Buenos Aires Travel Blog

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...

Shopping is certainly one of the highlights of visiting new places for many travelers. Picking up souvenirs that capture the essence of a far-away city or country is an essential part of any trip, to give as gifts to those who were not as fortunate as to be able to accompany the traveler, or simply to...

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 three days designated as national days of mourning following the sudden death of former president Nestor Kirchner have shaken Buenos Aires, causing a major halt in citywide activities and rerouting every form of transportation that runs through the center of the city, where Kirchner’s massive...

More free music coming at you from Latin America, this time from our querido Buenos Aires. This album, compiled by underground arts and culture mag Wicked Mag, is available for free download by following these steps to pick up the disc, which features fantastic local music like underground club-circuit...

Former Argentinean president Néstor Kirchner, husband of current president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, passed away Wednesday morning after suffering a heart attack at his home in Rios Gallegos in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz. The family had retired to the country home from the capital...

It may be chilly out – and not most (northern hemisphere) folks’ idea of a lazy August Indian summer – but winter is slowly heating up and turning to spring in Buenos Aires, and the city is aflutter with cultural events. Here’s what’s on this week: Cumbia Chicha by Maria...

A trip to the supermarket – it’s one of those easy adventures to be had when traveling. Surely it will involve some element of confusion, surprise, delight, and perhaps a moment or two of stomach-turning disbelief. Above all, supermarket browsing in a foreign country is an eye-opening peek...

That time is upon us once again; ArteBA, Buenos Aires’ gigantic annual art fair starts Thursday. Having been delayed a month from the usual running date at the end of May due to this year’s bicentenery celebration, the bulk of BA’s galleries, along with a slew of international entries...

Here’s for a glimpse of the sun going down over Buenos Aires and some surrounding places (that perhaps make for a more scenic sunset than endless, flat-as-a-pancake BA itself), starting with a view from my window in Montserrat: photo by Elizabeth Gleeson The following photo is less a sunset –...