Long before he published The Little Prince, Aintoine Saint-Exupéry worked in Argentina. He drew airline routes connecting Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Asunción and Patagonia’s post offices. In January 1930 as he was flying from Buenos Aires to Asuncion in his small aircraft, a technical malfunction forced him to land (just like in The Little [...]
An hour and a half flight and a 16 hour trip by bus from Buenos Aires to Cataratas de Iguazú. Iguazú Falls is called Cataratas del Iguazú in Spanish and Foz do Iguaçu in Portuguese, lie on the Argentina - Brazil border and are a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. The name comes from the [...]
"La semana de los Cafés" (the week of the coffees) will be held in the most famous bars from Buenos Aires, starting from October 22nd. This activity includes free musical shows, guided tours and special offers in different products. There will be guided tours between October 23rd and October 26th in different coffee stores in [...]
Spring maybe only a season, a transition between winter and summer, but here in Argentina we celebrate it with a great deal of emphasis. People from all around the world usually refer to Spring like a season of rebirth, regrowth and love. In this part of the hemisphere, Spring starts September 21st. This day young [...]
(text taken from www.tangobuenosaires.gov.ar) Tango Buenos Aires summarizes the singularity and genuineness of our artistic and cultural manifestations, showing the distinctive features of our City. The projection and importance of tango in the world achieved such magnitude that in December 2009 it was declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in a decision made by UNESCO’s [...]
On May 25th, 2010 we celebrated the 200th anniversary of the revolution that cleared the way for the Argentinean independence. Bicentennial celebrations began on May 21st in Buenos Aires, with millions of people in attendance, making it the biggest outdoor party Argentina has seen since it celebrated its return to democratic rule after seven years [...]
The new cultural program “Yo leo en el bar” (I read in the bar) offers the complete works of Jorge Luis Borges in the following bars: El Progreso, El Tortoni, Hotel Castelar, La Giralda, 36 Billares, El Gato Negro, Margot, Mar Azul, St. Moritz, El Querandí, Iberia, y El Federal. El Progreso Anchorena 529 El [...]
La Casa Rosada La Casa Rosada (the Pink House) is the official seat of the executive branch of the government of Argentina, and of the offices of the President. The President normally resides at the Quinta de Olivos, a compound in Olivos, Buenos Aires province. The Casa Rosada sits at the eastern end of the [...]
Recoleta is the city’s most elegant and distinguished neighborhood. The district owes its name to the Convet of the Recoletos Descalzos --"barefoot" misionaries-- (founded on 1716), community of the Recoletos Friars. These monks constructed their monastery on an already existing small farm, which name had been given after the abundance of a particular kind of [...]
Since 1964, every October, the Oktoberfest or Beer Festival is celebrated in Villa General Belgrano, Córdoba. It takes place during the first and second weekend of October to remind the barley crop of Munich, Germany. In 1972 it was declared National Beer Festival. Villa General Belgrano was founded in the 30s by Jorge Kappuhn y [...]