Patagonia 🐧
Whale-Watching in Patagonia: Discover the Magic — While You Still Can
Whale-watching on the coastal waters of Patagonia is a transcendent experience that gives a rare glimpse into the life of majestic Southern Right Whales. While Argentina boasts several whale-watching locations,…
Welsh in Argentina: Hearty Settlers of Patagonia
The Welsh community in Argentina has an intriguing and little-known history. In the 1860s Welsh emigrants, seeking to preserve their language and culture, left Wales to establish a settlement on…
Travel Considerations📌
Buenos Aires Graffiti: A Unique Tour to See the City’s Best Street Art
The abundance of street art in Buenos Aires makes the city itself an ever-evolving art gallery. Discover the city’s best street art on a Buenos Aires Graffiti Tour showcasing some…
Mataderos Fair: A Gaucho Market on the Outskirts of Buenos Aires
The Feria de Mataderos is the largest outdoor craft fair in Argentina. Here cowboys known as gauchos show off their horsemanship, dancers cavort to the sound of Argentine folk tunes, and food stands offer various delicious regional dishes.
Discover the Spooky Side of Buenos Aires 👻
Ghosts of the Buenos Aires Subway
The ghosts of Buenos Aires don’t just hang out in its elegant cemeteries and famous landmarks, Latin America’s oldest subway line is quite spooky in parts as well. Line A…
Haunted Buenos Aires: Ghost Stories of the City
Buenos Aires is a lively metropolis, but it has a spooky side. After all, one of its main tourist attractions is a VIP cemetery, parts of the city were constructed…
Food + Drink ☕
The Allure of the Traditional Buenos Aires Cafe
To get a feel for the soul of Buenos Aires, it’s necessary to sample a variety of Buenos Aires cafe-eateries for a taste of Porteño life. The café-bar restaurants you…
A Guide to Pizza in Buenos Aires & Where to Find the Best Pies
Buenos Aires is one of the world’s great pizza capitals, at least in the sheer number of pizzerias. You can’t walk a city block without passing a pizza joint, or…
Malbec: Argentina’s Signature Red Wine
You haven’t really been to Argentina unless you’ve enjoyed a glass of Malbec with a big juicy steak. The ubiquitous Argentine nectar made from the deep purple Malbec grape had…
Guide to Ordering Coffee like a Local
Ordering coffee like a local is the first step to fully immerse yourself in Argentina’s vibrant coffee culture. Italian coffee culture has spread worldwide in the last thirty years or…
Argentine Spanish 🇦🇷
Where to Learn Spanish in Buenos Aires: Public & Private Schools
Argentina is a great place to study Spanish. It’s a vast, beautiful country packed with culture, and the local twist on Spanish, Castellano makes it even cooler. While most Argentines…
Lunfardo: The Dirty Slang of Buenos Aires
Lunfardo is a jargon of about 5,000 words that emerged among the lower classes in Buenos Aires in the second half of the 19th century. The slang first grew out…
Argentinismos: Weird Spanish Words Found Only in Argentina
Argentina was isolated from other Spanish speaking countries in its early history. This resulted in there being some vocabulary that is unique to the country (that even native Spanish speakers…
¿Spanish? ¿Castellano? Unique Characteristics of Argentine Spanish
Those who come to Argentina to learn the language will find that its interpretation of the Spanish language is every bit as unique as the country itself. Visitors quickly discover…
Experiences in Buenos Aires 🧉
Driving & Car Rental
Argentina is a huge country with many out-of-the-way scenic areas that lend themselves to road trips, particularly in Patagonia, Mendoza‘s wine country, the around the Andean Northwest and to visit…
Buenos Aires Tango Shows & Activities
For many, tango is synonymous with Argentina. Seeing a tango show in Buenos Aires is one of those obligatory tourist activities visitors feel compelled to do, just like seeing a…