Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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A tourist information center
Center
Disabled bathroom sign
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Local newspapers
General Information
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Tourist
hotels, and hostels.
Wipe
(see p43)
and numerous
gay-oriented nightclubs
and hangouts, although
they tend to only get busy
in the early hours
Information
There are tourist infor-
mation desks at the city's
international and
domestic airports
is distributed all over the
city and has full listings
on music, club, bar, and
restaurant scenes.
La
(see
(see
Guia Divina
is distributed
in San Telmo.
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Websites
pp48-9)
.
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Pride Travel: 2nd
Floor, Office E, Paraguay
523
• 5218-6556 • Open
10am-2pm, 3-6pm Mon-Fri
•
www.pride-travel.com
(
Public Holidays
p104)
and at locations
throughout the city. Staff
provide maps, general
information, and
accommodation advice. A
complete list of infor-
mation desks within the
city can be found on the
official tourist website
www.bue.gov.ar.
A good starting point
is www.bue.gov.ar. Also
try www.whatsupbuenos
aires.com.For information
on activities, shared
housing, and jobs try
www.yesba.org. For
tango listings visit
www.letstango.com.ar.
Public holidays are
January 1 (New Year's
Day); March 24 (National
Day of Memory for Truth
and Justice); March/April
(dates vary: Holy
Thursday; Good Friday);
April 2 (Falklands/
Malvinas War Veterans
Day); May 1 (Labor Day);
May 25 (May Revolution
Day); June 20 (Flag Day);
July 9 (Independence
Day); August 17 (San
Martin Memorial Day);
October 12 (Columbus
Day); December 8 (Day
of the Immaculate
Conception); December
25 (Christmas).
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Foreign
Newspapers
and Magazines
Foreign newspapers,
The Times
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ASATEJ
The student travel
agency, ASATEJ, has
other uses besides flight
reservations. It helps
with language exchange
requests and has details
on housing. d
Map Q5
• 3rd Floor, Office 320,
Florida 835
•
4114-7611
•
Open 9am-7pm Mon-Fri
•
www.asatej.com
&
Disabled Visitors
The
New York Times,
and
as well
as the magazines
Time
and
can be
bought in Microcentro.
Prices of these tend to
be vastly inflated.
Newsweek
£
Local Newspapers
and Magazines
The
Buenos Aires Herald
is an English-language
daily, popular with expats
and Anglo-Argentinians.
It carries full event
listings on Fridays. Of the
Spanish-language dailies,
Clarín
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Background Reads
Only one subway line
(Línea D)
is part-equipped
for wheelchair users and
street ramps are in bad
shape. Better hotels are
equipped for disabled
guests. City tours for
wheelchair users are also
available
For an overview of
Argentina's history, pick
up
The Argentina Reader
by Nouzeilles and
Montaldo. Books on the
Perón years include
have listing sections on
Fridays.
and
La Nacion
Eva
is a
bilingual culture and
listings magazine.
$
Free Publications
Wicked!?
Perón
by Ortiz and
The
(see p105).
Real Odessa
by Goñi.
For lighter reading, the
stunningly photographed
!Tango!
*
Gay and Lesbian
Travelers
Buenos Aires rivals Rio as
South America's most
prominent gay and lesbian
destination. There is a gay
pride festival in November,
Marcha del Orgullo Gay
by Collier and
co-authors is a definitive
guide. Miranda France's
travelogue,
and Listings
Published every two
weeks,
is a free English-language
newspaper and is
distributed in city bars,
The Argentimes
Bad Times in
Buenos Aires
, is an
account of an expat's life
in the city in the 1990s.
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