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Buenos Aires

Pack plenty of energy for Buenos Aires. It is big, beautiful and buzzing. The city revels in its vibrant nightlife, but as UNESCO's first City of Design, it also offers lots to do by day with a multitude of parks, cafés and ice-cream joints for chilling out.The credit crisis has reached the city but porteños just shrug and say they've seen it all before. Be patient with the chaotic transport, regular strikes and demonstrations.

 

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Essentials

01 Everyone and everything is always behind schedule.
02 Buenos Aires is a sporty town. Pack for a run in the parks or a yoga class, or try biketours.com.ar
03 Even male friends greet each other with a kiss on the cheek.
04 Endear yourself to shopkeepers by paying with small change: coins are like gold dust.
05 You can dress up to the nines or down in trainers and jeans, but do avoid the terrible 1980s haircuts enjoying a revival here.

Hotels

Independent and easy
Mine Hotel Boutique
4770 Gorriti
+ 54 11 4832 1100
minehotel.com

Dependable chain
Sofitel Buenos Aires
841-849 Arroyo
+ 54 11 4131 0000
sofitel.com

Premium
Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt
1661 avenida Alvear
+ 54 11 5171 1234
buenosaires.park.hyatt.com


Dining

Fast breakfast
Havanna
Dozens of locations
havanna.com.ar

Business breakfast
Museo Renault
3399 Figueroa Alcorta
+ 54 11 4802 9626
mrenault.com.ar

Mid-morning coffee
Croque Madame
1902 avenida del Libertador
+ 54 11 4806 8639
croquemadame.com.ar

Working lunch with colleagues
Tancat
645 Paraguay,
Centro
+ 54 11 4312 5442

Need-to-impress clients lunch
Osaka
5608 Soler
+ 54 11 4775 6964
osaka.com.pe

Lunch on your own
El Claustro
(Santa Catalina)
705 San Martin
+ 54 11 4312 0235
elclaustrosc.com.ar

Afternoon tea/drink
High tea at the Alvear Palace Hotel
1891 avenida Alvear
+ 54 11 4808 2100
alvearpalace.com

Dinner on your own
Museo Evita Restaurant
3926 José María Gutiérrez
+ 54 11 4800 1599
museoevita.org

Dinner with colleagues
La Cabrera
5099 Cabrera
+ 54 11 4831 7002

Private dinner
Café San Juan
450 avenida San Juan
+ 54 11 4300 1112

Big dinner with partner/clients
Tomo I
521 Carlos Pellegrini
+ 54 11 4326 6695

Drink after dinner
Milión
1048 Paraná
+ 54 11 4815 9925
milion.com.ar

Late drinks
Gran Bar Danzón
1161 Libertad
+ 54 11 4811 1108
granbardanzon.com.ar

On the tiles
Mundo Bizarro
1222 Serrano
+ 54 11 4773 1967
mundobizarrobar.com


Reading

Bookshop
Librería El Ateneo
1860 avenida Santa Fe
+ 54 11 4811 6104
lsf.com.ar


Thank yous

Stationery
Galeria Wusmann
574 Venezuela
+ 54 11 4331 1887
wussmann.com


Shopping

Something you can't get anywhere else
Tango shoes at Comme Il Faut
1239 Arenales,
Suite 3m
+ 54 11 4815 5690
commeilfaut.com.ar

Lost luggage - where to buy shirts, socks and underwear
Galerías Pacífico
Florida and Córdoba streets
+ 54 11 5555 5110
galeriaspacifico.com.ar

Something for someone you love
Paper goods from Papelera Palermo
4945 Honduras
+ 54 4833 3081
papelerapalermo.com.ar

Something for the kids
Wooden toys at Recursos Infantiles
1766 Borges
+ 54 11 4834 6177
recursosinfantiles.com.ar


Two-hour tour

01
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (malba)
3415 avenida Figueroa
Alcorta
+ 54 11 4808 6500
malba.org.ar

02
Recoleta Cemetery
1790 Junin
+ 54 11 4804 7040

03
Fundación PROa
1929 avenida Pedro de Mendoza
+ 54 11 4104 1000
proa.org


Limousine/car
Remis Buenos Aires
40 José María Moreno,
Piso 4
+ 54 11 4903 3202
emisbuenosaires.com.ar

Transport
Buy a Guia "T" street map
It costs 3-4 pesos/€1 in a kiosk and a Subtepass multi-trip card for the metro (70 centavos a trip).

The subway (subte.com.ar) is much simpler than the bus system and faster than a taxi for most journeys.


Fitness

Running route
Bosques de Palermo
Enter Parque 3 de febrero at Avenida del Libertador and Sarmiento.

Alternative diversion
Riding at Club Hípico
Argentino
7285 avenida Figueroa
Alcorta
+ 54 11 4786 0262
clubhipicoargentino.org.ar

Credits

Writer: Ian Mount
Writer: Cintra Scott

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