Tourist Bus Buenos AiresA new way to know Buenos Aires has arrieved to the City, a Tourist Bus with no roof, which will drive you through the main attraction points in the City and the most important myths and legends. It offers a permanent service from 9:30 to 17:30hs. The tours lasts around 2 hours 40 minutes and consists on 12 stops. The Tourist Bus has comfortable seats, which have headphones and small screens from where you can follow the tour. In addition, the tour is narrated in 10 different languages and there is trilingual tour guide travelling on the bus, who will hand in brochures and maps of the main attractions of the City and will recommend you different places to visit. At each stop the bus stops for a few minutes to allow passengers to get on or down the bus, so those who want may descent at any of the stops, know the place and then take the bus again at the same place where it had left you. Stops are: Florida, Plaza de Mayo, Congreso Nacional, Montserrat, San Telmo, La Boca, Ecological Reserve, Puerto Madero, Plaza San Martín, Palermo / Rose Garden, Plaza Italia, Recoleta, Plaza Lavalle.
In the photograph we can see the spectacular and prestigious sculpture Floraris Generica by Eduardo Catalano. Located in Recoleta next to the Buenos Aires Law University. For more information and schedules about the Bus enter in Buenos Aires Bus The photograph belongs to Ana_Cotta under a Creative Commons Atrribution licence. Post May 12, 2009 - Classified Knowing Buenos Aires What to do in Buenos Aires TodayToday, Tuesday May 12, a cold day in Buenos Aires awaits you, with minimum temperatures of 11 ° C and maximum of 16 ° C, cloudy skies and rain probabilities. The proposal is to visit Puerto Madero. Have lunch at one of its restaurant, as there is a wide variety of restaurants to choose the one you like most. Then you can know the Fragata Sarmiento, which served as training ship, and today is the Ship Museum of the Navy and one of the most important testimonies of argentine history. Opened from 9:00 to 22:00hs. at Dock 3. Next to the Frigate you will find an extraordinary work of art the Women´s Bridge, one of the most outstanding and beautiful places in the city. At Dock 4 is the Uruguay Corvette, one of the oldest and most prestigious ships in the country, it was part of a great rescues along the history. Opened from 10:00 to 21:00 hs. Then, you can visit and appreciate the magnificent works of art that are exhibited in the Pavilion of Arts of the Argentine Catholic University (UCA) from 11:00 to 20:00 hs. At night you can enjoy the best pizzas in the city at The Immortals, a restaurant that is already part of the history of the city, which has witnessed major events and where great figures of argentine history used to gather. You cannot leave Buenos Aires without having tried this wonderful pizza made at The Immortals. Located on Avenue Corrientes 1369. Post May 12, 2009 - Classified What to do in Buenos Aires Today La Parolaccia RistoranteA family Restaurant, which became a real success in Buenos Aires, revolutionizing the foodservice market. It offers the best Italian and Mediterranean food, with delicious sauces and the most oustanding wines are provided on its menu. La Parolaccia is one of the favorite restaurants in the City and it is elected and recommended by the citizens of Buenos Aires, as well as, for all tourists travelling through the City. It has restaurants in Puerto Madero, Barrio Norte, Belgrano and San Isidro, which offer top quality service and extraordinary dishes, from Monday to Friday from 9 to 19 hours and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 19 hours. It is really a restaurant that you cannot miss, its impeccable pasta, delicious and original sauces, elegant atmosphere and warm service will make you choose La Parolaccia everytime. The map corresponds to the Restaurant in San Isidro. Post May 11, 2009 - Classified Eating in Buenos Aires, Knowing Buenos Aires What to do in Buenos Aires TodayToday is a cloudy day with rain probabilities in Buenos Aires, temperatures are between 16 ° C and 23 ° C, so a good suggestion is to visit the Basilica of San Fransisco, a historic and important church in the City, it is one of the oldest as well. Located in Alsina and Defensa, it is known for its tapestry in honor of San Fransisco, placed behind the altar and for its extraordinary and detailed architecture. Opened from 7:00 to 13:00hs. and from15:00 to 19:00 hs. You can also know the National Historical Museum, where you will find Spanish flags obtained during the independence of Buenos Aires, furniture and deadly weapons and firearms from the XVII and XIX century, uniforms of the nineteenth century, collections, objects and decorations of great figures of argentine history, as for example General San Martín, Juan Manuel de Rosas and Manuel Belgrano. Located at Defensa 1600, it is a testament of the country’s history, which you can see from 10:30 up to 17:00 pm. A more familiar and fun activity for a rainy day like today is Galerias Pacifico, one of the most distinguished and recognized shopping malls in the City. It offers cafes and restaurants, taxi service, bank, travel agency, wi-fi, locals of sports, clothes for women, men and children, computers, leather, spa, hairdresser, winery, library, toys shop, footwear, among many other things! Opened from 10:00 to 21:00 hs. At night a great choice is Kansas Restaurant, it is an elegant restaurant, highly recognized, with a first class service, abundant dishes and the best American food. Post May 11, 2009 - Classified What to do in Buenos Aires Today Tango Buenos AiresTango is one of the strongest customs of the inhabitants of Buenos Aires, it is considered a way of living, to live with enthusiasm, passion, fighting for what you desire. Buenos Aires is known as the capital of Tango, where this music style, recognized and admired worldwide, was born around 1880. Tango had its origins in the suburbs of the City, it emerged as a popular dance, typical of the suburbs and not everyone dared to dance it. The upper classes were forbidden to listen, dance or even talk about it, because it was considered a vulgar and grotesque dance. It was quite an adventure full of adrenaline and top secret to go down to the suburbs to the Tango Houses. The lyrics relate the most heartbreaking and beautiful love stories of forbidden love, fights between men for a lady, victories, defeats, joys. The melodies are characterized for using wind instruments like flute and clarinet, violin, piano, orchestra and most important, the bandoneon. Gradually the Tango started infiltrating in the different social classes, to leave the suburbs and become known throughout the wolrd. It was not easy but it managed to turn into the protagonist in prestigious dance halls of Paris, be accepted in major world capitals, but it also found barriers as there where some who banned it and deemed as indecent, such as the Kaiser and Pope Pius X. An emblematic musical style, which found many obstacle, faced triumphs and falls, but eventually came to be recognized and respected internationally, captivating different societies with its passionate and energetic dancing. Today the Golden Decade, time of lust and slpendor of Tango in Europe, is remembered with melancholy, but with pride to say that Tango is a real tradition in Buenos Aires and a worldwide attraction.
The photograph belongs to TangOblivion under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Post May 8, 2009 - Classified History and Culture of Buenos Aires, Knowing Buenos Aires
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