Alto Las Condes, considered the most modern shopping mall in South America, will make Europeans and North Americans feel right at home. You can find Malls equipped with all the variety of shops one expects, plus movie theaters, cafes and food courts to tempt the palate.
Buenos Aires nightlife: Corrientes Avenue is the centre of Buenos Aires, with plenty of cinemas, theatres, shows, restaurants and pizzerias opened until early hours in the morning. Lavalle Street and Santa Fe Avenue share the excitement found at General San Martín, Borges and Recoleta cultural centres, in Paseo La Plaza and in entertainment and gastronomic areas such as Puerto Madero, Recoleta, Palermo Viejo, Las Cañitas, Paseo de la Infanta, Arcos del Sol and Costanera Norte.
The Tango: This started at the end of the 19th. century from a mixture of various rhythms which were danced in the poorer quarters. At the beginning it was danced by pairs of men to the music of the flute, the violin and the guitar, the first of which was subsequently replaced by the "bandoneón" (a type of accordion) which gave it its distinctive flavour. With the addition of the nostalgia and melancholy contributed by immigrants, the tango developed to give forth such musicians as Astor Piazzolla and Aníbal Troilo.
The name Argentina comes from the Latin "argentum" which means silver. The origin of the name goes back to the voyages made by the first Spanish conquistadores (conquerors) to the Río de la Plata. The shipwrecked survivors of the expedition mounted by Juan Díaz de Solís discovered Indians in the region who presented them with silver objects. The news about the legendary Sierra del Plata, a mountain rich in silver, reached Spain around 1524. From this date the Portuguese named the river of Solís, the Silver River (Río de la Plata). Two years later the Spanish used the same name. Since 1860 the official name of the country has been the República Argentina (Republic of Argentina).
A Trip to the End of the World "We don't plan on having a very busy day today. We go out walking and head over to the tourist info kiosk a few blocks away. Buenos Aires feels a little like NY City with the number of pedestrians and cabs and the way people cross the streets. The info kiosk has a 'back in a few minutes' sign so we continue walking and stop in at American Express. The currency exchange line is a mile long so we instead go to one of the many cambios and pay 1.5% commission and change some traveller's checks into pesos."
TIP: Perhaps using the ATM would have made this process much easier.
TIP: Perhaps using the ATM would have made this process much easier.
Buenos Aires Herald
Oline English language newspaper of Argentina. "A World of Information in a Few Words!" Founded in 1876. 122 years reporting on Argentina as it is. Seven days per week.
Oline English language newspaper of Argentina. "A World of Information in a Few Words!" Founded in 1876. 122 years reporting on Argentina as it is. Seven days per week.