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Buenos Aires Fashion Week: A New Travel Deal That’s “Ready to Wear”
South American stylistas will soon be heading to Argentina, for Buenos Aires Fashion Week, which takes place August 7-10. Known as BAFWEEK Primavera/Verano 2012-13, the event this year will include both fashion and street art, with graffiti artists and clothing designers working together to create a decidedly different vibe for the event. For a well-organized, insider’s view of…
Argentina Travel, by First Class Express Bus
Argentina travel by bus can be a pleasant experience, with companies like CATA Internacional and Flechabus. BY MELISSA RUTTANAI Some people dread buses, especially long bus rides where the bathroom looms in the back, the air conditioning is spotty and the guy next to you is already snoring before the bus has even shifted out…
HOTEL REVIEW: BoBo Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
BY RAMSEY QUBEINTHE STYLE: Upon entering the hip Buenos Aires neighborhood called Palermo, which is filled with trendy bars, boutiques and cafes, it’s clear that BoBo Hotel & Restaurant (the name is an abbreviation of “Bourgeois Bohemian”) belongs here. The entrance is through immense wrought iron doors that swing open to reveal a cozy sitting area…
Carlos Melia’s Most Romantic Buenos Aires Travel Tips
Love and luxury: The Mio Buenos Aires ranks as one of the city’s most romantic hotels. His eponymous blog highlights his travels around the world, but travel expert, bespoke travel agent and consultant Carlos Melia is a bona fide expert on Buenos Aires travel, where he has lived off and on for years. So when I…
The Other Mrs. Peron: Argentina’s Despised Diva, Isabelita
No, it’s not Evita. Evita Perón’s tomb at Recoleta Cemetery and the Casa Rosada, where Evita rallied supporters from the balcony, are must-sees for every first-time visitor to Buenos Aires. But there is another Mrs. Perón who has inspired not a single Buenos Aires city tour: Isabelita. Evita Perón’s unrealized dreams of political office are…
VIDEO SLIDESHOW: Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
Walking into the historic Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires is like staring at faces of the past. During my most recent visit to Argentina’s capital, I made yet another visit to this massive resting place for the nation’s wealthy and famous (including Evita Perón, the legendary first lady).The elaborate marble mausoleums that line the narrow…
VIDEO SLIDESHOW: Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
Walking into the historic Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires is like staring at faces of the past. During my most recent visit to Argentina’s capital, I made yet another visit to this massive resting place for the nation’s wealthy and famous (including Evita Perón, the legendary first lady).The elaborate marble mausoleums that line the narrow…
VIDEO SLIDESHOW: Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
Walking into the historic Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires is like staring at faces of the past. During my most recent visit to Argentina’s capital, I made yet another visit to this massive resting place for the nation’s wealthy and famous (including Evita Perón, the legendary first lady).The elaborate marble mausoleums that line the narrow…
Shopping and Sleeping in Colonia, Uruguay
Founded in 1680 by Portugal as Colónia do Sacramento, what is commonly called simply Colonia is a quick and comfortable 45-minute ferry ride from Buenos Aires, Argentina — it’s easy enough to visit that some people do it as a day trip from Buenos Aires, or else as a stopover en route to Montevideo and…
HOTEL REVIEW: Trompe L’Oeil at the Novotel Buenos Aires
You’re not seeing things: Patio 378, the restaurant at the Novotel Buenos Aires. If perhaps you’ve had a few drinks at the hotel bar, you might be forgiven for thinking that you’re seeing things when you stroll over to Patio 378, the restaurant at the Novotel Buenos Aires. But what you see is what you…
HOTEL REVIEW: Faena Hotel + Universe (part 2) After Dark
El Bistro. On Friday night, the Faena Hotel + Universe proved to me that you don’t need to leave the property to have a night out on the town (and also why locals and celebrities alike flock to this stylish hotel; recent guests include Beyonce and Cold Play, and we’re missing the arrival of Guns…
HOTEL REVIEW: Faena Hotel + Universe (part 1)
The dramatic entry gallery. It seems like there is a reason why Faena Hotel + Universe calls itself not just a hotel, but a “universe.” It is, at the very least, a different world. I checked in yesterday afternoon, as part of a group with Borello Travel & Tours, and from the start you can…
Ford Falcon: The Legendary Car of Argentina
Buenos Aires is a bustling metropolis, its streets congested with bulbous Peugeots, darting black-and-yellow taxis and hissing buses with whitewall tires. But perhaps the most Argentine of all vehicles is a creation that was born in the United States but found a much longer life here: The Ford Falcon. This stalwart model, produced by Ford…