Buenos Aires

Cultural Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is considered to be one of the cultural capitals of the world. Eclectic, cosmopolitan and with a wide range of cultural offerings, it is a temptation for the sophisticated traveler. Corrientes Avenue Corrientes Avenue is an image of...

Neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires

Neighbourhoods usually develop outward from downtown. In Buenos Aires, the city expansion started from the historic square called Plaza de Mayo and its surrounding historical buildings. There wasn’t any law regulating the city expansion, so Buenos Aires grew as a...

What do porteños eat in Buenos Aires?

The Argentine cuisine is characterized by a large consumption of beef in all of its cuts and types of preparation. The asado is the most famous expression of this meat love affair, which entails cooking all parts of the cow...

The decades of Tango

Splendor during the 1920s The typical orchestras start to emerge and tango grows and expands with its directors, musicians and composers such as Francisco Canaro, Roberto Firpo, Juan Maglio, nowadays grouped in the “La Guardia Vieja” movement. Tango begins to...

History of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires was first founded in March of 1536 when Don Pedro de Mendoza established a precarious settlement the size of one city block and named it Puerto de Nuestra Señora Santa María de Buen Ayre (Port of Our Lady...

The splendid architecture of Buenos Aires

Signed by the magnificence of its buildings, the exquisite details in its architecture and the eclectic styles,  Buenos Aires is a unique and absolutely personal Babel. Names such as “The queen of the Río de la Plata” and “Latin America’s...

Buenos Aires – Basic information

Buenos Aires is the Capital City of the Argentine Republic, officially called since 1994 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Autonomous city). It is the most important city in the country and one of the biggest in Latin America. Its population...

Tango and Buenos Aires

Tango was born cunning, deep, forbidden and related to brothels. It started to become a deep dance, a “sad feeling that is danced”, as Enrique Santos Discépolo would define it years later. Tango became so popular that it ended up...

The New Tango

After some decades of forgetfulness Tango is experiencing a new period of splendor. Young people have lately been getting involved with tango by Astor Piazzolla’s influence and his new approaches. There were debates about the tango to be listened and...

People of Buenos Aires

The first inhabitants of the region were Guarani Indians who were established in the islands and the Querandí Indians who were nomads who lived off of hunting and fishing. Mixing with the Spanish who arrived in these lands, the “criollo”...

The early Tangos

There are almost no records of the beginnings of tango in 1880, except for those in some scores from later years that had naughty titles. They were instrumental writings for piano that had no lyrics. They were tinged with sexual...

Tango: Decadence and Avant-Garde

After the 1950's, tango goes through a phase of low popularity even though new artists of each expression continue to appear. A world phenomena that invaded every culture would take place in those times... Rock & Roll was successful in...

What’s the typical weather like in Buenos Aires?

Type of Climate It is warm and humid, and generally pleasant and sunny. Temperature The annual average temperature is 18º C (64ª F). The coldest month is July and, sometimes, August, such being the winter months.  In the summer, the...

Bars of Buenos Aires

It is feasible to gasp Buenos Aires' city life through the history of its bars. In the bars is where the identity of Buenos Aires lies. Each bar has its own profile and bears its own load of remembrances and...

History of Tango

Tango has its own life history. From its far-off birth at the end of the 19th Century to its vigorous present, it has gone through various stages. After a picaresque and provocative beginning, the first years of the 20th Century...

Tango’s Identity

While walking through Buenos Aires, from under the walking sides and the cobblestoned streets of San Telmo we can get old stories that conform the essence of what is nowadays our identity, that was very distant from the roots of...

The meaning of the name of Buenos Aires

Anyone may conclude that the first explorers that arrived on these lands found the “good air of Buenos Aires” and this is the reason why the city got its name. Also, there are many scientific articles that claim that Buenos...

Language spoken in Buenos Aires

The official language is Spanish, but the Spanish spoken in Buenos Aires is distinctive from that of Spain and other parts of Latin America. Its most common characteristic is the use of “vos” (an old form of saying “you”) instead...

Tango, a worldwide phenomena

From the beginning of the new millennium onwards, tango seduced the whole world. It is now common to find people who like milongas in diverse parts of the world such as Finland, Germany, Turkey and Japan, France and the US....

Sex life in Buenos Aires

As the peculiar characteristic of its culture, Buenos Aires carries the Tango stigma. It was considered taboo from its origins, and dared challenge the “good customs” class with its sensual and rule-breaking provocation. Spreading out its typical beautiful women and...

Eating out in Buenos Aires

The large selection and variety of gastronomic options in Buenos Aires is due to the porteño custom of preferring to eat out rather than slaving over a hot stove. There are an infinite number of places to enjoy the pleasures...