Useful information about Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires has always been an open-door city. Its inhabitants are called Porteños, which makes reference to the fact that the city is a port.
Porteños are warm and hospitable: they usually invite tourists for lunch or dinner at their homes and prepare typical food.

The characteristic infusion is the mate. It is prepared by pouring warm water into a gourd, also called “mate” that contains “yerba mate”.
Some people add sugar into the infusion, but most of the “Porteños” prefer "amargo" (a mate without sugar).

Language & Slang language
Spanish is the official language. Most of the people working in areas related to tourism speak English fluently.

The argentine Spanish slang is spoken in Buenos Aires by the "porteños" (the inhabitants of Buenos Aires). Slang is usually not spoken when a formal conversation is taking place. It’s also used in tango lyrics, called “lunfardo” slang created as deformation of the origin language by immigrants.

ARGENTINA TOURIST INFORMATION:
Secretaría de Turismo de la Nación ( National Tourism Office ) Santa Fe Av. 883, Bs As. Tel: (5411) 4312-5550 or 4312-2232 info@turismo.gov.ar

BUENOS AIRES CLIMATE & WEATHER

Buenos Aires has a temperate climate with average temperatures ranging from 35°C (94°F) in January to 10°C (50°F) in July. The heaviest rain falls during the winter months, though rain can be expected at any time of year.

The climate of Buenos Aires is mild all year round. The mean annual temperature is 18º C (64.4º F), making extremely hot and cold days very infrequent. Thus, visitors can enjoy walking around the city in any season.

July is the coldest month. Although frosts are rare, a woollen coat, a jacket or an overcoat and a scarf will be required when going out. In winter, cold is moderate during the day, but temperature considerably drops at night.

In summer, the weather is hot and humid. Mornings are warm and during midday and the first hours of the afternoon, the temperature rises. At night, temperature goes down slightly, so people may wear light clothes; coats are not needed.

Rains are more frequent in autumn and spring (from March to June and from September to December, respectively). They are mild or last a short time, thus activities are not hampered and people usually go out with an umbrella or a raincoat.

In the sunny days of autumn and spring, mornings are slightly cold; the temperature rises at midday and drops again at night.

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Museums in Buenos Aires

In Buenos Aires there are 132 museums of different kinds: art, history, science, technology, to name but a few.

They range from those designed especially for children to the Museo de la Pasión Boquense (Museum of Passion for Boca), which recreates the history and sports achievements of the Atlético Boca Juniors Club, located in emblematic La Boca neighborhood.
There are some other museums of theaters, Creole customs (recreating the life of Gauchos), religious matters, sculpture, painting and significant personalities in Argentine history.

In this wide variety, the Museo Evita (Evita Museum) clearly stands out, it exhibits the life and work of Eva Perón. Indeed, Evita’s clothes and other belongings are kept there, and also items from the Foundation she had created to help poor people. There is a multimedia show for visitors to relive parts of her speeches, watch a video of her funeral and the farewell her people bade her.

Lately, one of the most attended has been the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires), also known as MALBA. Not only does it show works by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Antonio Berni and Guillermo Kuitca but it also holds exhibitions and lectures, filming sessions, and meetings arranged by companies or institutions.

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Author: Alejandro Xul Solar Título: Pareja Date: 1923 Technique: Acuarela sobre papel montado sobre cartulina Dimensions: 27,7 x 33,9

Author: Diego Rivera Title: Retrato de Ramón Gómez de la Serna o Retrato de don Ramón Gómez de la Serna Date: 1915 Technique: Óleo sobre tela Dimensions: 109,6 x 90,2

Author: Frida Kahlo Title: Autorretrato con chango y loro Date: 1942 Technique: Óleo sobre masonite Dimensions: 54,6 x 43,2

Author: Antonio Berni Title: Manifestación Date: 1934 Technique: Temple sobre arpillera Dimensions: 180 x 249,5

The Costantini Collection consists of a selection of more than two hundred works, including drawings, paintings, sculptures and objects by 78 artists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela. The body of works allows us to appreciate both the coincidences and the differences among the great Latin American artists, and to allow for a new reading of Latin American art history.

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Buenos Aires and Iguazú Falls.

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After you city sightsee there is a special spot in Argentina you must see.
It’s a place were nature is all over it.

Iguazu falls

Iguazú Falls are beautiful. This special spot in Argentina, gives you good energy and clear air.

In Misiones, Puerto Iguazú is the gateway to the majestic Iguazú Falls (parts of which are located in neighboring Brazil). The falls are located within the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Iguazú National Park, whose subtropical rainforest provides a habitat for over 2000 identified plant species and 400 bird species. The Iguazú Falls are formed by the River Paraná which, before reaching the edge, divides into many channels. The most impressive of these is the Garganta del Diablo (Devil’s Throat), which can be approached via a system of catwalks. At their highest point, the falls have a vertical drop more than one and a half times the full length of Niagara Falls. Visitors can catch a good view of the falls from a tower near the visitor center, which also organizes free trips to the Isla San Martín, another good lookout point from which to catch an extensive and crowd-free view.

Dance some Tango!

Tango is a dance. Tango is passion, sensual, elegant and pure feeling.
Erotic and passionate, haunting and melancholic, it involves not only the body but also the soul. It takes two to Tango.

Tango has captured the popular imagination for over one hundred years to become at the end of the twentieth century, no less than an international cult.

Tango soon began to gain popularity in Europe, beginning in France. Superstar Carlos Gardel soon became a sex symbol who brought the tango to new audiences, especially in the United States, due to his sensual depictions of the dance on film. In the 1920s, tango moved out of the lower-class brothels and became a more respectable form of music and dance.

The later age of tango has been dominated by Ástor Piazzolla, whose Adiós nonino became the most influential work of tango since Carlos Gardel's El día que me quieras was released. During the 1950s, Piazzolla consciously tried to create a more academic form with new sounds breaking the classic forms of tango, earning the derision of purists and old-time performers. The 1970s saw Buenos Aires developing a fusion of jazz and tango.

Source: Wikipedia.com

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What is a picada?

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Picada: Appetizers. Snacks.

A tray full off little pieces of all kind of cheese, sausages, ham, parma ham, salami, olives, all kind of snacks, bread, etc.

It is usually eaten with beer (lager or stout) or red wines.

The picada usually has :

Aceitunas: Olives (green or black)

Jamón cocido: Ham

Jamón crudo: Parma Ham

Maní salado: salty peanut, it is usually eaten with beer.
Pan: Bread

Pan negro/integral: whole-grain bread

Queso: Cheese

Salame: Salami

Salchicha: Sausage

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Eating in Buenos Aires

Local dining is famous for the quantity and quality of meat offered, but visitors may chose from a wide variety of regional dishes and cuisine influenced by the immigrants who settled here from across Europe and Asia.

In Buenos Aires there are Italian, Spanish, Japanese, French, Nordic, Mexican Chinese, Arab, Turkish and Armenian restaurants. There are also a number of restaurants that serve aphrodisiac, vegetarian and macrobiotic food. The variety of restaurants covers a range from sophisticated to fast food chains satisfying every taste and every pocket.

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Address: Defensa 1072 - San Telmo - Buenos Aires


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Address: Magallanes 874 - Caminito, La Boca - Buenos Aires

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Museums:

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Address: Av. Figueroa Alcorta 2270 Cap Fed

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Adress: J.M.Gutiérrez 3926. Gran patio. Buenos Aires.

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Address in:
Capital Federal
Las Cañitas I - Ortega y Gasset 1812
Las Cañitas II - Báez 268
Puerto Madero - Alicia M. de Justo 286
Puerto Madero Este - Patrona Eyle 471
Recova de Posadas - Av. 9 de Julio 1465
Próximamente: Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
Buenos Aires
Acassuso - Av. del Libertador 15266
Pilar - Panamericana Km 42,5. Edificio Blue Building
Nordelta - Paseo de la Bahía. Bahía Grande
Castelar - Av. Santa Rosa 1495
Costa Atlántica
Mar del Plata - Bernardo de Irigoyen 3947. Playa Grande