| J Urbina-reyes |
11 September 2004 |
Stayed at Comfort Aspen Suites - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Buenos Aires is a magnificent city to visit any time in the year. There are so many interesting places to visit and the food is just one of the best in the world with very low prices. The people very friendly and you can find excellent places to enjoy Tango and many shopping centers.
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| M Buquet |
18 July 2004 |
Stayed at Wilton Palace - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Great museums Malba and Bellas Artes, good theatres and alternative ones. Villa Villa at Centro Cultural Recoleta I recommend "La Guarda-Girando"...Walk and walk.
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| D Enos |
25 February 2004 |
Stayed at Cristoforo Colombo - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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The city tour is available for 20 Pesos or at the time of writing, equivalent to $7 USD. Florida St is a walking mall and there are many shops. Buenos Aires is a beautiful city with friendly people who were very helpful to me in spite of my limited Spanish. At today's bargain prices, it is a definite recommendation. It is a city much like those found in Europe with a good highway system. Rental cars are reported to be expensive but taxi quite the opposite.
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| C Odonnell |
30 January 2004 |
Stayed at Loi Suites Recoleta - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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I would highly recommend checking out the collection of works at the Museum of Fine Arts.
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| R Turrin |
03 May 2003 |
Stayed at Loi Suites Recoleta - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Argentina is a fabulous travel destination with a better tourist infrastructure than neighboring Brazil and Chile. Bariloche and Iguazu are a must. In Iguazu stay at the Sheraton Hotel within the Park, 2 days is more than enough to see the falls. In Bariloche make sure to rent a car and get out into the wilds of the lake district. The views are breathtaking! Bariloche itself is only the gateway to the surrounding area and not much as a destination unto itself.
The currency crisis has made food ridiculously cheap though gasoline, car rental and other imported hard-currency items will be at normal prices. If you expect to consume any imported items, in my case cigars and nuts, be aware that they cost much more than in US - Europe due to import taxes. It was a very unpleasant surprise to find that the cost of my cigar after dinner cost more than the entire dinner with wine!
Have fun!
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| R Turrin |
10 April 2003 |
Stayed at Marriott Plaza - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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BA is fabulous, and with the dollar soaring at around 3 to 1 a great deal. The best restaurant in town will run you around $50 with wine and you will eat like a king.
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| J Garcia herranz |
19 March 2003 |
Stayed at Emperador - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Buenos Aires is a nice town with very good restaurants and very cheap.
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| L Mark |
01 March 2003 |
Stayed at El Quijote - Calafate, Argentina.
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Our day trips to Moreno and Upsala glaciers were absolutely wonderful. On our last day, we booked a driver of a Land Rover to take us around the area including across several estancias. This very expensive trip turned into a disaster when our driver spoke no English, as we had requested, and provided us with no lunch, as we had been told was part of our package. The tour was supposed to be all day long, but lasted only 4 hours. Never again.
We ate at La Cocina twice, enjoying the food immensely, and at the excellent El Casimir. The Vaca Atada was far too smoky, and the food was not terribly good. We got around the town on foot, and loved going for walks before and after dinner.
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| S Stewart |
28 February 2003 |
Stayed at Hostal Del Bosque - Ushuaia, Argentina.
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Ushuaia was good but for me primarily a starting point for Antarctica.
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| J Gale |
15 February 2003 |
Stayed at Concorde - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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In transit to Rio Gallagos.
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Argentina travel tales 
