Wander Argentina has partnered with bilingual sports journalists to offer exciting, safe and affordable tours to Argentine soccer games.

By cutting out the cost of a charter bus and utilizing public transportation these personalized tours (of groups no more than fourteen) are a low-cost and authentic.

Tour Includes:

- Accompaniment by public transport to the game.
- Tickets to the game
- Expert explanations:bilingual sports journalists explain the ins and outs of the game, translate chants and provide insider details on players and clubs
- Accompanied return from the stadium

Terms of online booking:

-Fee is a deposit to reserve your spot and goes toward the ticket. The remainder is paid to the guides
- Specific game days and times are usually not decided until a few days before the game. If game time is not confirmed upon booking please be flexible.
-If for some reason you cannot attend the elected game, please inform us as soon as possible. We will work with you to arrange to see another game.
-Price is determined by the cost of the match tickets, it is normally US$70
-We will be in touch shortly after you pay your deposit
-Deposit is non-refundable

Upcoming games

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One person $10.00 USDTwo people $20.00 USDThree people $30.00 USDFour people $40.00 USDFive people $50.00 USDSix people $60.00 USDSeven people $70.00 USDEight people $80.00 USDNine people $90.00 USDTen people $100.00 USD

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To inquire about upcoming (including games not listed) or for additional questions please contact us using the form below. You can also check our list of upcoming soccer games.

Public Schools

• Laboratorio de Idiomas, Universidad de Buenos Aires

The University of Buenos Aires Language Laboratory is an obvious option for very inexpensive and high quality Spanish classes. Here you get a feeling for what its like to be a university student in Argentina — classes are excellent and the bar is set high, but inscription is a bit chaotic, the classrooms have paint falling off the walls, it’s a miracle if the bathrooms have toilet paper and you’ll be in charge of making your own photocopies of the course material.

Regular courses begin in March and August every year. Classes cost US$500 for four hours of instruction per week for one semester. Their ‘super-intensive’ one-month courses with 15 hours of instruction per week are a little more expensive at a cost of about US$575. The university can also provide a certificate confirming that you passed either the basic, intermediate or advance Spanish to provide for school or work.

For those with advanced Spanish they also offer excellent courses in Spanish for foreigners including, ‘Spanish through Cinema,’ ‘Literature of the Rio Plate,’ ‘Culture and Conversation’ and ‘Immigrants in Buenos Aires.’

Language Laboratory of La UBA
25 de Mayo 221
Microcentro
Tel: 4343 1196 / 4334-7512 / 4342-5922

• Instituto de Enseñanza Superior en Lenguas Vivas ‘Juan Ramón Fernández’

Founded in 1904, the Instituto de Enseñanza Superior en Lenguas Vivas, commonly called ‘Lenguas Vivas’ is a school set in a beautiful historic building in the Retiro neighborhood. It functions as a secondary school and provides adult education.

They offer two-month courses with eight hours of instruction per week or four-month courses with four hours of instruction per week. These courses are great for those who speak well enough to get around, but want to keep improving at a steady pace. They also offer more advanced classes than the University of Buenos Aires, which only goes up to ‘level seven’ Spanish.

Their Spanish classes, taught by ex-University of Buenos Aires professors, tend to be slightly less expensive than the university. As with many state institutes, the professors are excellent but the administrative department, in our experience, is a disaster.

Lenguas Vivas
Carlos Pellegrini 1515
Retiro
Tel: 4322-3992 /96/ 98

Private Schools

Private Spanish schools are a good option for those who don’t want to deal with the bureaucracy of a state school or whose schedules don’t fit with the classes offered at the institutes. Additionally private schools tend to offer a smaller class size for more personalized instruction, extracurricular activities, and comforts such as comfy chairs and classrooms with heat and air conditioning.

• Expanish

Expanish is one of Buenos Aires’ most successful and well-known private Spanish schools. The school is ideally located downtown in an historic UNESCO World Heritage building.

Expanish offers an intensive Spanish course of 20 hours per week, an intensive Spanish Plus class, which combines group classes with one-on-one instruction for a total of 30 hours per week and tailor made one-on-one classes. Other courses include Spanish and Tango and Business Spanish. Class size is small, with a maximum of nine students per class.

Additionally the school has a student lounge, a study room and library, free wifi throughout the building and is fully accessible for wheelchair users. Extra curricular activities include film screenings, city tours, workshops and group excursions. A big bonus is that as of summer 2011 the school will have a rooftop terrace with awesome views and a cafeteria to get something to eat and hang out between classes.

The school can also arrange homestays with an Argentine family or a room in shared apartment as well as volunteer opportunities that will allow you to improve your language skills and help out the community.

Expanish is accredited by The Association of Language Centers (SEA) and follows a curriculum set by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF).

Expanish Spanish School
Tte Gral Juan D Perón 700
Microcentro
Tel: 5252-3040
From abroad: 1-888-EXPANISH

The company 0800-VINO provides a free wine home delivery service for purchases over AR$150 within most of Capital Federal, and by prior arrangement to Greater Buenos Aires and other provinces. For smaller deliveries, a AR$20 surcharge applies. Outside of regular delivery times, orders can be placed online or by calling the sommelier’s cell number, and deliveries arranged accordingly.

The 0800 wine cellar is generally closed to the public, except for tasting events, although purchases can be made there by prior arrangement. Serious connoisseurs can even hire space in the cellar to store premium wine. Film director and part-time resident of Buenos Aires, Francis Ford Coppola counts on owner, Nigel Tollerman as his personal sommelier in Argentina and also uses the cellar to store his local collection.

So how do Argentine wines rate on an international scale, and which ones should we buy?

“The Malbec is leading the way amongst the reds and the Torrontés as a distinctive, fresh, aromatic, and economically-priced white. Malbec is developing a deserved reputation as a concentrated, full-bodied wine with complex dark spicy fruit, interesting aging potential and ability to adapt to the diverse local terrains, and an excellent price-quality relation on the international market, particularly in the USA,” says Tollerman.

“The quality at the top-end continues to increase and compete with the best of the New World, and greater consistency is now being achieved across all price points. Apart from Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon (most notably from Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza), Bonarda and Pinot Noir (from Río Negro, Patagonia) are also gaining in prestige and market share,” he says.

And if you’re looking for a great bottle of wine for under AR$50, Tollerman says there are plenty of options.

“Personally I would go with the Amalaya from Colomé, the Hess Collection winery located in Salta Province, along with the adjacent Tacuil winery— it is the world´s highest, and is a pioneer in high-altitude biodynamic winemaking,” he says. “It´s a distinctive and complex blend of principally Malbec, plus some Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Tannat.”

“Otherwise I might plump for one of the fruit-forward entry-level Malbecs or Bonardas made by Hector Durigutti — a real up-and-coming force in Argentine winemaking.”

–by Dan Colasimone

0800-VINO
Anchorena 695, (corner of Tucumán)
Abasto
Phone (Office): 4966 2500
Cell: 155 771 0259

• Credit Cards Accepted
• Regular Delivery times:

Monday : 10am to 1pm ; 4 to 6pm
Tuesday : 10am to 1pm ; 6 to 8pm
Wednesdays : 10am to 1pm ; 6 to 8pm
Thursday : 10am to 1pm ; 6 to 8pm
Friday : 10am to 1pm ; 6 to 8pm
Saturday : 10am to 1pm ; 7 to 8pm

There is no official licensing requirement for massage in Buenos Aires or anywhere else in Argentina. This means that anyone can call themselves a ‘massage therapist,’ whether they have training or not. When making an appointment for a massage feel free to ask the provider where they studied, for how long and any other questions that might give you an idea of their level of training, or better yet go to someone who comes recommended.

Keep in mind that as in many places of the world, ‘massage’ can be used as a ‘code word’ to indicate sexual services (especially on Craigslist ads). Now that the government has banned so-called ‘Rubro 59′ ads, the sexual service ads that appear in the back section of newspapers and magazines, it is becoming harder to suss out who is a massage therapist and who just pretending to be one. Stories abound in Buenos Aires of expats who scheduled a massage only to find out that they unintentionally booked an appointment with a prostitute. Similarly, massage therapist recount stories of clients who book an appointment but make it clear when they arrive that they are looking for much more than a therapeutic massage.

Susana Ines De Abreu runs Baires Massage in San Telmo. She doesn’t speak English but since she receives a lot of foreign clients, including many from the South American Explorers Club, she is accustomed to dealing with clients who speak caveman Spanish. She studied at Buenos Aires’ Atrica Institute and offer a variety of style of massage including acupressure, shiatsu, Thai Massage, reflexology and lymphatic massage, a gentle massage that is quite popular in Buenos Aires for those suffering from Edema, looking to kick-start the immune system or to lose weight and treat cellulite.

Book through Wander Argentina and your session costs AR$140 per hour after the reservation fee. Reserve your appointment with 72 hours advanced notice please.

Remaining AR$ 120 due at the appointment.

Reserve Online

1 hour massage $5.4650 minute de-stress w/ oils $5.465 massages for the cost of 4 $20.91

Date & Time —72 hrs in advance

Baires Massage
632 Carlos Calvo, 5B
San Telmo
• Hours: Mon-Sat 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.

Centro/Monserrat

Rosy Ramirez is a shiatsu masseuse and yoga instructor who knows her stuff. She works out of her Monserrat home with a studio, near downtown Buenos Aires. The earthy Brazilian gives an oil-free full-body floor massage that is more focused on the meridians than muscle groups. Those who are modest will be happy that this type of massage does not require removal of clothes, but it’s recommended to go in comfortable, loose clothes. Maybe because of her 20 years of experience, Rosy is one of those healers who seems to be able to pick up on the subtleties of whatever may be out of whack in the body, while working she may make comments such as ‘you have yearly sinus infections’ or ‘you need to cut-down your caffeine intake.’ Her intuitive powers are sought out by those suffering from conditions such as diabetes, sleep difficulties and chronic pain. She also specializes in working with pregnant women. In-house sessions cost AR$ 200 per hour (approximately $US50 per hour) Reserve your appointment with 72 hours advanced notice please.

Remaining AR$ 180 due at the appointment.

Reserve Online

1 hour thai or shiatsu massage $5.4675 minute thai or shiatsu massage $5.465 massages for the cost of 4 $20.91

Date & Time -72 hrs in advance

Rosy Ramirez
Adolfo de Alsina 960 / 3C
Capital Federal, Buenos Aires

• Hours: Tue 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. & 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Wed 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Fri 2:30 pm.-4:00 p.m.
Sat & Sun 8:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m.

San Cristobal/At Your Home or Hotel

He doesn’t speak English but Sergio Steingold works on a lot of foreign clients. This is because he got a lot of experience setting up shop every Sunday in the heart of the San Telmo Fair, doing fifteen minute massages in an ergonomic chair. He calls his technique Chi-do, a fusion of a few different oriental styles including shiatsu and acupressure. The goal is to eradicate tension or blockages in the body caused by emotional stress. If you don’t speak Spanish don’t sweat it, Sergio is able to tune-in to problem areas without any help.

Sergio has since moved to Carlos Paz, Cordoba. Please get in touch through the contact form if you would like to make an appointment with him.

Sergio Steingold
Carlos Paz, Cordoba
• Hours: Mon-Sat. 9:00 a.m.—10:00 p.m.

Why Book Online

• Safety — give peace of mind to yourself and the masseuse with the understanding you are booking a legitimate therapeutic massage

• Savings —book through Wander-Argentina and receive your massage at a special discounted price of at least AR$20 off for our readers

• Knowledge — All the massage therapists listed here are trained and certified

• Booking — We will set up your appointment for you if you don’t speak Spanish. Make sure to indicate the date and time when you pay the deposit

Terms of online booking

• We will be in touch once we receive your deposit
• If you need to change your appointment, please do so 48 hours in advance
• Deposit is non-refundable if you miss your appointment without rescheduling
• After paying your AR$20 deposit, the remainder of the special published price is due at your session
• For additional questions, please contact us!

San Telmo

Reserve Online

1 hour shiatsu/acupressure massage $5.461.5 hour shiastu/accupressure massage $5.461 hour at home/hotel $5.461.5 hour at home/hotel $5.46

Date & Time -72 hrs in advance

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Are you a Buenos Aires-based trained and certified massage therapist who would be willing to give a discounted price to our readers for the security of online booking? For this and other inquiries get in touch via our contact form!

Onda Verde
4867-0000

Radio Taxi Pidalo (air-conditioning a bonus with this one)
4956-1200/4932-2222

Radio Taxi Tango
4862-2222

Premium
This is one of the big companies, you can even call a car through their website.
4374-6666
5238-0000

Radio Taxi Siglo
This company also services the suburbs of Buenos Aires
4633-4000

New Taxi
4551-1110
Nextel: 190*2523

photo:Sergio Savarese

Argentina is a popular destination all types of beauty procedures, not just plastic surgery, and for good reason. A treatment that in other countries would go for hundreds of Euros or dollars costs hundreds of pesos in Argentina. Nonetheless, the level of doctor training and technology rivals that of any northern country.

Those who have skin problems such as Rosacea, spider veins or dark spots but never received any treatment at home because of prohibitive costs may want to consider a cosmetic visit once they see the affordable prices for these treatments in Buenos Aires.

Palermo

Silvana Dato, a doctor who practices aesthetic medicine in Las Cañitas, estimates that around 80% of Porteños from the wealthier northern neighborhoods of the city regularly receive some kind of aesthetic treatment such as laser hair removal, micro-dermoabrasion or Botox. In her office a wide range of treatments are available so that the doctor can design a course of treatments specific to each patient’s needs. Popular treatments include laser hair removal, radio frequency to stimulate collagen production and revive the skin and mesotherapy, a treatment of tiny injections of pharmaceutical and homeopathic compounds to ‘kill’ fat cells and improve the appearance of the epidermis. Mesotherapy has long been used in Europe and South America but is considered controversial in the U.S.

The number one requested treatment here is laser hair removal, especially among male clients. In spite of the fact that the term ‘metrosexual’ has only recently been coined in Argentina, urban Argentine men aren’t adverse to pampering themselves, or at least getting some hair removed from their backs.

The best advertisement for Dr. Silvana Dato’s services is the doctor herself. The saucy 53 year-old says she’s never had any invasive beauty treatment such as plastic surgery. As a result, she is the personification of the concept of aging gracefully — she at once looks her age and remains gorgeous. Dato herself is shy about speaking English but her friendly staff includes young English speakers who can help translate. A bonus are the line of skincare products including a non-greasy sunblock that the doctor makes up herself.

Dr. Silvana Dato
Báez 570 1st floor
Las Cañitas
Tel: 4778-9401/4774-7279

Belgrano

Anti-aging, rejuvenative and longevity medicine specialist, Adrian Jaime may offer some treatments that seem unorthodox to those unfamiliar but he’s board certified and recommended by Argentina’s glossy fashion magazines. Among the treatments he offers are ‘Laser Beauty Shock’ and Thermage, ‘cellular skin cocktails’ that make frown and furrow lines less noticeable. Cellular Regeneration is a treatment program claimed to make clients feel and look ten years younger. It combines diet, exercise and natural extracts with pro-vitamin components, said to stimulate the immune system.

Medical Center of Skincare and Anti-aging
Dr. Adrian Jaime
Pampa 2802 – Piso 1 B
Tel.: 4786-3018

San Telmo

In the southern side of the city, at the edges of the San Telmo sits the low-key office of XY Alma Laser, the official spa treatment and skin care center for Axel Hotel, South America’s first five star gay hotel, which sits a block away. Here the latest laser technology is used for painless hair removal, again the most popular treatment. Several sessions are required to permanently remove pesky unwanted hairs, especially for those with course, dark hair.  Various promotions are on offer for a complete course of laser treatment to get rid of unwanted hairs for good. For those concerned with hair loss there’s a treatment for that too.

Those fighting the effects of aging on the body, changes from pregnancy or hardcore couch potatoes who want to pass on exercise can receive ten sessions of muscular electro-stimulation on the thighs and stomach for a total of AR$640. A facial with microdermabasion to deep clean all the grime of the city costs AR$100 per session. XY Alma is located on a block of San Telmo that may be startling to those new to the city (it sits across from a soup kitchen), but once you step inside the low lights and herbal infusions are meant to give visitors a ‘day spa’ experience.

XY Alma Laser
México 637
San Telmo
Tel:4331-6066

It could happen to you...

If you need a haircut in Buenos Aires and, like us, think beauty comes from within, no problem. You can just pop into any of the many barbershops or salons and take your chances on a AR$25-30 haircut. When you look in the mirror and see the result—which will probably be similar to a haircut you had in 1988, just shrug your shoulders and say to yourself, ‘Well, at least I blend in with the locals.’

If, on the other hand, your hair is important to you, getting a haircut in Buenos Aires can become a personal crisis if you’re not careful. The thing is that Argentina never got the memo that mullets—you know, the ‘serious in the front — party in the back’ haircut is the brunt of jokes worldwide. These days, Argentina takes the tragedy of the mullet even one step further — one of the most popular haircuts among young people now is the ‘dreadlock mullet.’

The 'dreadlock mullet'

Another hairdresser disaster for women to be weary about is getting a dye job — you might find yourself walking out of the salon with a porn-star blond coif if you don’t seek out a trusted professional. The potentially disastrous results are only compounded if your Spanish is a bit rusty. The moral of the story is, if you don’t want to play Russian Roulette with your hair, you’ll definitely want to make an appointment with someone who comes recommended.

That being said, if you are learning Spanish, getting a haircut in Spanish is one of those things that will serve as an excellent, if nerve-racking way to get some practice.

All over—Palermo

The stylist and colorist expats, male and female, rave about in Buenos Aires is actually a Canadian named Ryan. He used to work at a salon in Caballito but is popular enough that he was able to break out on his own and now works mostly out of his Palermo studio, but can also do house calls. Some say he is truly an artist, but his popularity might make it hard to pin him down for an appointment. Ryan’s cuts start at $100, coloring can run anywhere from AR$90-400 depending on the difficulty. Tellingly, Ryan often does color corrections for $AR 200-. If you need good hair at any cost, call Ryan.

Ryan Oakley
Palermo Viejo/all over Buenos Aires
Tel: 15 -3050-2076
E-mail: r_oakley@hotmail. com

Recoleta

Guys looking for a haircut and a shave in Recoleta could try a basic barbershop such as Aldo Arias peluquería which gives basic cuts for AR$40.

Aldo Arias
Parana 947
Recoleta
Tel: 4812.4176
hours: 9:30am-3 pm

If you believe paying a bit more may increase the chances that you’ll get a haircut you’re happy with you could try the high energy salon Volumen 3 in Recoleta where a basic trendy haircut and style starts at AR$50.

Volumen 3
Paraná 1163
Tel: 4815-0508/8424
hours: 10-10 everyday, except Sunday

Palermo/Caballito

If you’re adventurous, have $AR80 or so to burn and are looking for a ‘rock star’ haircut, you could try the flashy salon, Roho which has two locations, one in Palermo and one in Caballito. The owner, Horacio, the rock n’ roller’s barber of choice, works at the Caballito location. If you head to Roho, just keep in mind that some Argentine rockers stuck in the 80′s do still wear mullets and you may walk out with one yourself, but it will be the most rockin’ mullet ever!

Roho Palermo
Malabia 1931
Tel: 4833-7227 / 9545
•Hours: 11am-9pm

Rojo Caballito
Pasaje Republica de Indonesia 66
Tel: (54 11) 44901-3292 / 4904 0236
• Hours: everyday, 11am -8pm

San Telmo

If you just want a quick and cheap trim at a down-to-earth walk-in salon in San Telmo try Luis César Almarás, a plastic artist and stylist who can give you a basic cut starting at $25. We enjoy the repartee he has with his 80-year old mom, who helps out washing hair. You can also check out his art and amusing personal notes written to himself that adorn the walls. Luis can do whatever you like and has no problem giving non-traditional cuts, but be forewarned: don’t tell him to do whatever he wants — he is an abstract artist after all. Walk-in only, no appointments.

Almarás
Taquari 671
San Telmo
Tel: 15-6271-7900
15-5135-5147
• Hours:Mon-Sat 9:30am-8pm, closed Sun

Barrio Norte

The name is quite boring, the pricing is mid-range to high but Nuevo Club Buenos Aires, a funky place downtown gives reliably stylish men’s and women’s cuts and delivers them with attitude as well. They also offer a few extra services, such as massages, manicures and pedicures, and they even serve alcoholic drinks along with the usual tea and coffee. Getting a haircut here is a social occasion, and the staff are fun as well as skillful. They are also the kind of hairdressers who offer useful suggestions regarding your hairstyle, rather than just ask you what you want (which for guys who typically doesn’t have a whole bunch of ideas about what haircut he wants, is important). Here it does depend somewhat on who you end up with as your stylist. Ask for Diego, who speaks English and gives great men’s cuts, avoid ‘Cubi’. Prices start from about AR$50.

Nuevo Club Bs. As.
Marcelo T. De Alvear 1217
Barrio Norte
Tel: (54-11) 4813-5947, 5235-0007
info@nuevoclubbsas.com.ar
• Hours: 10am – 8pm

Cerini, with its four locations across the city, is always at the, er, cutting edge of Argentine and international style and is a place where fashionable Porteños get their hair cut. Ask for Andres at the Barrio Norte store. The basic cut costs AR$55.

Cerini
Marcelo T. De Alvear 1471
Barrio Norte
Tel: (5411) 4813-3594
• Hours: Mon—Sat: 8am-10pm

Belgrano

Cerini Belgrano
Sucre 2245
Belgrano
Tel:  4787-3400

Suburbs

Vedia 3626
Dot Baires Shopping
Tel: 5777-9703

Alvear 370
Martinez, Zona Norte
Tel: 4792-4990