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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Aug 19, 2004
Pros: Great food, shopping, sights, people, open green spaces, and practically free!
Cons: none
Summary: We visited Buenos Aires in August 2004 with a bargain basement package from Traveland. The only basement thing about this trip was the $749 price including taxes for air from Miami, 5 nights at the 5 star Marriott Hotel including breakfast, transfers, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 23, 2011
Pros: High on the arts, music, and creative scene.
Cons: Crime. Safety concerns. Young women vs. aggressive locals.
Summary: GRAD STUDENT'S SEMESTER ABROAD: A Complete Review of Buenos Aires, and how to actually live hereI spent January-March abroad in Buenos Aires. It was nothing at all like I expected. Argentina has high ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 15, 2007
Pros: Mix of Europe and Manhattan at a 50% to 75% discount. Friendly and safe.
Cons: Somewhat difficult to get to places outside of BA. Limited flights.
Summary: Buenos Aires. The name conjures up the thoughts of gauchos, beautiful leather goods, and that most sensual of dances, the tango. Buenos Aires is all of that, but so much more. We have had Buenos Aires on the list of destinations for some time, but ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 19, 2007
Pros: Beautiful blending of Europe and South America
Cons: It's so far away!
Summary: To get to Antarctica, you have to go through either New Zealand or Argentina. If, however, you also want to see the Falklands and South Georgia Island, New Zealand doesn’t make much sense. And if you add to the equation friends and family in Buenos ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 15, 2007
Pros: The space and location were great.Very secure.Nice to have a pool.
Cons: House is run down.False advertising.
Summary: We have been to Buenos Aires two years in a row now and plan to go again.We talked so enthusiasticly about Argentina we managed to muster some friends and family to join us this year. This year I thought it would be great to have a pool to lounge by ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 22, 2006
Pros: Fabulous Food, Warm People, Great Exchange Rate
Cons: Litter, Cigarette Smoke, Beware Of Grifters and Con-Artists
Summary: Saturday 9/15: Travel Day We arose at 6am at the Miami airport hotel we’d procured (Miami Airport Hilton –VERY nice!) to give us (okay…ME) ample time to be caffeinated, spackled, coiffed and sprayed for the for the 14 hour trip ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 18, 2005
Pros: Friendly city, also gay friendly (San Telmo neighborhood), low prices, good meat (beef).
Cons: Some places are really dirty and dark, and pickpockets downtown are normal.
Summary: I live in Buenos Aires since 1990. Before I lived in Rosario City, about 300 kilometers away. My former city had about a million people population, and Buenos Aires had more than three million people, so I was a little afraid when I decided to move ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 13, 2005
Pros: Best beef in the world. World class wines. Loved the latin culture.
Cons: Long flight from Denver
Summary: After reading and planning we finally decided to take a trip over Thanksgiving to Buenos Aires. We started the tradition of traveling over Thanksgiving about 10 years ago. Our son got married and they would spend Thanksgiving with his wife's family. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 10, 2004
Pros: Price
Cons: Food
Summary: I chose my title for this review (which means My Beloved Buenos Aires in English) from a famous tango by Carlos Gardel and having just spent six months in Argentina, I feel that the tango embodies much of what it means to be an Argentine. I have found ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 7, 2004
Pros: Exchange rate. Food and wine. Tango. Pampas. Kid friendly.
Cons: Economy.
Summary: I try and take my children out of country once per year (ages 10 and 13). I was reading US News and World Report and they had a travel article on the World's Best Deals. Buenos Aires and Croatia were two of the countries they mentioned. This turned ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 5, 2004
Pros: The history, the culture, the architecture! Great food and world-class shopping! Affordable prices!
Cons: Traffic!
Summary: It took just a few days for Buenos Aires to win my heart and secure its place among my favorite cities in the world. Sure, I did my share of reading about Argentina's capital city, but it somehow did not prepare me for what I found during our recent ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 28, 2003
Pros: Some of the finest food in the world. Fun Town, wonderful scenery.
Cons: BA quite run down. Long flight.
Summary: We flew into Buenos Aires after a terrible flight on one of Alitalia's more antiquated aircraft so I was looking forward to staying in Buenos Aires, if for no other reason than to plant my feet on Terra Firma. The airport itself (Ezeiza) is reasonably ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 17, 2003
Pros: inexpensive for american consumers
Cons: need a bit of spanish to get around
Summary: went to buenos aires april 10-15 with a two day jaunt to la plata, buenos aires and visited the villa maria estancia in maximo paz. weather was great, in the low 70's
and sunny. first thing that i noticed was that there was a lot of graffiti in the ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 22, 2003
Pros: Wonderful city with nice people, great weather and beautiful architecture
Cons: None
Summary: I visited Buenos Aires for 3 days following a trip to Antarctica. I just fell in love with the city. The people are very nice, the city is beautiful with European style architecture and the weather (80's in January) was great. I stayed at the Hotel ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 11, 2003
Pros: Classy, cultural and (at the moment) cheap.
Cons: The current economic situation continues to plague the nations spirit.
Summary: Argentina's capital conjures up romantic notions borne out of its reputation as the 'Paris of the South'. Sultry evenings spent in a grand ballroom filled with the impeccably dressed engaged in intricate tango moves while champagne flows Amazon like. The ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 12, 2002
Pros: Beautiful, inexpensive (at times absurdly cheap).
Cons: Many hours in the sky
Summary: Go figure, apparently there is life 12 hours flight time south from New York, and now I can personally say that the maps don’t lie. Argentina does exist.
I'm back from my Thanksgiving 5-day trip to Buenos Aires. Leaving sunny skies and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 18, 2002
Pros: Very inexpensive, extremely friendly people, lots to see and do
Cons: language barrier at times(a little spanish goes a long way though), diesel fumes
Summary: My wife and I were in Buenos Aires(B.A.) for a week in September of 2002. With the dollar so strong against the Peso we figured it was a good time to visit. Having visited almost every major European and American city we figured it was time to go to ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 18, 2002
Pros: There are a few great things to buy
Cons: Buenos Aires can be expensive
Summary: While visiting Buenos Aires, there are a few things that you should strongly consider if you plan to do any shopping. Although up until the recent political unrest the Argentina Peso was on par with the US Dollar, meaning 1 peso = 1 $$$, and things were ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 27, 2002
Pros: Cheap, friendly, safe city, nice food and the women are beautiful.
Cons: English not widely spoken.
Summary: I went to Buenos Aires in Feb 2002 just before the Peso was officially floated. Even in that time of uncertainty all pesos withdrawn from money machines were converted at a very reasonable market rates. Credit cards are widely accepted. The US dollar is ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 19, 2001
Pros: Great Food, Beautiful city and Night life to last
Cons: The current Financial status
Summary: I help run a travel business to I just returned from Argentina where I got to experience a city tour of Buenos Aires...the city reminds me of Europe with the similar architecture that the building consist of. But what really stand out is the food and ... read more
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