Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ture, you should make arrangements for your
return to the airport at the time you purchase
your ticket.
A final option is
public bus #86
, which leaves
from in front of the International Hotel. The
fare is $1 and it will drop you at the downtown
bus station 1½ hours later, where you can catch
a cab to your hotel.
Getting Around Buenos Aires
By Taxi
Baggage, espe-
cially if you have
a lot, can be a
problem.
Looking like beetles scurrying through a grassy
field, the small black and yellow cabs of Buenos
Aires are readily available, except during the
morning and evening rush hours. They can be
hailed on the street or called by telephone. Cabs
have meters which register distance and time.
(Occasionally, if rates have risen and the
meters have not yet been adjusted, at the end of
the ride, the driver will show you a chart on
which the appropriate fare will be listed.) Fares
are reasonable and, since cabs are a convenient
way to travel from the center of the city to the
outlying
barrios
, you'll probably use them
often. Hosts at most nightclubs or restaurants
will usually call a cab for you (occasionally for a
small charge). Or, you can call yourself -
Pídalo
S.A. is a 24-hour service at
The raised flag
and lighted top
mean the cab is
free.
The meter starts
at $1.10.
903-4991/
1142.
