Argentina Travel Blog

With Christmas right around the corner, you may need to get your shop on while in Buenos Aires. We've got you covered. Here are two hot shopping spots around Buenos Aires:

1. Abasto: The combination of a modern shopping mall mixed with ghosts and legends of tango's past make for a terrific setting to really get a sense of Buenos Aires culture.
2. Palermo: In the section between the confines of streets Scalabrini Ortiz and Juan B. Justo, Palermo has blossomed with designer boutiques, selling all things artistic and bohemian from jewelry to couches.

Find out more on our shopping page!
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Hosting upwards of 7 million tourists a year, Mar del Plata offers densely populated beaches to those looking for an escape from the city. With 30 miles of coastline and the Atlantic ocean lapping at sandy beaches, the seaside city is ready for hordes of sun worshipers. Find out how to get there and what else you can do aside from lounging in the sun, seeking some sandy real-estate, and enjoying the ever-entertaining people-watching opportunities.

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Vina Rathbon knows good food. On her, newly designed, website "My Beautiful Air" she's got images and descriptions that may make you drool on your keyboard. Given her fantastic food findings, it was an easy choice to ask her for a review of a posh place right in the heart of Palermo: Cluny.

While Cluny is far from the stereotypical, quintessential Argentine restaurant, it is a great example of contemporary Argentine gastronomy.

Check it out, and keep something handy to wipe down your keyboard.

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"Casa Mun" was quick to become a sensation on the Buenos Aires closed-door restaurant scene - wowing diners with his combinations of delicate and robust flavors. Surely to depress some hard-core foodies in the capital city of Buenos Aires, Chef Mun, the magician behind Casa Mun, was lured to Mendoza for a new culinary endeavor.
Chef Mun, the force behind "Casa Mun", recently moved to open his Asian-Argentine fusion restaurant named simply "Mun" to Casarena Bodega & Vinedos. Casarena is located in Perdriel, next to the Mendoza River in a completely renovated century old winery.

Who's that little girl everyone is lining up to take pictures with? Ah, it's cute little Mafalda, Argentina's own kind of Charlie Brown, sitting pretty along the "Comic Lane" in San Telmo. Many thanks to long time resident in the San Telmo Neighborhood and professional photographer, Beatrice Murch, who wrote this article about the comic book statues popping up along "Comic Lane" or "Paseo de la Historieta" in her neighborhood.

It's turning into perfect music festival weather in the southern hemisphere! We've updated our list of 2012/2013 Argentina Music Festivals where you can find descriptions of the following:

- Semana Musical Llao Llao: November 3rd - 11th, 2012
- Creamfields Buenos Aires: November 10th, 2012
- Buenos Aires Jazz Festival : November 21-26th, 2012
- Personal Fest: December 1 & 2, 2012
- Cosquin Rock: February 9, 10, 11 of 2013

The man behind popular El Tejano hot sauce, Larry Rogers, spends the total of his Friday's creating melt-in-your-mouth barbeque for his Friday night closed door experience: BBQ & Sides. The down-home dinner is served in the elegant and warm venue Reserve, run by the fantastic people at Anuva Wines.

From our smoked sweet corn, spicy cornbread, beer bread, baked potatoes, coleslaw to our BBQ pork ribs and brisket we bring something for everyone.

Get details about the process and its delectable results in this interview with the BBQ Master himself.

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There are many a sundry shopping tours, food tours, graffiti and photo tours - but The Man Tour is the only of its kind in Buenos Aires. Customized by Jed Rothenberg, from LandingPadBA.com, this tour caters to men looking for good, clean, and classic manly activities - including a straight razor shave at an old-time barber shop, a custom hat fitting, and camaraderie over cigars and spirits.

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Peñas Folklóricas celebrate the old traditions with flair. From the delicacies of the farm and ranch-lands such as humitas, locro, and empanadas, to the songs tapped out on churangos and guitars, to the dances that were swinging long before tango hit the main stage. If you're looking for a little old country charm in the heart of the city, peñas folklóricas will give you a taste. Find out about popular peñas folklóricas such as La Peña del Colorado, in the Palermo neighborhood, among others.

Also in Palermo:
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While many of the Encuentros Abiertos and Festival of Lights activities across Argentina occurred in August - there are still many events that will continue until the end of September. Get a listing of Festival of Lights events in Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Jujuy, Tucuman, Mendoza, and more.

Encuentros Abiertos partnered with the Festival of Lights in 1998. It has since been an advocate and promoter of Argentina's photographic arts through festival activities such as curated photo exhibitions, lectures, forums, workshops, call for entries, urban installations, and video art projections.