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The Best Argentine Movies and TV Shows to Stream Online

Perfect for lovers of movies or those just looking for another series to binge-watch online, we’ve gathered a list of the best Argentine films and TV shows to watch this year. Including a whole range of genres, from crime dramas to unmissable classics, the question, “What should I watch on Netflix tonight?” will never be […]

Yerba Mate: A Guide to Argentina’s Popular Pick-Me-Up Tea

It’s a daily ritual, a symbol of Argentine identity, and a South American superfood. Yerba mate is Argentina’s official national drink and the country’s second most-consumed beverage after water. Across Argentina, people have mate on the mind when they place the kettle on the stove first thing in the morning. A good day starts with […]

Football Argentina: The Classic Teams & Famous Rivalries

Argentina’s First Division-Superliga (Super League) represents the best teams in the Argentine football. Argentina’s First Division Championship is considered one of the best in the world of football, so it’s hard to imagine that the first organized game took place at Buenos Aires Cricket club in 1867. In 1893 Argentina was the first country aside […]

El Ateneo Grand Splendid: South America’s Most Beautiful Bookstore

Buenos Aires is a city full of not-to-missed architectural attractions. Among them is South America’s most opulent bookstore, El Ateneo Grand Splendid. This book lover’s palace located in the old Grand Splendid Theater retains all the decadence of an Italian opera house and is the ideal place to revel in Buenos Aires’ celebrated literary tradition. […]

The Teatro Colón: Argentina’s Most Resplendent Theater

One of Buenos Aires’ finest landmarks, the grand Teatro Colón occupies an entire city block and an even larger space in the hearts and minds of Argentines. The theater is rated as one of the best five opera houses in the world for acoustics and overall comes in at number three, after La Scala in […]

Haunted Buenos Aires: Ghost Stories of the City

Buenos Aires is a lively metropolis but it has a spooky side. Parts of the city were constructed on top of old burial grounds, soldiers died on the streets of San Telmo while fighting the English, torture occurred in secret prisons during the Dirty War, and a central tourist attraction is a VIP cemetery. While […]

Galerías Pacífico: Florida Street’s Shopping Mall

The 1991 debut of Buenos Aires’ downtown shopping mall, Galerías Pacífico, is what saved downtown’s Florida Street from becoming a complete ghost town in the 1990’s. The opening of the three-floor 180-shop mall was also a financial blow to the already hemorrhaging Harrods Buenos Aires a block away, and in part led to Harrods Buenos […]

Abasto Shopping: An Old-Time Market Turned Mall

Abasto, the huge art deco style complex in the neighborhood of the same name, is Buenos Aires largest shopping mall. The mall’s distinguished façade along Corrientes Avenue features five huge leaded glass archways that are emblematic of the neighborhood, especially when lit in the evening. Inside, a huge atrium floods the building with natural light. […]

The Naval Center: A Beaux-Arts Gem on Florida St.

At 801 Florida Street, across from Galerías Pacifíco, the huge arched doorway overlooked by an ornate cast iron sea nymph blowing his bugle gives a hint to the magnificence inside. The 1914 Beaux-Arts building, one of Florida Street’s architectural gems, is home to the Argentine Naval Center. The naval club, founded in 1882, is a […]