Traveling to Buenos Aires

Traveling to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is an unforgettable experience. The city captivates travelers with its history, architecture, streets and people.

Buenos Aires has always been an open city. Its inhabitants are called porteños, people from the port. The porteños are friendly and hospitable: they usually invite tourists for lunch or dinner in their homes and prepare typical food.

Traveling to Buenos Aires is a wonderful opportunity to visit one of the most important cities of Latin America. The city is one of the cultural and economic centers of the continent. It is called the Queen of the Plata, because is located near the Río de La Plata. It is also known for its European influences.

Its many museums, exhibitions and conferences, art galleries, cinemas and theaters with national and international productions, are some of the examples of its important cultural life.

Business is very intense in Buenos Aires: there are numberless shops of the world's leading brands, galleries and shopping malls.

Spanish is the official language. Something to note is the use of vos (you) instead of the Spanish tú for informal treatment, and the use of “che” to address a person. The locals use the word che frequently. Hence the nickname of the famous Ernesto Che Guevara. The porteños understand people who speak Italian and Portuguese. Most people involved in tourist activities speak English.

The porteños are warm, noisy, demonstrative and a bit melancholic, like Tango, the official dance of the city. Traveling to Buenos Aires also involves an immersion in a hybrid culture of European roots, but with many Latin American features. Buenos Aires has it all: it is gray, but it is colorful, it has an air of Paris, but traffic is a mess.