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Flights to Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires downtown

Buenos Aires is South America's third largest city and Argentina's capital. As a melting pot of diverse cultural influences and vital history, there's so much to see and do in Buenos Aires you'll be spoilt for choice!

Enjoy the company of Buenos Aires' charming porteños - people of the port - on this waterside metropolis. Whether you're looking for a dynamic city holiday filled with shopping and fine dining, or a relaxing soujourn in a city steeped in culture and heritage, Buenos Aires is positively brimming with must-see sites of interest and entertainment for everyone.

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Buenos Aires downtown

Travelling in Buenos Aires

First conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century, Buenos Aires has since become known as the Paris of South America - such are the continental European influences, evident today.

The city enjoys a relaxing café culture and boasts many sites of architectural and cultural interest, with influences ranging from colonial churches and missions - such as San Ignacio de Loyola Church - to the art deco of Buenos Aires's shopping hub - Abasto de Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires is situated on the east Atlantic coast in Argentina's agricultural Pampas land. Here, you'll find world famous beef and wine regions that make any holiday to Buenos Aires a culinary delight. Dining in the city caters to all tastes and budgets and, with its past as an important trade port, you're sure to find eateries with international flavours to suit all palates in Buenos Aires.

If that wasn't enough, subtropical Buenos Aires enjoys a pleasant climate all year round so a holiday to Buenos Aires at any time of year can be ideal.



La Casa Rosada La Bombonera Stadium Puerto Madero
La Casa Rosada La Bombonera Stadium Puerto Madero

THINGS TO DO IN BUENOS AIRES

AVENIDA DE MAYO
Enjoy the pleasure of a simple coffee in one of the many traditional cafes on one of Buenos Aires's most famous streets. Visit Café Tortoni for elite decadence and Iberia Café for continental charm.
SAN TELMO
One of Buenos Aires's oldest barrios (district) where Club Atlético San Telmo have their football ground and the cobbled avenues wind past street performers, open air markets and antique shops.
LA RECOLETA CEMETERY
Celebrity spotting is far from macabre in this ancient cemetery where many of Argentina's great and good are buried, where presidents and statesmen lie side by side with writers and great thinkers.
TEATRO COLON
Considered one of the world's eminent opera houses and having played host to many international greats, although closed for refurbishment until 2010, Buenos Aires's Teatro Colón is well worth a look.
BOTANICAL GARDENS
Discover this subtropical oasis, home to over 5,500 species of plants and trees in Palermo, Buenos Aires. The Gardens, museum and winter gardens are littered with sculptures and monuments and an afternoon whiled away in the lush groves is one well spent.