Guidebook for Buenos Aires

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Guidebook for Buenos Aires

Food Scene

Located at the end of the block, this is the go to patisserie for fresh bread, pastries, cakes, quiches and empanadas. They also do sandwiches and salads for a takeaway lunch and helados (ice cream).
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Located at the end of the block, this is the go to patisserie for fresh bread, pastries, cakes, quiches and empanadas. They also do sandwiches and salads for a takeaway lunch and helados (ice cream).
Inventive gourmet food and a change from the ubiquitous parillas. Good wine list too. Sunday brunch is particularly good. Booking needed. Inside Fierro Hotel. Tel: 3220 6820
Fierro Hotel
5862 Soler
Inventive gourmet food and a change from the ubiquitous parillas. Good wine list too. Sunday brunch is particularly good. Booking needed. Inside Fierro Hotel. Tel: 3220 6820
Scandinavian restaurant with a location that is great for lunch on a sunny day. A real oasis with massive front lawn and high ceiling warehouse building. Lunch menu is great value.
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Olsen
5870 Gorriti
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Scandinavian restaurant with a location that is great for lunch on a sunny day. A real oasis with massive front lawn and high ceiling warehouse building. Lunch menu is great value.
It's Home Hotel, but the restaurant is really relaxed with a lovely courtyard. A great lunch option just 5 minutes walk from the house.
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Home Hotel
5860 Honduras
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It's Home Hotel, but the restaurant is really relaxed with a lovely courtyard. A great lunch option just 5 minutes walk from the house.
Cheap and cheerful and very popular with locals. Lunch or dinner with plenty of outside seating. Go before 8.30pm or be prepared to wait. Service is not great, but the food is good and menu extensive.
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Las Cabras
1795 Fitz Roy
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Cheap and cheerful and very popular with locals. Lunch or dinner with plenty of outside seating. Go before 8.30pm or be prepared to wait. Service is not great, but the food is good and menu extensive.
THE famous BA steak restaurant (parilla). A must do experience for lunch or dinner. Book online or get there before 8.30 for dinner. Come hungry! http://www.parrillalacabrera.com.ar/
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La Cabrera
5127 José A. Cabrera
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THE famous BA steak restaurant (parilla). A must do experience for lunch or dinner. Book online or get there before 8.30 for dinner. Come hungry! http://www.parrillalacabrera.com.ar/
Southeast Asian food - fresh produce and great flavours. Friendly service. Quite unique and a nice change from the standard meat restaurants.
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Sudestada
5602 Guatemala
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Southeast Asian food - fresh produce and great flavours. Friendly service. Quite unique and a nice change from the standard meat restaurants.
Italian restaurant and the place for fresh pasta. The veal is great as is the calamari. Friendly old school Italian. Around the corner from the house. www.grancaruso.com.ar. Tel: 4777 6633
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Il Gran Caruso
5805 El Salvador
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Italian restaurant and the place for fresh pasta. The veal is great as is the calamari. Friendly old school Italian. Around the corner from the house. www.grancaruso.com.ar. Tel: 4777 6633
A nice place for lunch or dinner. Eclectic menu reflects the chef's Syrian-Lebanese roots. Tel: 4831 4556
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Social Paraiso
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A nice place for lunch or dinner. Eclectic menu reflects the chef's Syrian-Lebanese roots. Tel: 4831 4556
Delicious Peruvian food - great ceviche! This is the BA branch of what is a top 100 restaurant in the world (the home branch in Lima is 13th in the world). Book for dinner. Tel: 4802 2991
Astrid & Gastón
3222 Lafinur
Delicious Peruvian food - great ceviche! This is the BA branch of what is a top 100 restaurant in the world (the home branch in Lima is 13th in the world). Book for dinner. Tel: 4802 2991
See through the somewhat tacky decor for great ceviche, excellent pisco sours and friendly Peruvian service. http://restobardot.net/
Bardot Nueva Cocina Peruana
5237 Honduras
See through the somewhat tacky decor for great ceviche, excellent pisco sours and friendly Peruvian service. http://restobardot.net/
Local by name, this is truly our local restaurant for a nice dinner. All of a minute walk from the house. The food is contemporary European and the service attentive. www.localrestaurant.com.ar
Arévalo 2061
Local by name, this is truly our local restaurant for a nice dinner. All of a minute walk from the house. The food is contemporary European and the service attentive. www.localrestaurant.com.ar
Another go-to lunch option in the heart of Palermo Soho. Drop in for a break between shopping. The set menu for lunch normally great value.
Mott Cocina de Mercado
4685 El Salvador
Another go-to lunch option in the heart of Palermo Soho. Drop in for a break between shopping. The set menu for lunch normally great value.
A Buenos Aires institution. Sure it's touristy, but worth dropping in for a coffee and a snack if you're in the city. They also do tango shows later at night. www.cafetortoni.com.ar
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Cafe Tortoni
825 Av. de Mayo
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A Buenos Aires institution. Sure it's touristy, but worth dropping in for a coffee and a snack if you're in the city. They also do tango shows later at night. www.cafetortoni.com.ar
Museum restaurants can be hit or miss, but this is really quite nice. A lovely courtyard and good food. www.museoevitaresto.com.ar. Tel: 4800 1599.
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伊娃博物館
2988 Lafinur
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Museum restaurants can be hit or miss, but this is really quite nice. A lovely courtyard and good food. www.museoevitaresto.com.ar. Tel: 4800 1599.
An upmarket restaurant offering a degustation menu. Among Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants in 2013. "Modern, unfussy and heartfelt cooking". www.parajearevalo.com. Tel: 4775 7759.
Paraje Arevalo
1502 Arévalo
An upmarket restaurant offering a degustation menu. Among Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants in 2013. "Modern, unfussy and heartfelt cooking". www.parajearevalo.com. Tel: 4775 7759.
The other branch of La Cabrera, just down the road from the original. Equally good. If you can't get into one, book the other! Book online. http://www.parrillalacabrera.com.ar/
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La Cabrera
5127 José A. Cabrera
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The other branch of La Cabrera, just down the road from the original. Equally good. If you can't get into one, book the other! Book online. http://www.parrillalacabrera.com.ar/
Excellent helado! Or ice cream. Freddo is a chain you will see around BA and fortunately this one is close to our house. Great for dessert after eating at one of the local restaurants. Open late!
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Freddo
1867 Ángel Justiniano Carranza
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Excellent helado! Or ice cream. Freddo is a chain you will see around BA and fortunately this one is close to our house. Great for dessert after eating at one of the local restaurants. Open late!
Rated the number 1 restaurant on Trip Advisor. Colombian siblings offer up a pan South American tasting menu with optional paired wines. http://ilatinabuenosaires.com. Tel: 4857 9095 or 15 6400 7622
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i Latina
725 Murillo
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Rated the number 1 restaurant on Trip Advisor. Colombian siblings offer up a pan South American tasting menu with optional paired wines. http://ilatinabuenosaires.com. Tel: 4857 9095 or 15 6400 7622
Designed to give an intro to the best of Argentine cuisine & culture. Billing itself not as a cooking class, but a unique dining concept. http://theargentineexperience.com. Book online.
Fitz Roy 2110
Designed to give an intro to the best of Argentine cuisine & culture. Billing itself not as a cooking class, but a unique dining concept. http://theargentineexperience.com. Book online.
This is a cute French style cafe with simple healthy food and friendly service. A quick and easy lunch option around the corner from the house.
Nicaragua 6099
This is a cute French style cafe with simple healthy food and friendly service. A quick and easy lunch option around the corner from the house.
A classic and traditional "parilla" or steakhouse and one of the best in BA. Great wine list to match. Ideal for a long lunch or dinner. Tel: 4831 9564
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Don Julio Parrilla
4699 Guatemala
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A classic and traditional "parilla" or steakhouse and one of the best in BA. Great wine list to match. Ideal for a long lunch or dinner. Tel: 4831 9564
Lovely local cafe for lunch or just coffee, just around the corner on Nicaragua. 3 minutes walk from the house.
Nicaragua 6055
6055 Nicaragua
Lovely local cafe for lunch or just coffee, just around the corner on Nicaragua. 3 minutes walk from the house.
Vegetarian restaurant a couple of blocks from the house. Also serves fish sometimes. Get your vegetable fix and a nice break from all the meat.
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Arevalito
1478 Arévalo
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Vegetarian restaurant a couple of blocks from the house. Also serves fish sometimes. Get your vegetable fix and a nice break from all the meat.
Delicious Armenian food. Normally very popular so try to book for dinner if possible or go early to avoid the wait. BYO is possible. Tel: 4772 4911.
Thames 1101
1101 Thames
Delicious Armenian food. Normally very popular so try to book for dinner if possible or go early to avoid the wait. BYO is possible. Tel: 4772 4911.
The only true seafood restaurant in the neighborhood! Stop off for lunch for a change from the meat.
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La Pescadorita
1905 Humboldt
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The only true seafood restaurant in the neighborhood! Stop off for lunch for a change from the meat.

Arts & Culture

Buenos Aires' world famous opera house. Simply stunning. Catch an opera if you can or arrange a tour (in English). Book online. http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/en/
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科隆劇院
1171 Cerrito
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Buenos Aires' world famous opera house. Simply stunning. Catch an opera if you can or arrange a tour (in English). Book online. http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/en/
For art lovers, this is a terrific museum. Look out for seasonal exhibitions too. www.malba.org.ar
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MALBA
3415 Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta
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For art lovers, this is a terrific museum. Look out for seasonal exhibitions too. www.malba.org.ar
BA has a vibrant theatre scene and this quirky off-Corrientes theatre has "Theatre For Foreigners" with English subtitles. Click on "Teatro Subtitulado" for details in English. http://www.timbre4.com/
México 3554
BA has a vibrant theatre scene and this quirky off-Corrientes theatre has "Theatre For Foreigners" with English subtitles. Click on "Teatro Subtitulado" for details in English. http://www.timbre4.com/
Newer tango club offering intimate viewing with 20 seats max ensuring all have front row seats. http://www.wearetango.com/
We Are Tango
688 Avenida Medrano
Newer tango club offering intimate viewing with 20 seats max ensuring all have front row seats. http://www.wearetango.com/
One of the oldest tango clubs in BA. Intimate and participatory. http://www.bar-sur.com.ar/en/home.html
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Bar Sur
299 Estados Unidos
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One of the oldest tango clubs in BA. Intimate and participatory. http://www.bar-sur.com.ar/en/home.html
A larger more Broadway-style tango show. Offers a tango lesson and VIP seatings + transfers. http://tangoporteno.com.ar/eng/index.html
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探戈波爾特諾
570 Cerrito
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A larger more Broadway-style tango show. Offers a tango lesson and VIP seatings + transfers. http://tangoporteno.com.ar/eng/index.html

Everything Else

A must see for any sports fan. River Plate is one of the BA's two major football (soccer) clubs. If in season, try to catch a game. It's an experience like no other! Museum: 4789 1156.
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安東尼奧·韋斯普西奧·利貝蒂紀念大球場
7597 Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta
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A must see for any sports fan. River Plate is one of the BA's two major football (soccer) clubs. If in season, try to catch a game. It's an experience like no other! Museum: 4789 1156.
Palermo Park is lovely and stretches across various sections. Grab a map and head out on foot to explore.
Parque
Palermo Park is lovely and stretches across various sections. Grab a map and head out on foot to explore.
Cheap and easy if you don't want to do any laundry yourself in the house.
Arévalo 2217
Cheap and easy if you don't want to do any laundry yourself in the house.
Closest bank ATM to the house. 850m or 6 blocks away.
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Banco Ciudad
5991 Av. Córdoba
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Closest bank ATM to the house. 850m or 6 blocks away.

Entertainment & Activities

Inside the Abasto Shopping Center, this is a great day out for the kids. http://www.museoabasto.org.ar/
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阿巴斯托兒童博物館
3247 Av. Corrientes
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Inside the Abasto Shopping Center, this is a great day out for the kids. http://www.museoabasto.org.ar/
The Japanese Garden is a lovely park and great for kids for whom it's free. It also have a restaurant. www.jardinjapones.org.ar
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日本庭園
3450 Av. Casares
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The Japanese Garden is a lovely park and great for kids for whom it's free. It also have a restaurant. www.jardinjapones.org.ar
Lovely botanic gardens and good for kids. Free entry.
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卡洛斯·泰斯植物園
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Lovely botanic gardens and good for kids. Free entry.
A fun outing for the kids. About 10-15 min by taxi from the house. Kids under 12 are free. www.zoobuenosaires.com.ar
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布宜諾斯艾利斯互動生態公園
2601 Av. Sarmiento
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A fun outing for the kids. About 10-15 min by taxi from the house. Kids under 12 are free. www.zoobuenosaires.com.ar
A fun outing for the kids, where it's forbidden NOT to touch! http://www.mpc.org.ar/
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參與式科學博物館(禁止不觸摸)
1930 Junín
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A fun outing for the kids, where it's forbidden NOT to touch! http://www.mpc.org.ar/
Another fun outing for the kids. Open daily from 2pm - 7pm. www.macn.secyt.gov.ar
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Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia
480 Av. Angel Gallardo
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Another fun outing for the kids. Open daily from 2pm - 7pm. www.macn.secyt.gov.ar
Located within Palermo Park, another fun outing for the kids. http://www.planetario.gov.ar/indexnuevo.html
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Planetario Galileo Galilei
s/n Av. Sarmiento
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Located within Palermo Park, another fun outing for the kids. http://www.planetario.gov.ar/indexnuevo.html

Essentials

Small Carrefour supermarket a couple of blocks from the house. Stocks most groceries and necessities needed.
Arévalo 1736
Small Carrefour supermarket a couple of blocks from the house. Stocks most groceries and necessities needed.
Chinese-run small supermarket. 5 min walk from the house. Good for basic supplies, including wine.
Arévalo 1655
Chinese-run small supermarket. 5 min walk from the house. Good for basic supplies, including wine.
Chinese-run small supermarket. The closest to the house (1 min) and good for basic groceries and wine.
Costa Rica 6035
Chinese-run small supermarket. The closest to the house (1 min) and good for basic groceries and wine.
Chinese-run small supermarket, Just around the corner about 5-10 min walk. Another option for basic supplies.
Soler 6056
Chinese-run small supermarket, Just around the corner about 5-10 min walk. Another option for basic supplies.

Sightseeing

Hop-on, hop-off open top bus tour and great way to familarize yourself and explore the city. Book tickets online or pay on the bus. Stops 16 or 17 closest to house. http://www.buenosairesbus.com/en/
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Buenos Aires Bus Turístico
846 Av. Pres. Roque Sáenz Peña
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Hop-on, hop-off open top bus tour and great way to familarize yourself and explore the city. Book tickets online or pay on the bus. Stops 16 or 17 closest to house. http://www.buenosairesbus.com/en/