what to do in buenos aires

I'm planning a trip to buenos aires this october and was wondering if there were any watmmers who have been there and could recommend some things to do/places to eat i wouldnt want to miss while i'm there. All the best, fred.

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you can't miss tango

other than that, dunno. never been to there.

My friend spent a few weeks there while on a 7 month trip around S.America, if you check in the list on the right you'll see a few BA folders http://my.opera.com/8bitlobster/albums/

Just spoke to him and here's few things he mentioned: Recommends to stay in Palermo or Recoleta. Downtown can be sketchy at night. MALBA is a cool art museum. Check a football game, perhaps Boca Jrs for the atmosphere but that's the middle of the ghetto, River Plate is a nicer stadium but it's further away. When there's a game on trains are free as they can't police it (not sure if he meant they are actually free or you can just get away with not paying). There's an expensive hotel called Pan Americano which has a pool on the roof with a nice view. Sorry didn't get the names of any places to eat. Hope this is at least a little bit useful.

very useful, much appreciated. definitely will check out a football game, that's a fantastic idea

check out the ladies

very useful, much appreciated. definitely will check out the ladies, that's a fantastic idea

ImageShack didn't like my idea of checking out the ladies.

Stay in your hotel room and play Quake on your laptop.

Not to be missed : La Recoleta Cemetary. When I was there, i couldn't stop taking pics, it's the cemetary of the VIPs of Buenos Aires. Jaw-dropping mausoleums, pure extravaganza.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=la+recoleta&m=text

Otherwise, go to San Telmo (a neighbourhood)to see tango dancers on the street and eat a grilled pizza (yes, they love that). Go to Palermo Soho for the trendy side of Buenos Aires.

Lots of other stuff to do but can't exactly remember the names.

  On 9/13/2010 at 8:35 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

Not to be missed : La Recoleta Cemetary. When I was there, i couldn't stop taking pics, it's the cemetary of the VIPs of Buenos Aires. Jaw-dropping mausoleums, pure extravaganza.

 

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=la+recoleta&m=text

 

Otherwise, go to San Telmo (a neighbourhood)to see tango dancers on the street and eat a grilled pizza (yes, they love that). Go to Palermo Soho for the trendy side of Buenos Aires.

 

Lots of other stuff to do but can't exactly remember the names.

A grilled cheese pizza?

where's jedy? isn't he from argentina?