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		Buenos Aires Museum Center While in Puerto Madero, we visited one of the most traditional and at the same time atypical constructions in the area: former Munich Brewery, which today houses the Buenos Aires Museum Center.

		Going for a Ride Just 30 minutes away from the City of Buenos Aires and 15 from the City of La Plata, it is possible to go on a particular tour on horseback while learning to ride at the Pereyra Iraola Provincial Park, the only...

		Immigration Museum We visited the Immigrants Hotel, today turned into a museum. Almost 40 percent of the immigrants who arrived in Argentina in order to populate it and start a new home stayed at this venue.

		La Boca’s Fine Arts Museum La Boca’s Fine Arts Museum displays the work of figurative Argentinian artists. However, one name impregnates every corner of the venue. It is the name of its founder, its director and, until the 1970s, its dweller:...

		Of Gauchos and Pejerreyes San Miguel del Monte is a district of livestock tradition and one of the oldest towns in the Province of Buenos Aires. Its beautiful lagoon, dwelled by large specimens of pejerrey (neotropical silverside),...

		Reading Festival Like every year, the famous Book Fair is celebrated in Buenos Aires during April. This year, the 33rd issue will join three essential steps in the reading process: writers, books and, obviously, infinite readers.

		Street Theater at Abasto A tour around the Abasto area hand in hand with a company of actors invited us on a journey back in time to the neighborhood where Carlos Gardel used to live.

		The Colón Turned 100 Years Old According to experts, this is the best theater in the world to listen to opera. This year, more precisely on May 25, 2008, it turned 100 years old.

		Visit to the Historical Wax Museum On the second floor of an ancient grand house in La Boca, we found the only wax museum in Argentina, a way of co-existing with the past.

		Visit to the José Hernández Popular Art Museum We visited the José Hernández Popular Art Museum, a place as fine-looking and modest as what it displays.

		Visit to the Museum of Spanish Art Enrique Larreta At the heart of Belgrano neighborhood, we found a space which took us back to another place and time: the Enrique Larreta Museum of Spanish Art, a hidden treasure.

		Visit to the National Museum of Fine Arts The National Museum of Fine Arts, situated at Recoleta neighborhood, is the gateway to a nearly boundless world: the Western art.

		Visit to the World Tango Museum The same building houses the National Tango Academy and this museum, which preserves the memory of the most porteño musical style.

		Buenos Aires on a sailing boat The Yacth Club keeps in her interiors a fascinating world of sailors, legends. A visit to this shelter for sailing boats us to set sail across the widest river in the world on board the sailing boat called Smile

		Caminito, With an Oil Aroma La Boca is a tango of wet cobbles and calico skies painted in many colors. It is going back to the past in order to remember or forget, as you like it. And Caminito is its core, as if it was a disease spreading...

		Buenos Aires from a Sailing Boat On board a rapid sailing boat or a cruise, the city offers various alternatives to enjoy its coast sceneries.

		City Tour around Capital Federal The Autonomous city of Buenos Aires is world wide known due to its strong cultural contrasts which come out in the varied architecture present in historical buildings, monuments, museums, theatres...

		Step by Step around Buenos Aires Walking around a city gives you the incomparable pleasure of wandering and allows you to explore the whole universe along its streets.

		From the Cement to the Jungle A few minutes away from the City of Buenos Aires, Tigre and its delta leads us deep into a natural scenery where the thickness of the shrubland is embraced by various channels of reddish waters.

		Look Upwards Looking upwards in a city where everything takes place horizontally is not a waste of time. A vast architectural show has been waiting for years for the look of those who pass by everyday without raising their eyes.

		Many-sided Recoleta There is not only one Recoleta. This is a place that has managed to combine a cocktail of attractions that turn it into a mandatory destination when it comes to sightseeing around Buenos Aires. Many-sided from every...

		A River Overlooking the City of Buenos Aires An afternoon sailing across the Río de la Plata on board the Galileo Buenos Aires catamaran is a new alternative for a short ride from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

		Nothing Like a Horse-Drawn Carriage For decades, the traditional carriages, horses and owners have left from Italia Square, to get immersed in the Palermo forests. As well, they have been making the dreams of children of all ages come true, as usual.

		Visit to the Palermo Horseracing Track Passionate like no other. Passional to the extent that many have lost everything “by one head” and very few have won.

		The Malba, a Different Museum Seeing the Malba is a way to come close to Argentinian and Latin American Art inside one of the most modern museums existing today in the City of Buenos Aires. An invitation we cannot reject.

		A little bit of Jazz in Palermo Fifteen gastronomic corners in the Palermo neighborhood offer their customers the possibility of having dinner in the company of very good live jazz music.

		Buenos Aires by bicycle A different Buenos Aires can be seen from a bicycle. The wind on our face and the cycling make the streets even more attractive in this city which hides secrets and stories.

		The City's Museum Time-travelling. These are the words to provide a quick description of it. Marbles, toy soldiers and didactic games are part of the inventory. A journey to the days of childhood to poke about a trunk full of memories...

		Art in Buenos Aires Subways Under the great city lies another city, as huge and ancient as the one on top. It keeps details that have remained in spite of the coming of modern times. You only need to go down the stairs and dare to discover...

		Sundays Market Sunday is the day on which Dorrego Square dresses up as an old lady and waits for tourists to perform its show. A kind of magic that for years has turned this place into a classical of Sundays, as if it was a match...

		Paragliding Minutes away from the Obelisk Although mankind was born without wings, it may come close to getting them. There is a new world still to be discovered less than one hour's drive away from Buenos Aires. Believe it or not.

		Tren de la Costa, a Special Ride The eleven stations of Tren de la Costa showed us much more than a journey to Tigre, the end of the rail. The ride offers multiple forms of entertainment and enjoyment both for grown-ups and children at each...

		Visit to the Museum of Weapons Visit to the Museo de las Armas Teniente General Pablo Riccheri, located in the Circulo Militar with the largest display of weapons in South America.

		Over the City by Helicopter A very unusual view of the City of Buenos Aires may be experienced by tourists and porteños. Leaving from the Jorge Newbery Airfield, new helicopter tours fly around several circuits and visit classic porteño...

		Eva, the Woman In the neighborhood of Palermo, a petit hotel from the early XX century pays tribute to Eva Duarte de Perón by showing her life, her message and her mission.

		Temaiken, a Very Different Zoo Only 50 kilometers away from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires lies Temaikèn Park. There, both grown-ups and children learn to respect biodiversity and preserve the environment through games.

		Holy Land, the First Religious Theme Park Tierra Santa (Holy Land) is a theme park oriented to the different stages in the life of Jesus Christ, since His birth till His crucifixion and resurrection.

		Santa Claus Always Visits Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is one of the most beautiful and impressive cities in the world to welcome Christmas. In December, it becomes magical. Do not miss this tour.

		The Passion for Boca Juniors Museum We got carried away by enthusiasm and the neighborhood of La Boca led us into The Passion for Boca Juniors Museum within the Boca Juniors Football Stadium. A historical place.

		Metropolitan Museum By the end of the XIXth century, Buenos Aires was a small city with a marked colonial style, bordered by River Plate, Brazil Street to the South, Callao Avenue to the West and Santa Fe to the North..

		When the Countryside Reached the City Buenos Aires was the venue for Cow Parade, which enabled us to have a close look at a cleverly popular artistic display that is going round the world and is now presented at Puerto Madero.

		Museum of Comic and Caricature The Severo Vaccaro Museum is an unusual museum. Among its distinguished characters there are comics and caricatures of the political and show business worlds. A place for adults and children.

		When the Hearts Invaded Buenos Aires First, it was the cows. Then our beautiful Buenos Aires was invaded by hearts. The art shows embellish the city and invite passers-by to reflection.

		Butterflies from the World Museum Only 34km away from the Federal District, in the City of San Miguel, an entomological musuem has been created to house an important collection of lepidoptera, coleoptera and various exotic anthropods from all round...


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		Carlos Gardel, Every Inch an Angler A real treasure is hidden in one of the most picturesque buildings in the City of Buenos Aires. A new activity is added to the endless list of legendary Carlitos.

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