Colon Hotel Buenos Aires

First 24 hours in Buenos Aires (BA) is over. I will later group the photos in the respective areas but for now this will be a day by day blow … yes it is sounding like a glorified travel diary! Those who have been fortunate to have visited BA will ...

Traveling for 26 hours by the time we arrived at our hostel in Buenos Aires. British Airways is very squashy and there was a massive man sitting beside me so not much room to manoeuvre to say the least ! Met a lovely German girl called Diana from the ...

We made it to Buenos Aires and were very excited to be greeted by the warmth and the sunshine - though it felt strange to be in such a big city again! We decided to try and save some money and catch the bus to our hostel but that plan ended quickly when ...

... ; The plaza has, since being the scene of the 25 May 1810 revolution that led to independence, a focal point of political life in Buenos Aires and, arguably, Argentina.  As we made our way there we were surprised and happy in a geekish kind of way to ...

... the trip - it kept the cost of my leather jacket down.    We got back to the hotel and then got on a bus city tour of Buenos Aires.  The city tour was pretty bad, the guide was not really knowledgeable of the city, even though she ...

... de Mayo, where we got an in depth history of the Casa Rosado and Evita. We also got to visit the Cathedral Metropolitana. Buenos Aires has some pretty fantastic architecture. It is clear that there is a strong European influence on the city. We drove ...

... basically the same! We have included quite a few photographs as there are very different areas in Buenos Aires. The central one where we have the hotel (next to the Casa Rosada and Avenida de Mayo) is very similar to New York ...

... ;We nearly made our tour by walking at an angina-inducing pace due to the fact that it took FOREVER to get out of the Buenos Aires aeropuerto.   After walking around, I think if Paris and New York mated, out would come Buenos Aires.  There is ...

... the San Telmo district following a yellow fever epidemic in the 1870’s. Now it is one of the most upscale neighborhoods in Buenos Aires.  Finally, the rain stopped as we arrived at the Recoleta Cemetery.  It is a cemetery much like the ...

... is buried (otherwise known as Evita - yes, as in the awful Madonna movie which I saw in theaters). The song choice for Buenos Aires which I couldn´t stop singing was "Don´t Cry for me Argentina"(from said movie). It alternated with La Bamba - I ...

... was wonderful and it was nice to feel more like residents of city instead of tourists at a hotel.    Our days in Buenos Aires were mostly spent wandering through the different neighborhoods and enjoying the different architecture and character ...

... of the city, where the best hotels are located. The Plaza is a lovely wooded green oasis overlooking the transportation hubs of Buenos Aires, three railway stations, the River Plate and the huge bus terminal. Many years ago I had left Buenos Aires by ...

... on the soap and be prepared to clean the tub afterwards - leaving that to housekeeping would be really mean!       Back to Buenos Aires (BA). Gosh I love this city.  BA is one of those unique, terribly fascinating cities that one stumbles upon, ...

... hostel, surtout n'y allez pas!) et je réserve la chambre double de la Casa Jardin pour les autres nuits que nous passerons à Buenos Aires. Le dimanche, nous passons à la Casa Rosada. Par chance, une visite gratuite du bâtiment est organisée mais ...

CITY GUIDE TO BUENOS AIRES One big travellers tip INFORMATION * TimeOut - Buy a TimeOut BA mag (available on the streets, espec. Florida and Santa Fe)(2005 is best, specifically for BA; 2006 is for Argentina and Uruguay) - the best guide to BA, ...

... some clothes, recovered from a night out with everyone from the boat and then i jumped on a flight early the next morning to Buenos Aires. Wasn´t this a shock to the system. It was only a few days earlier that i had been hanging out with penguins, now ...

... Rio de la Plata, which is not a very pretty river.  But it’s an important one all the same, and there wouldn’t be a Buenos Aires without it.  Okay, so I booked a city tour for this morning to see BA.  I saw it.  It is a ...

... is NOT happy with Mike Wong, whose future at her company is in question. We also learned that she´d also be connecting to Buenos Aires. Oh well! In Atlanta, we went first to the Continental lounge, since it sports free wireless internet. LJ played ...

Day one in Buenos Aires. It's a fantastic city. After getting settled in our hotel, the first stop was the antique market in San Telmo. It's a great market held on Sundays. Among a wide variety of antique booths, the streets are alive with tango ...