Incredible nightlife and fascinating architecture; stunning women and sultry tangos; huge steaks and first class football; Maradona and Evita....Life is a celebration in glamorous B.A.!

Ports are doorways, and the history of Buenos Aires can best be entered through its port. "The Port City," as the colonizers called it, allowed commerce into a region so vast that it reached the lands of what is now Perú.

Argentina

Population: 3,000,000 (city); 13,000,000 (metro area).
Ethnic mix: 95% Caucasian, 5% other.
Land area: 1,687 square miles/ 4,326 square kilometers
Country dialing code: 54. Area code: 11.
Average summer temperature: 84 degrees F/ 29 degrees C
Average winter temperature: 57 degrees F/ 14 degrees C
Annual rainfall: 37 inches/ 91 centimeters

Official language: Spanish
Major industries: cattle, oil, textiles, steel.
Currency: Peso (ARA) and centavos (100 to a peso). Religion: Majority (90%) Roman Catholic.
Time zone: GMT—3.
Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz; two-round-pin plugs are standard.

Avenida 9 de Julio, wandering through the center of the Microcentre (downtown) is the widest street in the world at an imposing sixteen lanes.

Stretching out along the shores of the wide mouthed Rio La Plata delta out onto the western plains (pampas), Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city (ninth largest in the world) of Argentina. But the country's economic, cultural and political center could easily be confused with a metropolis staring out at the Mediterranean due to its distinctive European architecture spread throughout the numerous barrios and the seemingly endless tree ensconced broad boulevards peppered with cafes. Of course, the strong European roots buried in the foundation of the city have not hindered the portenos (locals) from finding their own sexy cultural identity, and this can be seen in many facets including the tango. Although the recent financial collapse and president-by-number calamity has taken a bit of shine off the city, it is again on the rise as a favored tourist destination.