The Real La Boca — Barrio of Solidarity
La Boca is a major sightseeing hot spot in Buenos Aires, but visitors rarely stay here at night. The ‘hit-and-run’ style tourism in the southern neighborhood causes some to write it off as a gimmicky tourist trap. If you peak behind the colorful façades though, La Boca is one of Buenos Aires’ most authentic barrios [...]
La Boca
La Boca, the Buenos Aires’ neighborhood famed for its colorful houses, its tango and its soccer team, is the one spot that makes every visitor’s agenda. The centerpiece is the cobblestone strip, El Caminito, or little walkway. The one-time railway route is lined with the bright facades that make La Boca postcard perfect. Named for [...]
La Boca: Places of Interest
Buenos Aires colorful neighborhood of La Boca is known to the outside world for tourist destination number one, El Caminito. But those who dare to wander off the tourist path will discover it is still a lively neighborhood of immigrants with a number of places of interest for art and history lovers. El Caminito El [...]
Abasto Shopping Mall
Abasto, the huge art deco style complex in the neighborhood of the same name, is Buenos Aires largest shopping mall. The mall’s baronial façade along Corrientes Avenue features five huge leaded glass archways that are emblematic of the neighborhood, especially when alight in the evening. Inside, a huge atrium floods the building with natural light. [...]
The Children’s Museum
The Children’s Museum of Abasto is a not-to-missed Buenos Aires attraction for the under-12 crowd. Here parents might observe the first spark of their child’s future career through experiential exhibits that allow them to play at being grown-ups. Interactive displays allow kids to act as a broadcast journalist, dentist, TV cameraperson, construction worker and supermarket [...]
Spanish Schools in Buenos Aires
If you’re going to spend anytime in Argentina it is a great opportunity to study Spanish, if you don’t already know it. Even if you already speak Spanish, you may want to take a couple of classes to learn about the regional use of ‘vos’, Argentinismos and a bit of Lunfardo, the unique slang used [...]
Eternautas — Buenos Aires Walking Tours
With 400 years of history and abundance of architectural delights, Buenos Aires is a city packed with alluring sights.There are so many attractions in South America’s most European capital that it can be difficult for visitors to prioritize if they have a finite time frame to explore the city. This is where a professional tour [...]
El Obrero — A Working Man’s BBQ in La Boca
For straight-up Argentine beef and pasta dishes in La Boca, El Obrero (‘the working man’) is a classic cantina with a grimy charm. This place hasn’t changed much since it opened in 1954, aside from photos of the numerous celebrities who have dined here through the years, including Susan Sarandon, Francis Ford Coppola, Manu Chau, [...]
Buenos Aires Shoah Museum: The Holocaust’s Echo in Argentina
The Buenos Aires Shoah Museum, the only of its kind in Latin America, serves as a museum, memorial and moral reminder by telling the story of the Holocaust and its impact in Argentina and wider South America. The museum is supported through the Holocaust Memorial Foundation, and was declared a ‘Site of Cultural Interest’ by [...]
Barrio Chino — Buenos Aires’ Little Chinese Tiger
Buenos Aires’ Barrio Chino (that would be Chinatown) may only comprise a few city streets, but is nonetheless difficult to miss. Beginning alongside the train tracks at the intersection of Juramento and Arribeños in Belgrano, arrival at Barrio Chino is signaled by an ornate stone archway. While Argentina’s only Chinatown is minuscule compared to those [...]
