The 2011 Buenos Aires’ Tango Festival

The 2011 Buenos Aires World Tango Festival, now in its 11th addition runs from August 16th until August 30th. This year’s festival is a few days shorter in duration than last year’s event but it still packs a tango punch with over 150 live shows, classes, conferences and other activities featuring over 500 national and [...]

Best of San Telmo Fair: Street Performers

Living Statues Elaborately costumed human mannequins are ubiquitous around San Telmo on Sundays. Among the favorites are both of the genteel Carlos Gardels — one works on Humberto Primo and the other works along Defensa. You’ll also see the ‘windswept office workers,’ who can also sometimes be seen on Florida Street. Clowns, Crazies and Personalities [...]

Florida St.—Galería Güemes Through the Years

← continued from: Florida Street—The Gath and Chavez Building Galería Güemes is another art nouveau jewel on downtown’s Florida Street, but you wouldn’t know it from glancing at it street side. After a 1971 fire caused serious damage to the exterior of the 1915 building it was modernized and rebuilt with a rather unfortunate glass [...]

Tanguero Hotel — Elegance Beyond the Usual Clichés

The Tanguero Hotel in downtown Buenos Aires manages to avoid the gaudiness and accentuate the elegance associated with that most ubiquitous Buenos Aires’ pastime — tango. All the usual references do appear in this boutique hotel – the tango hat, black and white checkered floors and the images of the most famous tango singer of [...]