Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
French Embassy
(
011-4515-7030;
www.embafrancia-argentina.org
; Cerrito 1399)
German Embassy
(
011-4778-2500;
www.buenosaires.diplo.de
; Villanueva 1055)
Italian Consulate
(
011-4114-4800;
www.consbuenosaires.esteri.it
; Reconquista 572)
New Zealand Embassy
(
011-5070-0700;
www.nzembassy.com/argentina
; Carlos
Pellegrini 1427, 5th fl)
Paraguay
(
011-4814-4803;
www.consulparbaires.org
; Viamonte 1851)
Peruvian Embassy
(
011-4381-6913; Av Rivadavia 1501)
Spanish Consulate
(
011-4814-9100;
www.spanish-embassy.com/buenos-aires.html
;
Guido 1770)
UK Embassy
(
011-4808-2200;
www.ukinargentina.fco.gov.uk
;
Dr Luis Agote 2412)
Uruguay
(
011-4807-3040;
www.embajadadeluruguay.com.ar
;
Av General Las Heras
1907)
US Embassy
(
011-5777-4533;
http://argentina.usembassy.gov
; Colombia 4300)
EATING PRICE RANGES
The following price ranges used throughout this topic refer to a standard main
course.
$ less than AR$70
$$$ AR$70-110
$$$
$$$ more than AR$110
Gay & Lesbian Travelers
Argentina has become increasingly gay-friendly over recent years. Buenos Aires is one of
the world's top gay destinations - with dedicated hotels and B&Bs, bars, nightclubs and
restaurants. The capital is home to South America's largest annual gay pride parade and
in 2002 became the first Latin American city to legalize same-sex civil unions; in July
2010 Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage.
Although Buenos Aires (and, to a lesser extent, Argentina's other large cities) is becom-
ing increasingly tolerant, most of the rest of Argentina still feels uncomfortable with homo-
sexuality. Homophobia rarely takes the form of physical violence, however, and gay
people regularly travel throughout the country to return home with nothing but praise.
