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12  INTRODUCING ARGENTINA

Two Days in
Buenos Aires
Argentina’s energetic capital
combines high culture with
entertaining street life. Over
48 hours in Buenos Aires, take
in European-style architecture,
visit art museums, and witness
the passion of the tango.
• Arriving International flights
arrive at Aeropuerto Ministro
Pistarini (Ezeiza), 22 miles
(35 km) from the city center.
Shuttle-bus and taxi services
link airport and city center.
Buenos Aires’s Palacio del Congreso in its historic plaza, seat of the Argentinian government
• Moving on Domestic and
short international flights this ornate opera house. Tour Seven Days in
depart from the city airport, done, head to Plaza San Martín South Argentina
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, (pp92–3) to enjoy a picnic lunch
10 minutes from downtown. in the city’s prettiest plaza. • Airports Arrive Aeropuerto
Flying time from Buenos Aires San Carlos de Bariloche.
to Bariloche is 2 hrs 20 min. Afternoon Go north to upscale Depart Aeropuerto
Recoleta (pp99–107), the city’s Alte. M. A. Zar, Trelew.
most Parisian district. Peek • Transport Flights are
Day 1 inside the Alvear Palace Hotel recommended between
Morning Start at the city’s (p103) and marvel at the mauso- major stops (Bariloche,
heart, at historic Plaza de Mayo leums of the Cementerio de la El Calafate, and Trelew) in
(pp68–9). Great buildings front Recoleta (pp104–5), where the Argentina’s south. Aerolíneas
the plaza, led by the pink Casa great and powerful of Argentine Argentina’s Visit Argentina
Rosada (p70), from whose history lie buried in tombs of pass offers visitors
balcony Eva Perón once urged marble and bronze. Head to the connections within the
revolution. Walk west from the MALBA art museum (pp114–15), region. From major towns,
plaza for glorious Café Tortoni before concluding with shopping go by road (rental car/local
(p74), the city’s oldest café, and and dining in the streets around bus) to reach nearby sights,
Dante-inspired Palacio Barolo Plaza Serrano (p119). or join an organized tour.
(p74). Step inside the public • Booking ahead Bariloche:
lobby here to see sculpted Day 2 Visit to Parque Nacional
gargoyles and dragons. A city Morning Start at the Jesuit- Nahuel Huapi; El Calafate:
block west, the great dome of founded Manzana de las Luces Two visits to Parque Nacional
the Palacio del Congreso (p75) (p72), then walk south along Los Glaciares, El Galpón del
rears above the fountains of Defensa street to San Telmo, Glaciar; Puerto Madryn: Visit
Plaza del Congreso (p75). From once the city’s colonial heart. to Provincial Península Valdés.
the plaza, hail a cab for the ride Pass Spanish churches such as
along Avenida 9 Julio (p76) to Basílica del Santisimo Rosario
the magnificent Teatro Colón y Convento de Santo Domingo
(pp78–9) and a guided tour of (p72) and stop at Plaza Dorrego Day 1: Bariloche
(p84) and Parque Lezama (p86), Gateway to Argentina’s Lake
whose gardens sweep down- District, Bariloche (p242)
wards in the direction of La Boca. overlooks haunting Lago
Nahuel Huapi and is ringed by
Afternoon Take a cab to La snowy peaks. Start at the city’s
Boca’s portside: to El Caminito Centro Cívico and the Museo
(p89), a waterfront street of gaily de la Patagonia Francisco P.
painted buildings. Watch the Moreno. Then take the Circuito
tango dancers, then walk to La Chico route out of town, along
Bombonera (p89), mythic home the lakeshore. Stop for a dip at
of Argentina’s biggest soccer Playa Bonita beach, before
team. Head back to the water- continuing on to the Llao Llao
front and flag a cab to Puerto Hotel and Resort. Dine on the
Madero (p81), a hip docklands hotel’s terrace with views of
Street performers entertaining the crowds district. Round off with a dinner blue-green lakes and mountains.
with passionate renditions of the tango and tango show (p127). Return to the city center.
For practical information on traveling around Argentina see pp324–31

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