Pablo Juan Augustinowicz: Pablo Juan Augustinowicz is a Toronto native who has established in Buenos Aires some years ago. He is an avid traveller as well as an amateur photographer. He´s backpacked most of Europe and ventured across Costa Rica’s jungle. He driscribes Buenos Aires as a "cosmopolitan city that resembles Paris but lives like New York”.
Vaccination Tips Before Travelling to Argentina
If you are taking a trip to Argentina and don’t plan on leaving Buenos Aires, you probably don’t need any special vaccinations. However you may need certain vaccinations if you will be traveling to other parts of Argentina, such as Iguazú Falls or Jujuy and Salta. Below is a brief summary of recommendations offered by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Check the CDC website for complete, up-to-date recommendations and advisories. Another good reference is the brochure...
January 30th, 2011 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Tourist Information Booths in Buenos Aires
Like any other cosmopolitan capital of the world, there are many tourist information booths in Buenos Aires where you can get help. With different locations around the city, these kiosks are staffed with a friendly and bi-lingual crew whose main focus is to help you out with any questions you may have with a smile.
Whether you need a street or subte map, or need to find a place to buy tango or theatre tickets, or need to figure out which colectivo takes you across town, or just need to speak...
January 20th, 2011 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Summer in the City: Swimming Pools
The summer heat in Buenos Aires can become unbearable during the months of January, February and even March. Public or privatly owned swimming pools open to the public in the city can be a great option for addressing the high temperatures and achieve good moments of rest in the sun or from the heat.
The alternatives vary in features and price… There are multisport city government recreation areas, private complex and luxury hotels.
Well, here is a list of various venues to drop by to cool...
January 15th, 2011 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Summer Time is the Right Time to Visit Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires during the summer-time is a treasure waiting to be discovered. Many of its more than fifteen million inhabitants part to the beaches and mountains.
Saying that the city is empty is too much, but certainly the urban feeling changes. It is as if the whole city submerges in a kind of lethargy, an intermediate time in which, for once, its frenetic pace softens a bit. Just then it is the best time to enjoy Buenos Aires in a more comfortable way.
Public transportation travelling becomes...
January 10th, 2011 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Summer Cultural Activities in Buenos Aires 2011
The government of the City of Buenos Aires is happy to present “Aires Buenos Aires – Cultura para respirar” (Culture to Breathe), a program of cultural activities that starts next Friday, January 7, consisting on over 100 free events, including musical shows, drive-in movies, theater plays, activities for children, circus, performances open air “milongas“, and numerous musical events, every day during January and February, 2011.
Rock and reggae bands such as Los Cafres,...
January 5th, 2011 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Summer at the Beaches in Buenos Aires
For those porteños and visitors who have to spend the summer in the city the Government of the City of Buenos Aires presents “Buenos Aires Playa” (Buenos Aires Beach), an oasis in the style of the beaches installed in Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Berlín, Bruselles, Ámsterdam, Viena, and Prague.
From January 6 to February 28, Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 8 pm, visitors can enjoy an integral program of entertainment for the whole family: sand beaches with sunshades and beach chairs; cultural...
December 29th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Being Street Wise in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is a beautiful globalized modern metropolis, but be prepared for things that don´t work as they should.
One of the first things you notice about the city is that there seems to be absolutely no traffic laws, particularly on the side streets. Whoever gets to the intersection first just speeds right through. Sometimes drivers (taxi drivers in particular) have difficulty deciding who got there first and they just play “chicken”.
Also, on the main streets there may be lines...
December 23rd, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Christmas Shopping at the Malls in Buenos Aires
Christmas is just around the corner. Yes! it is that time of the year when everyone has to start thinking about presents. If you feel like doing some Christmas shopping while in Buenos Aires, here is a short list of places you might like to visit:
Galerías Pacífico. This is the most beautiful shopping mall there is in the city (map). It is very trendy and expensive, with art all over. It is nice to walk around it and take a look at things, even if you don´t buy anything. The building was constructed...
December 20th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Visit a Museum Dedicated to Evita Perón
El Museo Evita, located at the barrio de Palermo in a former Temporary Home for Women and Children in Need, has yet to make it into many of the guidebooks, but with time, it has potential to attract a number of visitors.
It is run by the Fundación Eva Perón. The building is a beautiful French architectural style house that dates back to the early 20th century, extensively remodelled in 1923. It was purchase by the Fundación Eva Peron in 1948 as Temporary Home #2.
When touring the museum you...
December 18th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
More Useful Guided Tours to Roam Buenos Aires
Here is a creative way to roam Buenos Aires. The Mobile Audio Guide is a service provided by the Subsecretary of Tourism, an agency of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, which has designed several sightseeing circuits of historical interest, each composed of various stops. Corresponding to each stop is an audio archive that may be accessed by your cellphone or downloaded from the website. The presentation includes remarks by historical figures, classic songs and selected film dialogues....
December 12th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Discover Buenos Aires’ Chinatown
Every big city around the world has its own Chinatown, so needless to say is that Buenos Aires has one too. It is located in a small corner of the beautiful barrio de Belgrano.
Chinatown starts at the intersection of calle Arribeños and avenida Juramento (map) and runs for a few blocks along calle Arribeños. Walking around this small area is almost like leaving Argentina, although you can still find flashes of the local culture.
For example, you can walk by a bakery window and see empanadas...
December 6th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Mate Anyone?
If anyone asks you to try mate, don’t turn it down! Mate is a very popular type of tea everyone drinks all the time, everywhere.
But it is more than just a drink, it is a tradition in Argentina. The herbs, which come from a tree that grows throughout the Mesopotamia region of Argentina, are called yerba mate. They are placed in a container (made out of wood or metal or sometimes a hollowed-out gourd) called a mate. Hot water is poured into the mate. Then you drink the tea through a straw,...
November 29th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
A Tree Heaven Just Minutes from Downtown Buenos Aires
Spring time has come to Buenos Aires, and what better way to enjoy the season but writing about one of nature´s gifts: “trees”. Located in the beautiful barrio de Palermo you will find the Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays (the city´s Botanical Garden)(map).
It opened in September of 1898 and was named after its designer and creator. It covers 15 acres of lush ground in Buenos Aires, not too far from the Zoo and the Palermo Woods. The entire site is enclosed by a high wrought-iron...
November 22nd, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Craving Something Different To Eat While in Buenos Aires?
While having a good time in Buenos Aires, if you are a little fed up with parrillas, if you feel like something is missing after months of devouring juicy steaks or homemade pastas or colorful pizzas, and you are craving something different, then I would recommend you drop by any of the many Peruvian restaurants in the city. My favorite place is a no-frills restaurant called Contigo Perú, on Calle Echeverría 1627 (map), near the train tracks of the Belgrano R train station.
This restaurant is...
November 17th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Ice Cream Anyone!!!
To say that in Buenos Aires you will enjoy the best ice cream in the whole world may generate controversy, but I must point out two things to explain this: first, Italian immigrants brought the authentic gelato to Buenos Aires. Second, Argentina has the finest livestock, therefore the best milk. So how could the ice cream not be great?. It doesn’t matter if it is mid-July and it is freezing cold, most heladerías (ice cream parlours) are open and running, specially the big brand names.
When looking...
November 12th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Calle Lanín, a Very Peculiar Little Street
Calle Lanín is very peculiar little street in the barrio de Barracas, south of downtown Buenos Aires. What is so peculiar about it? The beautiful murals and works of art found at each house facade on this short street (only three block long) which are the creation of painter Marino Santa María, born in 1949 in Barracas (his father, Marino Pérsico, was a well known painter and ceramist in the middle of the 20th Century).
Back in 1998, Santa María covered the front of his workshop at calle...
November 5th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Jacarandá Fever in Buenos Aires
Springtime is here. It is Jacarandá season. There is a riot of Jacarandá flowers in Buenos Aires. The Jacarandá trees adorn the avenues. Those inside the car peep out to see the trees. Those hurrying for work, slow down after seeing the flowers. Those sipping cafe in the outdoor cafes sit longer letting their imagination soar in the sky.
They are all over the city, making this time of the year a special one to admire these beautiful trees. Some of the most beautiful specimens can be admired...
October 29th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Halloween in Buenos Aires
Halloween is not necessarily a widely celebrated event in Buenos Aires, although is creeping up with all the stealth of the Creature of the Black Lagoon.
If you ask the older crowd they will tell you that ten years ago no one here even thought about celebrating Halloween. That is no longer the case and according to night-crawlers the best way to celebrate Halloween this year in Buenos Aires is to enjoy the wide variety of parties. A few nightclubs and bars pick up on the event in Buenos Aires,...
October 26th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Where to Find Organic and Glutten Free Products in Buenos Aires
Healthy options such as organic products are beggining to appear all throughout Buenos Aires. Still, what do you do if you are travelling to Buenos Aires and you are allergic to wheat or are a celiac and need to eat gluten free foods?… the following are just some possibilities to get you through:
Dietetica 100% Natural : located in Alto Palermo Shopping at Bulnes 2042 (map). For deliveries or more information you can contact them at 4821-1674. For frozen items they have breads, pizzas,...
October 21st, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
Irish Pubs in Buenos Aires
A few years ago Buenos Aires experienced a rapid widespread expansion of pubs, specially Irish ones. If you are in town and feel like going to an Irish pub there are a few good places you might like to check out.
One of these establishments is DownTown Matías. Since it opened its doors back in 1973, it claims to have been the first pub in downtown. The are several locations, but the one I like the most is the original one, the first one that opened, located in the barrio de Retiro (map). It is...
October 20th, 2010 | Buenos Aires | Read More
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