Tips: Buenos Aires

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This is the first post of the Planning Trip Section!
The motivation behind this post is to give out a few tips on travelling to Buenos Aires.

Palermo Street

General Tips

• Hostels :: Do the reservations before arrive!
• Look for BOUTIQUE HOTELs: they are cheaper and much better than a hostel! Looks like a 3-4 start hotels.
• Don't forget your running/walking shoes!! You are going to walk a lot!!
• Bargain for everything! Your shopping may get cheaper!
  
• Remember that there is TANGO everywhere! Think twice before buying a ticket to a show! But Tango shows are incredible ;)
• Currency (Peso) :: Get a flee of valid and non-valid currencies at the currency exchange places.
  
• US$ is accepted everywhere.
  
• There is currency exchange places everywhere.
• Currency Exchange :: do the exchange only at trusted and known places
  
• Bus and Train services are excellent!
• Underground (El subte) ticket at ARS$0.90 - (2008 based)
• Bus ticket at around ARS$0.30 - (2008 based)
• TAXI: use the only RADIO-TAXI tagged taxis. They usually are black and yellow. Also on fair ride prices!
• Make a deal with the taxi driver from to the airport-hotel and hotel-airport.
• DO NOT PAY MORE THAN ARS$ 80.00 (2008 base) usually it cost from ARS$50.00 to ARS$ 80.00

Sites
Mostly in Portuguese and Spanish

• Bohemia Buenos Aires :: Hotel of my choice
  
• www.quetalviajar.com :: Several info about Argentina
• Albergues::UOL :: several hostels
  
• Vou de Mochila :: backpacking
  
• Hi Hostels :: several hostels
  
• Hostel-Inn :: several hostels
  
• Brasil De Mochila :: backpacking

Hotels

• From US$ 150.00 to US$ 300.00 a double bedroom
• Ibis hotel network :: always a good choice
• Holiday Inn
• There is a Four Seasons Hotel if you can afford!
• Bohemia Buenos Aires :: This is were I stayed with my wife!! Comfortable enough for the both of us! Clean with a good service and colonial breakfast!
  

Hostels

• From US$ 5.00 to US$ 50.00 :: Usually US$ 50.00 for a double bedroom
• Milhouse :: Best choice for a hostel! Very busy, though...
• La Menesunda :: The Site seams nice... but on 2008 were very dirty, with rotten wooden floor and mould everywhere... the air were so heavy on the room that I couldn't breathe properly...
  

Bar & Restaurants

• Palermo Soho/Viejo :: very beautiful with lots of cafés
  
• If you like meet, ask for a CHORIZO!!
• SIGA LA VACA :: Popular people's choice!
• PUERTO MADERO :: Nice variety of places to go!
• Café Tortoni :: Most tadicional Argentinian caffé
• The pasta is very good!
• The cheese are awesome!!
• Wine is very cheap! From nationals to imported

Tango

• Tango at piazzas every Sunday.
• Tango shows are expensive but remarkable!

Night

• Parties and Clubs starts after 10pm - 11pm
• People go crazy at night clubs : Go check it out!!
• Palermo Soho
• Patcha :: Ibiza like night club!

Streets

• Calle Florida :: Shopping for labeled clothings like Puma, Adidas, Nike (yeah... I am into sports), all the grand labels are there... Hugo Boss, Armani... you pick
• Palermo :: nicest place to be! Beautiful parks and woods to hang and relax
  
• Puerto Madero
  
• Recoleta
  
• La Boca
• Palermo :: There is a hippie street market there

Attractions

• Cemetery:: Odd but it is very distinguished! Try finding great names like Evita Perón
• Casino Puerto Madero :: A complex of two boats... it is kind of cool... not that nice, though...
• Casa Rosada
• Calle Florida
• Puerto Madeiro - Ponte da La Mujer
  
• Caminito
• Football :: Watch a match at River Plate or Boca Juniors Stadium
• COLON Theatre :: Very beautiful... it is enormous and beautiful
• Go to the remarkable library El Alteneo :: It was once a theatre
• TANGO at Caminito :: find out the days
• Wax museum :: Don't go dude... you will want your money back... there are about 10 very bad sculptured weird dolls...
• Zoo!! Don't forget to go to the Zoo!! It takes a whole day to see it all!
• The tickets are devided by sections :: repitiles, sea and so on... buy the complete ride! It is worth it!
• Don't get fooled... it seams that a general ticket gives you the right to see everything but it doesn't...

It'll get better after some comments about Buenos Aires and the writing layout.
I think this is pretty much a wrap!


Abraaaço!!