Things to do in Buenos Aires: Palermo Neighborhood

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

Palermo became in the last 10 years one of THE neighborhoods of BA. Palermo today referes to avant garde art, design and gastronomy. Use te be a residential distric (flats all over) with some car workshops, and those “fixing cars places” and houses turned into chic restaurants, bars, well-known top brand shops, libreries with coffe shops, design and decoration spaces, clothing fairs and tall residential builldings.

Also was divided en different sub areas like “Palermo lakes”, “Palermo Soho”, “Palermo Hollywood”, “Palermo Chico”, “Palermo Queens”…but this division was made it by the real state business, so they made “Palermo” bigger and more expensive ;) (and chic of course!)

Palermo Hollywood is call the area between JB Justo Ave, Santa Fe Ave, Dorrego Ave and Cordoba Ave. It is call “Hollywood” because there are many TV channels and independent producers, plus some radio stations in there. Also many restaurants and hotels, plus THE street where are most of the clubs of Palermo: Niceto Vega st! (Niceto, INK, Liv….)

Palermo Soho is the fashion district where you will find all the vogue, and the shops will be showing their new colections; the vanguard of Latin America. The hurt will be Plaza Cortazar (known as Plaza Serrano too) during day light there are clothing fairs (young independent designers), and during the night the bars tables take care of the situation…the name comes from NY Soho cauze will be full of shops (no matter what is the shop about, will be a “designed shop”). Lately there are lots of B&Bs and Boutique hotels…

Palermo Chico it will be one of the most exlusive ngbhds in Buenos Aires. This is because you will find “Barrio Parque” that is a small area of the city with HOUSES that normally are huge. Celebrities and sports people lives in there. Maradona did for a few years. Also in there is the most expensive residencial tower in the city (Le Park II). Palermo Chico has many embassies (Spain, Chile, Portugal, USA, Canada, Peru, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Morocco….) so that is why is completely safe to walk in there altough there is no much people who walk around that area. Also you will find the MALBA (Museum of Latin American art in BA) biggest private colection plus itinerary expositions…

Palermo Lakes will be the area of the parks…there is a big lake (no swimming), El Planetario, the Japanese Garden. Many people fitting since early hours, a beautifull area to chill.

Summarizing: walk all over!

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Tango in Buenos Aires

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Since you are in Buenos Aires (the Tango Capital) is a must do some Tango. This are two diferent options.

Or you can go to a traditional Tango Show, there are lots and very good ones, but the best tango show in Buenos Aires is La Esquina Carlos Gardel

Good News! If you book trough us, we get a 10% discount on the tango show, or dinner tango show!!!!! Just contact us at info@bafreetour.com

The Milongas are the night clubs for tango dancers, so you can go there just to watch real people dancing tango, or to dance the tango! I won´t recommend you to try to dance if you don´t really know how in there, they will NOT smile to you :)
There are many Milongas (Tango night clubsl) but we will recomend, the cool and the traditional, depending on wich night;

Tuesday TANGO:

La Catedral milonga, 4006 Sarmiento st. Abasto.  Starts at midnight

Buenos Aires Club (Tango Queer) 571 Perú st, San Telmo. Starts at 9.30 pm

Wednesday TANGO:

Maldita Milonga,  571 Perú st, San Telmo. Starts at 10.30 pm

La Marsharll (tango queer, tango gay) 444 Maipu st (1st flor) downtown. Starts at 10 pm

Thursday TANGO:

Niño Bien tango, 1462 Humberto primo st (1st floor). San Telmo. Starts at 10.30pm

La viruta tango, 1366 Armenia st, Palermo. Starts at 11 pm.

Friday TANGO

Confiteria La ideal Milonga, 384 Suipacha st, downtown. Starts at 10 pm

Saturday TANGO:

La viruta tango, 1366 Armenia st, Palermo. Starts at 12 pm.

Salon Canning, 1331 Scalabrini Ortiz ave. Palermo, starts at 12 pm.

Sunday TANGO

El indio milonga, Plaza dorrego (yes on the square, open skys!!). Once the San Telmo fair its done, at 7.30 you will find this beautiful milonga. San Telmo´s milonga.

Enjoy the best Buenos Aires Tango in Buenos Aires!!!!

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Best Bars in Palermo!

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Which are the best bars to go in Palermo – Buenos Aires? This is the updated info!

Here you have my list of top ten places to go for a drink , for different reasons, my top ten bars in Palermo Buenos Aires.

I think you should visit all of them and give them and order! I am just giving you them on alphabetical order, so I look forward for your comments!

Enjoy the best bars in Palermo! Also they are on the best bars in Buenos Aires!

Bars in Palermo

878 Bar
Perhaps the best cocktails in Buenos Aires, kind of speak easy place. The most important whisky selection in town!
Location: 878 Thames st.

Belushi Bar
Beautiful terrace quite snoby at the door just say your are guests from Thumbs up Comunication (Sergio)
Location: 5333 Honduras st

Congo Bar
This place get really fancy on Thursdays! People are about 27/34. Location: 5329 Honduras st

El especial
A great place to listen live music, great atmosphere and cool alternative. They may charge you for entrance, it is located in 4391 Av Cordoba accross Bulnes st, 1st floor

Frank’s BAr
The unique speakeasy we have in the city, opens Wednesdays to Saturdays and it is a great place for a drink. Little overpriced but the whole experience is cool! Check out the keyword on their FB page

Godoy
If your move is shick this is you bar in Palermo! Cool music, not a dance floor but some people do it anyway!
Location: 4905 Paraguay st

Isabel Bar Buenos Aires

Isabel Bar
One of THE trendy places to go for a drink, the plus, they have very good cocktails!
Location: Uriarte 1664

Mundo Bizarro
Close to 878 the name says it all! Very cool place to visit, they have great Mexican food!
Location: 1222 Serrano st

Tiki Bar
Just in front the most famous night club for Thursdays (Club 69) this bar offers great fruit cocktails and a wonderful terrace!
Location: 5507 Niceto Vega st.

Unico Bar
Almost every local has been there at least once! Why? I can not tell! Perhaps answer will be location, location, location!
5604 Honduras st.

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What to do in New Year’s Eve in Buenos Aires?

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

As in Xmas we stay more at home with the family, for new years people go out is more like a party, but not in the street.

The easy one is just to go to a restaurant with show and party included, here some options, all of them require some downpayment.

If you want to do it BIG, the best Buenos Aires Tango experience is going to be with “La esquina de Carlos Gardel”
They have a complete Menu for a very specila night:
Evening Program:
8:00 p.m. Transfer from the different hotels to our facilities.
8:30 p.m. Reception.
Cold Dishes
Salmon Gravlax, Turkey, Pork, Chicken Balotine, Terrine Assortment, Serrano Ham, Focaccia, Dried Fruits, Variety of Flavored Breads, Selected Cheese Assortment, Patagonian Cold Cuts Assortment
Atlantic Prawns marinated in Citrus Fruits, Marinated Herring, Marinade of Duck, Lamb treated Loin with Herbs
9.30 p.m. The Dinner. You will choose First, Main and Dessert
Beverages inclueded: Water, soda, beer
Wine
Rutini Cabernet Malbec / Sauvignon Blanc
Bodegas La Rural
Chandon Extra Brut Champagne
10:45 p.m. A tango moment in a very special night.
11:30 p.m. Surprises …
12:00 a.m. Great Toast and…We welcome year 2012 with… More surprises
All night long…
Dessert table to sweeten our evening…and free drinks…
12.30 a.m. Year 2012 has begun, and… the Night continues until daylight with dancing, and more surprises…
Return transfer available from 1:30 a.m. (every 30 minutes.)

The Price is u$s 400 per person – Reservation with pre-payment only

If you book trough us, we can get a 10% discount! =)

In Recoleta

“El Callao” is a “all you can eat” restaurant, they have a special menu, wine Norton included and party until 2am, will cost AR$ 270, you have to prepay half of it.
The place is Located in the corner of Juncal and Av Callao.

In Downton

If you are looking for a restaurant “Filo” located in San MArtin 915 -Downtown is a great option since they charge a special amount of money just for the ocassion AR$ 70, dinner is from the menu as every day.
They dont really have a planned party, but they do have a DJ platying live music until 2 am.
Champagne and sweet stuff for the toast are included in the Ar$70. I guess it will be like AR$250 per person (if you dont drink too much! :) )

Another option will be “La Ideal” in Suipacha 384 @ Corrientes Av.
It is a very old Milong place, and they will have some tango show included, food, wines and champagne asweel.
Tango is nostalgic, and so is that place, the price is AR$450 per person

Aswell every 5 star hotel will give a big party and great menu.

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Christmas in Buenos Aires: things to do for christmas holidays in BA

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Christmas in Buenos Aires: things to do for Xmas holidays in BA

I found people asking themselves:
What should we see or do during the holidays here?
Are there any traditions we can immerse ourselves in?

Christamas in BUenos Aires

As you are going to notice once you reach the city, we are not big fans of the “Christmas decoration” this is still here a commercial thing (Papa Noel -Santa- at 12am will bring gifts for kids an adults) but is also a religious party for Jesus birth. If you want to see the “nicest” decorations, that will be inside the shopping malls.

The most religious families, they will go to mass “Misa de Gallo” that use to be at 8pm before dinner, then we walk to the home or restaurant where we are going to have dinner. If you are going to go to a restaurant be sure you book that in advance….

In Argentina we like celebrations!! So we celebrate Christmas eve and christmas day! “La Cena de Navidad” (eve) will include several courses and if you do it in a Restaurant also party after… “Vitel tone” will be in every table! :)

If you are going to go to a restaurant for that day (24th at night, xmas eve) I will highly recommend you to choose a restaurant walking distance from your place, so you don’t need transportation that that night is really difficult to get!

At 12am we will receive Xmas with a toast and after we will give each other the gifts.

For the day after, December 25th we will have lunch together again with the family, and for sure we will have things from the night before! :)

Young people after the family meeting they go out to party, bars and nightclubs are going to be open.

Another totally different Christmas is the “Navidad Solidaria” as you can imagine for people that want to show solidarity can join the biggest Foundation in argentina call “Red Solidaria” that are looking for voluntaries to go to the street and take food and being a company for the homeless along that night! If you are interested write to redsolidaria@fibertel.com.ar you can check more info on their website

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What to do in Buenos Aires this weekend, December 2nd to 4th?

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

Tonight Friday at the Planetarium on a Big Screen, from 8 pm to 10.30 pm they are going to play the image of the Moon… this is a Free Activity…

The Moon at the Planetarium in Buenos Aires

This weekend we still have the Palermo Polo Championship, on that link you have all the info about how to buy tickets to go to the Palermo Polo Championship, and how to go to the Palermo Polo Field.

On Saturday a Solidarity Festival is going on on Palermo area, in the big park call “Tres de Febrero” in Av Figueroa Alcorta across La Pampa st.
The idea is to take with you 2 empty plastic bottles, with the money they will get for selling them they will buy a piece of forest in the North just to keep it for humanity! :)
Free Concerts are going on from 2 pm to 8 pm
Aditional info on Mundo Invisible Facebook fan page

During the day, starting at 12pm the Buenos Aires City Government organizes a Celebration for the Spanish Community living here, beside the show that for sure is going to be really cool the best part is THE FOOD!!! Great opportunity to test some Spanish food, if you want to do that, make it early! :)

In Palermo area as well tomorrow Paul Oakenfold and ATB are playing in an open sky place… you can buy tickets at the door (AR$155) the exact address is Marcelino Freire 3831 – Palermo, in GEBA club

On Sunday we have “Masa Critica Buenos Aires” since it is the first Sunday of the month, show up with your bike (or rent one :) ) at 4pm at the Obelisk and join at least a 100 cyclist to ride around the city! :)

And off course on Saturday you can join our BUENOS AIRES FREE TOUR! on our website you have the meeting points pics, the first one is at 11 am and the second one at 5pm!

Enjoy Buenos Aires and contact us for whatever you need!

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What’s going on this weekend November 24th to 28th in Buenos Aires?

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

What’s going on this weekend November 24th to 28th in Buenos Aires???

POLO IN PALERMO – BUENOS AIRES

LA BOCA TANGO FESTIVAL

LA NOCHE DE LAS LIBRERIAS – THE BOOKSTORES NIGHT

Recommended Activities (dont need spanish) Main Stage in Av Corrientes @ Talcahuano – Downtown 8.30 pm Concert for kids 9.00 pm 11.00 The 5pm in Av Coronel Diaz 1747 Libreria SBS a Magician Show 7.30pm in Nicaragua 4899 Music Concert by Video Social Club

What to do in Palermo?

5pm in Av Coronel Diaz 1747 Libreria SBS a Magician Show 7.30pm in Nicaragua 4899 Music
Concert by Video Social Club @7pm

BUENOS AIRES ART FESTIVAL

This is the Festival where you can see how technology can work in the Art

Recommended:  Poncho  -  Dj Dellamonica

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