Buenos Aires Travel Blog

Romance isn’t tough to come across in Buenos Aires, a classic city with grand architecture, charming neighborhoods, and an abundance of historic cafes and corner bars, meaning that Valentine’s Day ought to be a cinch for lovebirds. The only challenge is to find the best Valentine’s...

Critical Mass, the international biking event held once a month in cities around the globe to help raise awareness for the rights of bicycle riders on the roads, has been picking up steam in Buenos Aires, a notoriously traffic-jammed city where auto accident rates are high and bikers rank at the bottom...

This Saturday, creative agency and nonprofit Honeycomb is pulling together 21 urban artists in a Palermo art space with only one mission – to create a new collaborative piece. The artists will be spending the day crafting a massive mural in ThisIsNotAGallery that, upon its completion, will be broken...

Like all metropolitan centers, Buenos Aires is packed with eating options for all tastes and budgets. One thing is for sure – finding a place to grab a bite is no challenge whatsoever in this town. What can present a problem is choosing just one spot from among the hundreds of restaurants, cafés,...

Visitors from North America, Asia, and Europe tend to find Buenos Aires to be a steal for a vacation destination, one of the reasons that many choose Argentina as the spot for their trips. The favorable exchange rate means that you get more bang for your buck – taking a taxi clear across the city rarely...

As of a week ago, a free public bicycle sharing system has been functioning in Buenos Aires to encourage sustainable transportation in a city otherwise renowned for its pollution and horrendous traffic. 100 bikes have been parked in 3 rental kiosks, at the Facultad de Derecho, Retiro, and the port Customs...

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...

The annual Pinta NY Latin American art fair was held recently in New York, feeding an ever-growing interest in visual art from Latin countries among American and European collectors. The fair, which is organized by a group of three Argentinean imagemakers and art fanatics (including Diego Costa Peuser,...

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...