Ride-hailing apps such as Uber are a popular option for visitors to Buenos Aires and other large cities in Argentina. They are often more cost efficient and also remove some of the uncertainty or confusion that language issues can cause using a normal city taxi. In Buenos Aires particularly, using ride services is less stressful […]
Buenos Aires Airport Pick-up & Transfers
Argentina’s main international airport, Ministro Pistarini (commonly called Ezeiza) is 35 km from the Buenos Aires city center and is not serviced by subway or light-rail. After a long international flight landing in Ezeiza’s chaotic arrivals area, the last thing you want to do is change money at the airport (you’ll get a horrible rate, […]
Gualeguaychú Travel Information
Carnival takes place in Gualeguaychú from the beginning of January until early March, but February is the main carnival month here and around Argentina. Gualeguaychú and the entire province of Entre Rios is otherwise a laid-back, pretty, and generally under-appreciated Argentine destination. Getting to Gualeguaychú from Buenos Aires Gualeguaychu is 225 km north of Buenos […]
How to Get to Tigre from Buenos Aires
There are two trains, a couple of buses and a commuter boat that go to Tigre from Buenos Aires. • Mitre Train The most economical way to get to Tigre from Buenos Aires is via the Linea Mitre train. This train begins at Retiro station. This line has a new viaduct which has cut travel […]
Subte: The Buenos Aires Subway
Part of the daily grind for residents, visitors will find the Buenos Aires subte provides fluorescent-hued flickerings of insight into the lives of porteños of all incomes. In among tired workers, embracing couples and entire families on day trips, panhandlers make their pleas and vendors plug anything from chewing gum to mini-sewing machines and musicians […]
