Buenos Aires Travel Blog

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 –...

photo by Elizabeth Gleeson Everyone likes a lunch deal – save a few bucks during the day and splurge on your supper, and BA ought to be full of them. With the favorable 4 pesos-to-the-dollar exchange rate, one would think that a dirt-cheap lunch is easy as pie. The truth is, Argentina’s inflation...

Check out these two sites detailing 2 fabulous independent documentary films about Buenos Aires: American director Julia Reagan has released her project, ArgenChino, into the independent film festival circuit, and is getting all kinds of acclaim. The film gets inside the story behind the ubiquitous...

photo by Elton Melo Four years after the closing and 2 long years after the expected reopening of the grandiose opera house smack in the center of Buenos Aires, the Teatro Colón finally pulls back the curtains once again to some of the finest performers and works in the world. The reopening of what...

Faena Hotel + Universe photo courtesy of Erin Williamson Anyone who has picked up a travel magazine in the past decade knows that Buenos Aires and its very favorable dollar, pound, and euro-to-peso exchange rate is the ideal destination for saving a few bucks while indulging yourself in top accomodations,...

It happened two centuries ago, though no one’s likely to forget it anytime soon: on May 25, 2010, Argentina rings in 200 years since the May Revolution sent the Spanish packing. And, being a country that loves holidays and needs little more than a suggestion to throw a big bash, they’re doing...