Argentina Countrywide Blog

Argentina Countrywide is not a website about Buenos Aires City, we specialize in advising clients on travel, tours and estancias Argentina Countrywide.

However, most of our clients arrive to Buenos Aires City, and we represent many estancias (country houses) in the Province of Buenos Aires, we therefore provide information and links to other websites and services that we highly recommend to those travelers starting their travel and tours in Buenos Aires City.

Most vacationers traveling to Buenos Aires fail to make the distinction between Buenos Aires the Province and Buenos Aires the City.

Buenos Aires Province is the largest and most populous of Argentina’s 23 provinces. Buenos Aires Province has 134 districts called “partidos” and a population of 15,011,248.  The Capital of Buenos Aires Province is La Plata.

In 1994, Buenos Aires City became “Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires” (Autonomous City of Buenos Aires) and comprising of 48 “barrios” or districts. This is the first blog in a series of articles that will explore the most important barrios for sightseeing and tourism in Buenos Aires City and later, the most important and interesting partidos for sightseeing and tourism in Buenos Aires Province.

Today, we start of first article in the series of two where most travelers arrive to and start their tours of  Argentina, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires is a city of faded elegance, romanticized by many and often characterized by the melancholy melodies, and the sensuality and passion of the tango.

However, there is much more to the city than the tango.  Buenos Aires City is an amazing metropolis of enormous culture and its barrios are each unique with distinctive characteristics and histories, their contrasts make Buenos Aires a wonderful tourist destination for all tastes, budgets and seasons.

Before going on it is important that travelers realize that the Buenos Aires barrios most favored by tourists are located in a relatively small area of the city close to the city center (Centro and Downtown) , but not in the city center , that would be Caballito.

The barrios recommended and described are the safest and most interesting for tourism and sightseeing.

If you look at the map below, you will note that we are referring to an area that includes Belgrano and Colegiales in the north of Buenos Aires  to La Boca and San Telmo in the south of Buenos Aires, and Caballito to the west. The eastern boundary of the city center barrios we recommend is the Rio del la Plata.

In total, we only recommend 13 out of 48 Buenos Aires barrios to tourists, as we believe them both safe and great for tourism.  We caveat that statement by saying that we do not recommend La Boca as a place to stay, but most certainly, no stay in Buenos Aires would be complete without visiting La Boca.

One of our trusted partners, BuenosAiresStay, has some of the best guides and information about Buenos Aires City found anywhere on the Internet, so it would be foolish to ‘recreate the wheel’. We link Buenos Aires Stay’s comprehensive tourist guides for your convenience:

• Belgrano Apartments, Tours and Restaurants Guides
• Caballito Apartments, Tours and Restaurants Guides
• Downtown Apartments, Tours and Restaurants Guides
• La Boca Apartments, Tours and Restaurants Guides
• Monserrat Apartments, Tours and Restaurants Guides
• Palermo Apartments, Tours and Restaurants Guides
• Puerto Madero Apartments, Tours and Restaurants Guides
• Recoleta Apartments, Tours and Restaurants Guides
• San Nicolas Apartments, Tours and Restaurants Guides
• San Telmo Apartments, Tours and Restaurants Guides

Many clients ask us about accommodation in Buenos Aires City and if we would recommend hotels or vacation apartments, it is not our specialty and so we refer clients to one of two trusted partner websites dependent on tourists budget:

• Buenos Aires Stay provides premier and budget Buenos Aires apartments. There services are highly recommended all over the Internet and in just two short years under new ownership they have a well-respected brand in Buenos Aires.  Owned by British expatriates, BuenosAiresStay.com is just one of many quality vacation rental agencies operating in Buenos Aires.

• Their sister website Luxury BA Stay cater to the high-end luxury market and uniquely, their apartments are listed subject to a published  apartment criterion, with a full range of luxury services and a full time concierge team run by Buenos Aires Experience, their services are geared totally for travelers who want and can afford a Luxury BA Stay.

When deciding where to stay and between a Buenos Aires vacation apartment or a Buenos Aires hotel, the articles linked below help travelers make an educated decision:

• Where to stay in Buenos Aires
• Buenos Aires Apartments-V-Buenos Aires Hotels
• Argentina – Buenos Aires hotels – Save 60% ONLINE NOW!

If you want help planning your travel and tours in Buenos Aires Province and City, we highly recommend Buenos Aires Experience. Buenos Aires’ leading provider of private guided tours.

Buenos Aires Experience is a group of well-traveled Argentines dedicated to promoting the Province of Buenos Aires and especially Buenos Aires City, their Buenos Aires tours reveal the real Buenos Aires travelers yearn to see, but more often miss.

If guided tours or travel is not in your budget, here are some further links by BuenosAiresStay.com  to ‘Do-It-Yourself’  tours of Buenos Aires City:

• Buenos Aires Best Walks – Recoleta to Palermo Soho
• Buenos Aires Walking Tours – Do-It-Yourself Centro
• Buenos Aires Park – Parks, Squares & Garden Tours
• Buenos Aires Best Attractions – DIY City Tour
• Sightseeing by Buenos Aires bus (colectivo)
• Weekend walking (taxi) tour Buenos Aires
• La Boca Sightseeing Tours

Argentina Countrywide trust that our recommendations and referral links to our trusted partners ensure that you have a wonderful stay in Buenos Aires.