Everything that Buenos Aires offers you

Do you want to travel to the beautiful capital of Argentina? Do you know the best areas to stay in Buenos Aires? What places to visit? What exotic dishes to try? Well, for this you must be well-informed. The city is huge, and the different neighborhoods that make it up are very different from each other. We tell you everything you need to know, to visit it.

Accommodation

Below, we present a selection of those that we consider to be the best areas to stay in Buenos Aires.

1. Recoleta, the best area to stay in Buenos Aires: 

UP Recoleta Hotel: Excellent option to sleep in Buenos Aires in a good hotel, spending little. It has 38 rooms with private bathroom, air conditioning and television. It is ideal for couples looking for a romantic getaway in the Argentine capital. Not only that, but it is in an area close to the neighborhood’s restaurants and bars. For you to locate is very close to the cemetery of Recoleta.

2. Microcentro, ideal place to sleep in Buenos Aires for tourist visits:

Rochester Hotel Concept 3 stars: This affordable alternative is located in the Downtown area of Buenos Aires and has a gym, and spacious and cozy rooms decorated from bright colors. In addition, they are very well soundproofed and have king-size beds. It is in short an ideal option to stay in Buenos Aires in a budget but modern and comfortable hotel.

Places to visit

The capital of Argentina, has many places that can be visited from very early, but the places that you should visit by obligation are:

1. Obelisco

This is a historic monument considered an icon of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was built in 1936 on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the so-called first foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza, and is the largest emblem of the City. 

2. Plaza de Mayo

There is no better place to know the history of Argentina, as it has been the scene of the great events that have left their mark on the history of the country. Every Thursday, the so-called "Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo" gather here, who lost their children during the military dictatorship. In addition, the square is full of emblematic buildings such as the Historic Cabildo, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Banco Nation or the famous Casa Rosada.

3. Caminito Passage

In the neighborhood La Boca is this alley very popular for its colorful houses, its tango venues and its high cultural value. He became famous because he inspired the well-known tango Caminito, composed by Juan de Dios Filiberto in 1926. This is why this is the best place to soak up the essence of Argentine dance par excellence.

4. Café Tortoni

You should stop at Café Tortoni, one of the oldest in Buenos Aires, founded in 1858. It is located at 825 Avenida de Mayo, one of the epicenters of the city. This café has played a great role in the promotion of Argentine letters and arts. During the first half of the 20th century, "La Peña del Tortoni" was known, a group of writers and intellectuals who organized cultural dissemination activities.

All these places are too beautiful and iconic if you want to visit Buenos Aires, but that’s not the only thing the capital of Argentina has to offer.

Famous dishes 

In Buenos Aires there are many meals, which you should try if you are going to visit, but these four specific dishes have to be the first on your list:

1. Argentine roast

It is mandatory to try this typical Argentine food that is so famous worldwide. The meat is put on an iron roaster that is placed on the ground with a wood stove, often with charcoal. In addition, there are many meats that you can try this way.

2. Chopped 

You can find from the smallest to the largest. The simplest pieces have cheese, cooked ham, salami, olives and chips or corn, but they can carry almost everything: mortadella, potato omelette, sausage, falafel, anchovies... The traditional way to serve this typical meal is on a wooden table in the form of an appetizer.

3. Locro or Carbonara

This typical Argentine dish is a stew of "beans" (beans), "pumpkin" (a type of pumpkin), corn and potatoes. It is cooked very slowly to capture all the flavor of its ingredients and so you can enjoy this typical Argentine food in its maximum exponent of flavor.

4. Choripán

To eat while visiting the city of Buenos Aires, one option that you will love is the choripán. It is a typical Argentine food, very simple, but that raises passions in many Latin American countries. A piece of chorizo Criollo between two slices of bread: nothing complicated.

Things to do

And to finish this short tour of the city of Buenos Aires, now we will tell you some tourist activities you can do:

1. Touring Palermo

Palermo in its entirety is the most striking neighborhood for tourists, there are plenty of hostels for all tastes, also the main points of interest in this neighborhood are quiet. Plaza Serrano, a must, tremendous to be with friends, full of bars, restaurants, artisans and independent designers. The Botanical Garden is almost 170 years old, it has been carefully designed with more than 5,000 species of plants, beautiful sculptures and greenhouses, to walk one morning and recharge.

2. Plaza Dorrego

In the heart of the historic center of San Telmo, Plaza Dorrego offers one of the most authentic experiences for tourists and porteños, who are looking for original colonial designs and structures. Throughout the weekend, the central square of San Telmo is filled with stunning handicrafts and the antique market.

3. Little road

The name of a famous tango song composed by the famous singer Carlos Gardel, Caminito, is an open-air museum on tango and an art market. Its cobbled streets, brightly colored houses and original works of art around the neighborhood are an unusual sight, something you won’t see anywhere else in the world.

Let’s hope that thanks to this blog, you feel like visiting the beautiful city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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