Couples dance in a public milonga to the nostalgic sounds of tango now heard city-wide during Buenos Aires’ biggest winter festival, the Buenos Aires Tango Festival. Starting today, the Stage Tango semifinals will take place at the Centro de Exposiciones. Competitions between some of the world’s best tango duo’s taking place during the next […]
Archives for August 2013
Buenos Aires Tango Festival & World Cup
Every August it’s time to put on a sultry face and slide into a tight embrace on the dance floor at the Buenos Aires’ Tango Festival. At this yearly tango festival, tango aficionados and international visitors enjoy live tango orchestras, dance shows and competitions, tango-related films, art exhibitions and of course milongas (dance parties), celebrating […]
Casa Rosada Museum: A Modern Museum in the City’s 1st Fort
Just around the corner from the Plaza de Mayo is the sleek Casa Rosada Museum. This museum was built in 2010 and originally called the Bicentenary Museum to commemorate 200 years since the start of the revolution that led to Argentina’s independence. The sprawling museum is below street level, and lies on the spot where […]
Foto of the Week — Metrobus on 9 de Julio
A new Metrobus station on 9 de Julio Avenue, the week of its debut. The new section of the Metrobus allows for bus-only rapid transit lanes on 9 de Julio Avenue, and diverts buses that previously ran down the narrow streets of San Telmo, Monserrat and Microcentro. The 3 km route is traveled by a […]
