Buenos Aires

Your journey (day) starts with a drive through the Pampas, meaning plain, from the ancient Quechua language, adopted by the Incas as their language of administration, spoken before the Inca empire by the proud warriors of the la Pampa. Your tour ...

Today, we update our Argentina Wines Blog with our top Argentine white wines, Vinos Blancos.  In earlier guides, we reviewed Argentine red wines, Malbec and white sparklers, espumantes. Our next guide tackles Dulcies (desert wines) and Roses. Argentine white wines had a ...

Is Buenos Aires safe? Buenos Aires, at least the Buenos Aires our tourists visit and sightsee, the barrios of Capital Federal are relatively safe and very safe if you use common sense. However, Buenos Aires is a huge province and when ...

In just over 100 years, Argentina has suffered  a staggering 70 percent deforestation. Forest destruction has accelerated in the past 10 years with the boom of soy crops. The northern province of Salta alone lost 26 percent of its forests in ...

After a 10-day fruit and vegetable diet, which heralded the shedding of 5 kilos, we headed for Casa SaltShaker for supper last Friday. Casa SaltShaker is a closed-door restaurant (we presume that it is where the hosts actually live) where Dan ...

Renting furnished Buenos Aires apartments for vacation or business trips is the cheapest way to stay in Buenos Aires. With the promise of a home-from-home, more space, often outside space, high-speed-internet, cable TV, sometimes a gym and pool, Buenos Aires ...

Travelers looking for cheap vacations should look no further than Buenos Aires to escape the economic blues and benefit from a devaluing Argentine Peso, at nearly four to one the dollar and Buenos Aires vacation rentals that are often 60% ...

Tomorrow night we have tickets to the South American Music Conference, the party, starting at 18h00 in the evening 44 DJs will pump out sounds until 06h00 the next day. The theme is electronica music and the venue in Buenos ...

Recoleta Cemetery is one of Buenos Aires’ most famous attractions and should be somewhere near the top of your Buenos Aires sightseeing list. We find cemeteries eerie and slightly sinister places, probably the result of too much Hammer House ...

Eva Duarte Peron, known affectionately as Evita (little Eva), was the second wife of revered Argentine president Juan Domingo Perón. Evita rests in Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, one would hope for good! A pilgrimage to Recoleta cemetery, one of Buenos Aires ...