Hotel Splendid Buenos Aires

... out and to my surprise, it was my buddy and best friend Tom. What luck that he would see me from his cab on the streets of Buenos Aires. After Tom got his gear (all of it I may add) to the hostel, we headed out for the open market. The bus ride was ...

Last place on the Intrepid trip – soon be on our own with Sue´s fluent Spanish to guide us! Buenos Aires is a big city but unlike Rio we didn't connect immediately.  Arrived on Sunday and Monday was a bank holiday – carnival time ...

... and I bought 3 shirts and a skirt for about $20.  It was awesome.  We all put on our finest that night and headed out to the lovely tango show and officially wrapped up our splendid time in the capital of Buenos Aires.  Chao, Suerte. ...

Well we arrived in Buenos Aires at 11am on 9 Jan after a splendid day with Captain Dick (yes that is his name - he is a pilot) and Gem in Sydney, cruising the harbour.  The flight was pretty smooth running and only 13 hours.  In typical style we ...

... fuck and said nothing. Unless they were from Tan field or one of its neighbouring 'suburbs' of Stanley. On arriving at Buenos Aires I waited for my travelling companions Scott and PT who were arriving on an Iberia flight where there would probably have ...

... flat land the famous Vineyards and Wineries are to be found, 70% of the countries wine is produced in this area. MENDOZA TO BUENOS AIRES Left Mendoza bus terminal early evening. We had paid for seats on a bed bus and June was not disappointed. There ...

... BA, and a somewhat ellusive airport transfer bus). I arrived just in time for happy hour, which, like everything else in Buenos Aires, happens about 5 hours later than it does back in the UK. Despite only being officially 4 hours behind the ...

... 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 ...

... , some dressed in formal dinner jackets and some in jeans and all the ladies had beautiful tango shoes. It was a really authentic Buenos Aires experience. Ash had booked a highly rated restaurant for Sunday brunch in Palermo. Palermo is pretty quiet on a ...

... 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, ...

... to have their photo taken (including Jen!). Since then we’ve also explored further afield into other areas of Buenos Aires. We tried to visit the Casa Rosada, the presidential offices from where Eva Peron addressed the masses from the ...

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, ...

... times all round lol We left Colonia at 3 am the next morning ( a shock and a half to the system!!!) by ferry for Buenos aires, Argentina, where i have been for the last 2 days and 2 nights! Our first day consisted of a really rubbish tour and ...

... additional flight to go home. I spent the first two days in Buenos Aires on my own before starting a Tour with Gap Adventures. The Hotel Splendid is very centrally located right by the Plaza de Mayo. Like all the hotels in our tour, it is very basic and ...

... to it's wide boulevardes and pedestrial only streets. Proudly claimed by locals to be the cosmopolitan capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires has a lively happy feel that you soon find yourself immersed in.  Immigration in the past hundred years mainly ...

... cake and every sugary Danish you can think. I tried them all in the early hours when I came in from Opera bay. Moved from Hotel Splendid (my a*rse) to the more plush Hotel Waldorf. Said my bye byes to the group.   Sarah arrived today. Yipee!. She ...

... Congress Plaza and then walked home.  To finish off my Buenos Aires experience I went to a tango show at Cafe Tortino.  Buenos Aires is definitely a place I would like to come back to visit.  There were so many other areas that I didn't get ...

Arrived in central Buenos Aires to meet up with our new travelling companions for our GAP tour to Rio - the combination of our improving Spanish and exceptionally helpful locals meant that our 'Subte' metro journey from the bus station to the ...

... to discuss tango, since it is such a huge part of this city.  To the Argentinian people, tango involves a history, music and dance. Buenos Aires is known as the city of Tango, which is both a music and dance. Tango began in the 1880s in the brothels ...