Buenos Aires Golf Club
Location: Bella Vista, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 22 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 45´
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 6,860

The Buenos Aires Golf Club was inaugurated in 1994 with 2 events of international importance: The Argentina Open (Abierto de la República Argentina) and The Andes Cup (Copa Los Andes). In its short 10 years of life, it had the privilege of hosting in the year 2000 the World Cup EMC2, where some of the best players of the world participated, with the exclusive presence of the winners Tiger Woods and David Duval. Its 27-hole course, designed by the architect Robert Von Hagge, is ranked among the most important golf courses of South America and the best of Argentina. Even though it represents a big challenge for golf players, due to the many tees in each hole, it also turns out to be very versatile when adapting to the different levels of the game.

Jockey Club Argentino
Location: San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 27 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 25´
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 6,569

The Jockey Club is a very traditional club, of which many Argentinean presidents were members. It was founded in 1880 and has 36 golf holes designed by the best designer of the century, Allister Mackenzie. He was the same designer of Augusta National, venue of the Masters Tournament. Its two courses (blue and red) are characterized by having holes designed for the strategic player. It was the venue of the most important tournaments, such as the World Cup, the European Tour and amateur championships. Also, in this place, the best players of history played, such as Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Byron Nelson and many more.

Olivos Golf Club
Location: Los Polvorines, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 22 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 40´
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 6,705

The Olivos Golf Club is, by far, one of the best courses of the country. In this course, the Masters Tournament took place for 14 consecutive years; the winners were international golf stars, such as Payne Stewart, Bernard Langher, Gary Player, De Vicenzo, Vicente Fernández, Craig Stadler. The Argentina Open took place here several times together with important amateur tournaments. These 27 holes are characterized by counting with a ground with drops surrounded by aged tress making up a golf paradise.

Martindale Golf & C.C.
Location: Pilar, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 34 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 45´
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 6,900

In the past, Martindale was a farm owned by an Englishman. With the passing of time, the possibility of developing there an important property project was thought, making the most of the beauty of the place and its comfortable location. In 1988, Caprile and Capdepont started the building work of the course in what used to be the park of the farm. The idea was to build a course that could be enjoyed by the members of the club and at the same time worth of a great championship. The course was inaugurated in 1989 and it’s a par 72 of 6,900 yards, making up one of the best rounds of Argentina. Not only because of the exquisite design that the architects achieved, keeping the essence of the old park, but also because of the beauty of the place and the excellent maintenance of the field. This court was venue of the most important tournaments of the country, including the Argentine Open and the Amateurs Argentine Championship.

Pilar Golf Club
Location: Fátima, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 37 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 60´
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 7,212

Aimed to be one of the best courses of Argentina, this course of 27 holes presents a great difficulty and experience for all the levels. The championship course White and Blue (Blancas y Azules) is a par 72 of 7,123 yards. The course is open with low ridges on the sides of the fairways and water in many holes. The fairways are of Bermuda grass and are in a very good condition during all the year. As regards the greens, they are made up of bent grass with a good speed. The club counts with the best facilities, making you enjoy after playing. The course was venue of important national tournaments such as the Argentine Professional Championship in more than one occasion and the Argentine Amateur Championship.

Highland Park Country Club
Location: Del Viso, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 28 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 35´
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 7,000

This is one of the most daring courses of Buenos Aires, a clear example of this is that it is par 72 but it’s qualified as par 73,8. This is due to its length (almost 7,000 yds), its innumerable obstacles (fairways and water hazards in the majority of its holes) and its fast greens. It’s a beautiful golf course with an enviable maintenance that, together with the difficulty it presents, gained the right to be the venue of the most important tournaments of the Argentine Ranking of Amateur players.

Hurlingham Golf Club
Location: Hurligham, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 17 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 35´
Par of the Course: 71
Yards: 6,349

The first 9 holes of Hurlingham Club were inaugurated in 1892 and the second 9 holes in 1922. As many courses of English origin, it was built near a train station. It’s a par 71 of 6,349 yards that, as all the courses of that time, is characterized by its small and fast greens and narrow fairways. Hurlingham is always a nice place to visit, because of the excellent maintenance of the course as well as the beauty of its surroundings. It was venue of the Argentine Open many times and of the most important tournaments of the Amateurs Ranking.

Los Lagartos Golf & C.C.
Location: Pilar, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 31 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 45´
Par of the Course: 71,72 or 73
Yards: 6,443

The Country Club Los Lagartos was founded in 1969, with the aim to get the family together through sport activities. In this same year the golf course was inaugurated by the famous Alberto and Emilio Serra in the surroundings of Burgueño and Pinazo streams, next to Panamericana route. From the beginning, its 18 holes, of American style, had wide fairways and huge tees. The length of the fairways makes unnecessary the presence of the rough. Its greens, bent-cross, give the ball speed and precision to the stroke. Its fairways are challenging because of its dog-leg and the strategic position of the water hazards, making the game more difficult for any player. In 1998 Emilio Serra and son designed and built 9 holes that, combined with the 18 original, allow for three 18-hole rounds (La Vieja of 3294 yards, Del Aguas of 3062 yards and La Larga of 3381 yards).

San Isidro Golf Club
Location: San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 15 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 25´
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 6,644

Like the Jockey Club, this Club stands out because of its easy and fast access from the City of Buenos Aires. Taking into account the level of the court we are talking about, this is an important advantage over other courses. Juan Dentone designed and directed the construction work resulting in a challenging course par 72 and 6644 yards. It was inaugurated on November 10th, 1928. Venue of the most important tournaments in Argentina, the San Isidro Golf Club presents a high-level competitive court with an excellent maintenance. It is characterized by a beautiful design combined with high-level greens.

San Andres Golf Club
Location: San Martín, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 10 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 25´
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 6,504

The San Andrés Golf Club is the doyen of the golf clubs in Argentina, because, even if its current name and location exists since 1907, in fact it’s a continuation of the first golf club that was created in the country in 1892. The Club carries the name of the St. Andrew’s club of Scotland, venue of the oldest traditional entity of golf in the world: The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrew's. The 18-hole course was designed by the professional Scottish Mungo Park. It’s par 72 for the gentlemen and par 73 for the ladies. It is considered one of the most renowned courses due to its tradition and difficulty. With its 6472 yards, it has a rough that challenges even the most skilled players. Many of the most famous events in golf history took place in this court. The club hosted the Argentina Open 21 times. And the master player Roberto De Vicenzo won in two occasions the San Andres Open. De Vicenzo is an honorary member of the Club. Also the Amateurs National Championship, the oldest tournament of golf in Argentina, took place in the Club in 29 occasions. The Argentine Inter-clubs Championships may be part of this brief description, as, apart from having been venue many times, the Club won the Tournament 14 times.

Los Pinguinos Golf & C.C.
Location: Ituzaingo, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 22 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 40´
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 6,667

The Country Club Los Pingüinos started being a Polo club. With the passing of the years, the members built their houses and, due to its proximity to the capital city, they saw the possibility of residing there. That was why the infrastructures of the club were developed, among them the possibility to build a golf course. The course is par 72 with 6667 yards and was inaugurated in 1992. The course is surrounded by woods in a rural environment, making a difference. Its design is modern; its greens are fast and with much movement, making this course a challenge for any player.

Ranelagh Golf Club
Location: Ranelagh, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 28 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 40´
Par of the Course: 73
Yards: 6,581

The Ranelagh Golf Club was inaugurated in 1938. It’s an old English club that was built by a group of members, employees of a Railroad company, owner of the lands. It’s a challenging par 73 of 6581 yards, characterized by having an excellent maintenance and a great forestation. It also stands out by having a renowned tradition as it is the cradle of the best Argentine player of all times, Roberto de Vicenzo.

San Eliseo Golf & Country Club
Location: San Vicente, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: from Buenos Aires 25 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 50 min
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 7051

Chosen by the Master Roberto de Vicenzo as the “course of my dreams”, the San Eliseo golf course has 148 acres and was built under the USGA norms, following the requirements of the highest international levels. It’s an 18-hole course par 72 of 7051 yards and it is crossed by seven big lakes that, besides giving attractive difficulties to the game, provide a magnificent scenery and form a system that guarantees an ideal drainage of the ground, even in the worse weather conditions. It has the biggest greens of South America and one of the best as regards its maintenance. The Club counts with a tees and greens’ supervisor and another person who supervises the rest of the court, which allows having always a course in excellent conditions, delighting the ones that visit San Eliseo. Inaugurated in April, 2005, San Eliseo Golf & Country Club is venue, every year, of three important tournaments for professional players: The Open Championship and Seniors Argentine Championship, the Roberto de Vicenzo Classic and the Professional Argentine Championship.

Abril Club de Campo
Location: Hudson, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 21 miles from Buenos Aires
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 35 min
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 7000

Abril Country & Golf Club is one of the most traditional places of Argentina. The country was once a farm owned by the Pereyra Iraola family. Then the family decided to sell the 771 acres where Abril Country Club is now situated. The course is par 72 of 6452 yards with an American style. The first nine are located in the new area of the country, while the second nine were built around the old park of the farm. The greens are of agrostis, making them fast. As regards the fairways and the tees, they are composed by tifway grass, and are in good conditions during all the year. It was venue of important national tournaments.

Lomas Athletic Club
Location: Tristan Suarez, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 28 miles from Capital Federal
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 45 min
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 6571

The Lomas Athletic Club course is the oldest of South America and is located in Tristán Suarez. This club was founded in 1891 by English immigrants. It is a short course (6571 yards) and par 72. It is surrounded by old and wonderful trees; the greens are small and hard, typical of old courses making it a big challenge for its visitors. It’s a very traditional club that has been venue of the Argentine Open in many occasions. This makes the club a place to play as well as to enjoy the history of our country.

Golf La Orquidea
Location: Capilla del Señor, Buenos Aires Province
Distance: 37 miles
Distance from Buenos Aires in minutes: 55’
Par of the Course: 72
Yards: 7100

La Orquídea is one of the newest courses of Buenos Aires and is situated at 55 minutes from the capital city. There are 203 acres that have been turned into a golf course with an American style, with unusual features: 27 holes, wide pools and natural woods. All the holes have their particular feature. The course, designed by Federico Maurer, is a true challenge for golfers of all levels. Its 27 holes give the possibility to combine them and, in this way, have 3 different courses. The Red course (7,052 yards – Par 72), the Blue course (7,052 yards, Par 72) and the White course (7,110 yards, Par 72).

It is the most important city of Argentina. It was a business center in the colonial period as it had the most important port with access to the Atlantic Ocean and the European boats arrived to its coasts.

Today it is still a business and tourism international center. Year by year, many tourists from all over the world arrive to Buenos Aires to discover its typical neighborhoods.

Its architecture being European, many of its streets resemble streets of Paris.
Its museums, showrooms, art galleries, movie theaters, theaters with high-level national and international shows are witness of the important cultural life Buenos Aires has.

Tango Round

Buenos Aires: World Capital of Tango.
Tango is one of the ways of getting to know Buenos Aires. From its beginnings, tango gave its rhythm to the city. To understand the feeling and passion by tango, we may look for its origin and see that tango accompanied all class of people, from brothels to good homes, and expressed in its subject matter the big themes of man: love, death, courage, unhappiness, and misfortune. In other times tango was a way of living and its “lunfardo” (local slang of Buenos Aires) gave us maxims and proverbs that are lively until today.

Today, Tango provides an important activity in the city, comprising places where to dance, schools where to learn, shows, restaurants with show, theme hotels, tango shops, books and magazines, etc. The “milongas” are where tango is actually danced, under the shape of clubs, cafeterias or dancing balls. In the places where the “milonga” takes place, there are old “milongueros” (expert dancers), beginner dancers, foreigners and local people, men and women, shadows and lights. There is an atmosphere that gives sense to all, an atmosphere of meeting, of miracle and, if the orchestra is playing live, the atmosphere turns magical.

Los caminos de Gardel in the Abasto area (Road of Carlos Gardel)
From the Abasto, the best singer of the world keeps calling us. Tenement houses, taverns, buffets, committees, brothels, casual laborers and stallholders were witnesses and bring closer Gardel’s lyrics. The visits to the traditional places in the Abasto that make a reference to Gardel’s identity help us understand the reason why, after more than 70 years of his death, his presence is more significant than ever and also talks to us about the identity of the “Porteños” (the people of Buenos Aires).
There is a museum with his name: Museum House Carlos Gardel.

Carlos Gardel
He expressed his art singing and chose to do this with a genre that was just starting: the tango song, but it had other influences, roots in the folklore. It came from the Abasto neighborhood and for the Porteños the neighborhood is our closest native land, something that identifies us forever, that makes us live in a certain way, a pride that is defended and never betrayed. This area, in full growth, marked its destiny in those meeting places such as small restaurants, small cafes, brothels, committees and theaters. That world that emerged around the Abasto market is the key to walk over the indelible marks this singer left, to understand why Carlos Gardel is the artistic and social exponent in a neighborhood with the most important and popular tango stamp.

Buenos Aires Tango Festival
Every year the Buenos Aires tango Festival and the Tango Dance World Championship take place.
End of February/beginning of March: there the most important performers of tango gather. More than 70 concerts in different scenarios of the city: in big theaters, notable bars and also great events indoors or in the open air.
With the presence of the public, tango classes are carried out for professional and amateur dancers. The classes and milongas for beginners are free, and the classes for advanced dancers have a minimum cost per person.

Tango Dance World Championship
In the month of August, the entire city transforms for nine days and nine nights.
It’s about the international competition of professional dancing partners from all over the world.
The contest is divided into two categories: Tango Salón (danced in the dance floor) and Tango de Escenario (danced in the stage). At the same time, all the amateur dancers are called to take part for free in milongas, concerts, tango classes, workshops and exhibitions.

Open Studios
The plastic art scene in Buenos Aires has distinguished exponents. Important artists, who, from their studios, are waiting for us to show and tell us about their trade. Spread through the entire city, you may find some marked areas where the studios are situated. The studios of distinguished stained-glass window artists, muralists, restorers and sculptors are ready to open the doors of this magical world in which they are created. The possibility meeting the artist in his workplace gives the opportunity to exchange and understand the whole of their work, its secrets, tastes and experiences from this corner of the world.

The visits are to different studios of distinguished artists: oil painting, sculptures, objects, restorations, stained-glass windows. Carlos Monzani, Susana Salzamendi, Beatriz Torre, Martínez, Alberto Morales, Graciela Diaz, Carlos Herzberg are among the most important artists of the country.

Theater City

A tribute to the people that enjoy going to the theater. The origins. In its offer the city counts with varied shows of different subject matters and disciplines; out of the show business traditional circuit there are hundreds of independent theaters with different proposals that range from the classic to the underground and also joint creations with different groups.

Theaters
Buenos Aires is one of the cities with more theater activity in the world, exceeding London as regards the number of auditoriums.
The Porteño theater with its history, from the Spanish theater of the colonial period up to the wide theater offer of today, has gone through a series of changes that help us understand why the stage art is one of the strong points of the cultural production of Buenos Aires.

Colón Theater
It is one of the main opera theaters of the world, with programs during all the year. Many international figures have performed here in different periods: Caruso, Pavarotti, Callas, Nijinsky, Toscanini, Stravinsky, Metha... It has an own corps de ballet, permanent players in its two orchestras, ballet, singing and stage art schools and a museum. Renowned figures went to the theater’s ballet school such as Julio Bocca, Maximiliano Guerra, Paloma Herrera and Iñaki Urlezaga. The auditorium, fitted with a famous acoustics that, according to Pavarotti, “it has just one flaw: it’s perfect”, has a capacity for 3542 spectators.

General San Martín Theater
Its 5 auditoriums offer a stage art eclectic program. For its own productions, it counts with studios, a permanent company of contemporary dance troupe, puppeteers and showrooms, all distributed in 15 floors.

Paseo La Plaza
It’s an entertainment complex that integrates 2 auditoriums, concert bars, bookstores and restaurants.

Design centers

A visit to Design centers, in contact with the designers. It includes: Objects, Furniture, Traditionalist, Games and the possibility of buying them. Thought as a shopping tour, visiting all types of design shops, from traditional criollo (native American) silverware up to modern clothes. Located in San Telmo, Almagro and Palermo.

Design
The traditional Argentine design makes use of materials such as silver, woolen cloth or leather, creating attractive objects of use and decoration that adapt to all the styles. Long-traditional silversmiths that, for 8 generations, have kept and improved the techniques to create unique examples. Many of the people of Argentine origin have mastered the knitting techniques and have combined in the designs their beliefs and religiousness. Nowadays, and headed by the clothing and decoration objects design, a new generation of renowned designers have become known and they use in their creations traditional materials as well as new ones. They express the new design trends as regards decoration, accessories, objects, furniture and clothing. As a result of their merits, Buenos Aires is today one of the capital cities of design in Latin America and in the world.

The main financial, stock-market and economic city of the country, Buenos Aires is the principal port of the nation. Its business activity is very intense, reflected in numerous stores of the main world brands and shopping centers.
Its nightlife offers many options and extends up to the small hours.
Nightclubs, restaurants and coffee shops and many other attractions for all the tastes along the city, giving an endless offer to the tourist.

Bars
You have the opportunity to visit all the porteño bars, some of them known as “The notable bars of Buenos Aires”. Each one is a sample of each particular way of meeting of the porteño citizen. Each bar has an own hallmark and identity. From the classic Tortoni to the remodeled La Paz. In many of them, renowned writers got the inspiration for their books. You can enjoy a tour to some of the bars, getting us closer to the variety of tastes of the porteños according to their style and history.

The gastronomy and, specially, the Café or Bar occupy a distinguished place in everyday life of the porteños. It is the ideal meeting point with friends, after work, or after going to the theater or any other night out. The bar, present in every neighborhood, is always willing to receive us.
Place of inspiration for many writers in many periods, the bars present different architectural styles designed for all types of customers. There are classic and modern bars; elegant and parochial ones, but what all they share in common is that they are witness of the city’s stories.

La Giralda Café- Chocolate Shop
This is an old café (1900) where you can have a delicious coffee and hot chocolate. You can also taste the traditional toasted sandwich of ham and cheese.
Address: 1453 Corrientes Av., City of Buenos Aires.

LA POPULAR
Address: 3602 Lavalle and Mario Bravo
This restaurant has the aim to make you feel the passion of the Argentinean people: soccer, our favorite sport.
In “La Popular” you will taste delicious cuts of grilled meat cooked in coal or firewood, a variety of homemade pasta and many other dishes.

What makes this place special is its atmosphere, especially designed to make you feel this Argentine passion, where you will breathe from beginning to end the enthusiasm about football, where you will find representative shirts from different clubs of all the world, where you will see pictures and objects of soccer starts of all the periods, signed shirts and collections of balls from different periods.

Nightclubs
Buenos Aires News in the Paseo de la Infanta Isabel and New York City in Alvarez Thomas Avenue, are two renowned nightclubs where you can dance in an elegant and exclusive atmosphere. Kika (5339 Honduras St., Palermo Hollywood) and Tequila (Costanera Norte) are also very popular. To hear the best national and international DJs of dance music, you have to go to Pacha, in Costanera Norte and La Pampa

Music
Many of the bars and nightclubs of the city offer live music, for example Café Tortoni, located in 829 Mayo Av. This is the most famous café of the city and offers live jazz and tango in La Bodega. It’s very easy to get carried away by the obsession the city has on tango and there are many places where to listen, watch or take a part in tango. El Viejo Almacén, Independencia Av. and Balcarce St. in San Telmo, offers a tango show while you’re having dinner. To enjoy tango without spending much money, you should go to Bar Sur, 299 Estados Unidos St., San Telmo, where the audience is encouraged to participate. The tourists that want to listen to live blues or rock should go to El Samovar de Rasputín o Del Valle Iberlucca in Caminito, La Boca. The followers of jazz can go to Thelonius Bar, 1884 Salguero St.

Casinos
The Buenos Aires Casino, in Darsena Sur, Puerto Madero is located in a ship, Mississippi style, and offers black jack, roulette, poker and slot machines. The minimum age to go to the casino is 18 and the clothing should be elegant.

Happy hours in Buenos Aires
If you want to meet local people and other foreigners, the best area is downtown Buenos Aires.
The after hour or happy hours are very common in this city.
The people get together after the office hours to share drinks with friends and enjoy good music. These places are packed wit people, so 6:30 pm is the best hour to get a good table.

La Peña del Colorado
3657 Güemes St. (Palermo)
A “Peña” (Folk Club) typically Argentine, almost every night there is a live concert of folk music. After the concerts, the customers of the Peña ask for guitars provided by the owners of the place and they play round their table, while sharing the best Argentine wine.
If you want to really appreciate the taste of the Argentine folklore, it is a must to go to “Peña del Colorado”.
Open every day up to 2:00 am and on the weekends until 5:00 am.

El Obelisco (The Obelisk)
Intersection of Corrientes and 9 de Julio Avenues.
It is a symbol of Buenos Aires and also a meeting point for tourists, music concerts and to celebrate national soccer team victories.
It is also a tourist information center, offering information of Buenos Aires.

San Telmo
San Telmo is one of the most historic neighborhoods of Buenos Aires.
On Saturdays and Sundays there is always an interesting fair in Dorrego Square. There you will find all types of artists such as living statues, puppeteers, dancers, tango musicians and many more.
There are also shops of buying and selling antiques.

Tango and dinner in San Telmo
San Telmo is one of the most typical neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. A good option to go out with friends is to go to Bar Mitos Argentinos situated in 489 Humberto 1º St. and enjoy tango shows and also the best of national rock.
The food is really good and you can taste different types of pizza (unlimited) and a drink just for 4 dollars.

La Boca and Caminito
If you are in Buenos Aires for a short period you cannot miss La Boca, which was the first port of the city. You should visit Street Museum Caminito, Bellas Artes Museum, La Boca Museum and Vuelta de Rocha.
You will appreciate better the cultural color of the neighborhood if you are sitting in a bar, watching the metal sheets of the houses painted in various colors, that were the inspiration of many artists.
During the weekends, many tourists visit La Boca and there are different tango shows, crafts fairs and many other attractions worth of seeing.

Francia Square – Crafts Fair
Location: Libertador Av. and Alvear Av.
When: Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 11 am to 9 pm.
This fair is one of the most visited places of Buenos Aires by local people and tourists.

La Recoleta Cemetery
Another interesting place to visit is the La Recoleta Cemetery, one of the oldest places of Buenos Aires. In front of the cemetery there is a spectacular complex: the Village Cinema, where you will find movie theaters, restaurants, cafés and tango dancers, clowns and living statues.

Hippy Fair in Francia Square
In this hippy fair of Francia Square, you can also buy fashionable clothes.
Freddy is a professional and creative designer who sells craft shirts and trousers at very low prices. You will find beautiful shirts at 8 dollars and trousers at 6.5 dollars
It is also a good place to admire different types of crafts (some very artistic), craft candles, jewelry and several Argentine souvenirs.

Francia Square - Mate
In this fair you can buy the materials to prepare your own typical Argentine “mate”.
The “yerba mate” (maté) is beneficial for the health and it is a great alternative of coffee.
The “bombilla” (tube for drinking mate) is used to drink the mate by sips until the last drop of hot water.
The price of these craft “mates” fluctuates between 3 and 10 dollars (together with the bombilla).
All the mates come with the explanation on how to prepare this healthy drink.

Tarts
The best companions of mate: the typical, delicious and craft tarts.
You can buy two tarts at only 0.30 dollars per tart.

Churros
Other important sweet thing to taste is the “Churro” (hot fried pastry with sprinkling sugar or covered with chocolate and filled with “dulce de leche”(cream caramel).

Mataderos
Mataderos is a neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, being one of the oldest places. From 1860 there functioned the biggest cattle market of Buenos Aires. As every popular market, Mataderos was also a meeting place as well as a place of exchange of costumes, beliefs and traditions.
In its heart the building of the Mercado Nacional de Hacienda (Domestic Treasury Market) is located, and was inaugurated in 1890 and now declared a listed building. Its architecture is purely Spanish and it preserves its characteristic pink color and one of the remaining viewpoints of Buenos Aires. The Arcade of the old building is one of the last one that remains in the city.
The south of Buenos Aires city is attractive because it keeps almost intact in time the labor sceneries. La Boca and its intimate connection with the port, Barracas and the construction of the first English trains, San Telmo and the Abasto Market. Mataderos is a must in your trip if you want to get an insight of the cultural roots of Argentina.

Mataderos Fair
The central interest of the Fair is not just to create a space for exhibition and sale of crafts and products, but also create in the city a space that reproduces the conditions of the craft markets popular throughout the history of Argentina.
Today, Matadero’s fair is divided into three main parts:

1. The artisan’s stalls run by different aborigine descendants that offer their food, knitted fabric, musical instruments, and silver jewelry; artisans specialized in the knife’s industry (used to slaughter the cows), boots, belts, bags and other leather objects. Visit the food shops of all the regions of the country, barbecues, locro (meat and vegetable stew), tamales and meat pies.

2. The gaucho dexterity such as the horse taming.

3. The folklore shows of many communities of the Argentine North, Mesopotamia, Center and Cuyo that celebrate different regional parties, honoring the artists and even the products typical of each area of the country.

La Bicicleta Naranja (The Orange Bicycle) - Tours & bicycle rental
There is another way of geting to know Buenos Aires.
Theme Journeys:
“The Bicicleta Naranja” offers bicycle tours round the city and bike rental.
The idea is to travel around the city in a different way with a bilingual-trilingual guide.

The itineraries are arranged previously and may last between 3 or 4 hours and do not require much physical effort.
You can also rent a bike without a guide, with the guide of maps and different options for the journey.
Rates to the general public:
Usd 10 the whole day of rental per bike
Usd 18 including the trip of 3 or 4 hours.
The bikes include a helmet, padlock, maps and beverages.
The starting point is San Telmo.

Escultura de la Rosa (Rose Sculpture)
United Nations Square, Figueroa Alcorta and Austria.
The “Floralis Genérica” is a giant mobile sculpture with a flower shape.
It opens with the sunlight and closes at dusk. It was donated by the architect Eduardo Catalana, it has six metal petals of almost 20 m height. Through a water device, the flower opens its petals in the morning and closes them at dusk. It is located in the highest area of the square, surrounded by a water fountain. It is open in public holidays and in the nights of September 21st (Spring day), Christmas and New Year’s eve.

Little Red Riding Hood in the Palermo woods
Although not everybody knows that Charles Perrault (1628 – 1703) was the author of the Little Reed Riding Hood, all know the story of the girl that, more than three centuries ago, went to the woods carrying a basket with food for her grandma. In Palermo woods in the Tres de Febrero Park (Buenos Aires, Argentina), the white stone monument of Little Red Riding Hood is located. This monument, honoring the protagonist of the story, is unique in the world.

The Little Hood was born in 1691 and from Perrault’s pen were created Tom Thumb, the Sleeping Beauty, the Cat with Boots, and Cinderella.
The sculpture, a work of Jean Carlus, is there since 1937, facing Sarmiento Av., between Figueroa Alcorta Av. and Del Libertador Av., with her basket and the wolf.

Recoleta Cemetery
1940 Junín.
Guided visits: the last Sundays of each month at 2:30 pm. Admission free.
In this select cemetery rest the human remains of the most important figures of Argentine history, such as Facundo Quiroga, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Domingo Sarmiento and the most famous Argentine woman: Eva Perón (Evita).

Argentine Racetrack
4105 Del Libertador Avenue.
Cost: from usd 0.30 to $ 3.20. Days of races: Fridays to Mondays.
It is a must for the turf lovers. Known worldwide, this racetrack occupies 148 acres of the neighborhood. The horse races are very popular, frequented by fans and curious people. Besides, there is a Turf Museum (Museo de Hipología).

Oscar Alfredo Galvez Racing Circuit
The Oscar Alfredo Gálvez racing circuit is located at the south of Buenos Aires city.
It was inaugurated in 1952 during Juan Domingo Peron’s presidency thanks to the initiative of Juan Manuel Fangio and from many other Argentine drivers. Its structure gives this racing circuit the name of “Cathedral of Argentine Motoring”; it was venue of the Argentinean Grand prix in many opportunities.
It is located between Villa Lugano and Soldati neighborhoods.