| The capital city of South America is a best place to land for your vacation. Buenos Aires is a cosmopolitan city with a lively cultural life. The city is well known for its unique mixture of Latin- American and European culture. Buenos Aires is located on the southern shore of the Rio de la plat. The city has a strong influence of European culture. It is commonly referred as 'Paris of South America'. In spite of their strong European cultural influence you will find people here hold a lot to their tradition. They celebrate their local culture in the weekly Matadors fair; featuring their traditional style of cooking, exhibiting ethnic crafts and with sport like horse race. As you travel you will find every place is very unique with their own personality. Plaza San Martin, Torres Monument, Government house, Cavanaugh building, Cabildo, Government house and St. Martin cathedral are some the preferred tourist spot. Visiting Tortoni Coffee House will you a relishing experience of have coffee in an Art Nouveau building. The house use to be one of the oldest literary cafes in the city built around early 18th century. The also has beautiful gardens, parks and amazing night life. The best bet for finding magnets, key chains, t- shirts, mugs and the like is in one of the stores either on Iberlucea or Magallanes streets. While there are also some stores on side streets, the main shopping and sightseeing area of La Boca is on Iberlucea between Olavarria and Magallanes, and Magallanes up to C.F. Melo Street. Caminito, Boca's most famous street, has colorful photo opportunities and artisans selling original works.. In Buenos Aires there are Italian, Spanish, Japanese, French, and Nordic, Mexican Chinese, and Arab, Turkish and Armenian restaurants. There are also a number of restaurants that serve aphrodisiac, vegetarian and macrobiotic food. The variety of restaurants covers a range from sophisticated to fast food chains satisfying every taste and every pocket. There are also restaurants often referred as "Parrilladas" that strictly serve barbecued meat and chicken. Some of them are called"Tenedor Libre" and they are "All You Can Eat" for a fixed price. As dessert, it is common to see Portenos having fresh fruits, ice cream or flan with "dulce de leche". Buenos Aires people enjoy a good weather all over the year. Average annual temperatures are of about 18º (Centigrades). A few days can be extremely hot or cold during the year. In winter, the coldest month is July, with an average temperature between 3º and 8º. In summer, heat comes together with some humidity; the average temperature is 28º. Rainy days are frequent in autumn and spring time. During the warm months. La Boca, there are smaller, more distinctive shops where you can find better deals on souvenirs. |
