Buenos Aires Travel Guide

A country's tragedy has become a tourist's opportunity, and in between the two is a vastly improved economy for Buenos Aires, the glamorous capital of Argentina. Up until the peso crisis of December 2001, Buenos Aires was regarded as Latin America's most expensive city, if not one of the world's, with prices for some hotels and restaurants rivaling those of New York and Paris. Many on the South American-tourist crawl avoided this sophisticated and beautiful city altogether, staying in the cheaper capitals of the countries that surrounded it. But now that the peso, once on par with the U.S. dollar, has fallen to a third of its former value and stabilized there, tourists from all over the world are flocking to this city, often called the Paris of South America. I have to admit that since the 2005 edition of this guide, prices have gone up, most considerably in terms of hotels. Still, the city is a relative bargain, as the enormous number of tourists here will tell you. Tourism has become the third most important component of Argentina's economy, with Buenos Aires the main recipient of visitors. Read More

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Enjoy the night life! Buenos Aires is a beautiful city and the people are incredibly friendly. So go out all night and don't get home until 8 a.m. and then get empanadas—guaranteed to satisfy... and if that doesn't work then get Milanesa! So good!
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