours are always an option, but sometimes travelers are after something more unique, specific, or spunky than your average city tour from...