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Buenos Aires has everything a city lover could ask for with ancient theaters, museums, fine dinning and elegant hotels, evening entertainment with Tango performances and endless shopping. This page contains recommendations for accommodations and activities for travelers who wish to spend 2-4 nights in Buenos Aires.

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We recommend travelers stay in the Recoleta, San Telmo or Palermo neighborhoods. They are safe clean and conveniently located near areas of interest including the Alto Palermo for shopping, the Colon Theater, and the Tango district. We also recommend the Clo Clo restaurant,  (www.clocloristorante.com.ar)  Nuevaciento and Soto Voche.
Ask your hotel concierge for more details/recommendations.

Here are just a few recommendations for accommodations:

Alvear Palace, 5 star, www.alvearpalace.com
Argenta Towers Hotel and Suites, 4 star,   www.argentatowers.com.ar
Claridge Hotel, 5 star, www.claridge.com
Hotel Ulises Recoleta, 4 star,  www.ulisesrecoleta.com
American Towers Hotel, 4 star,  towers@americas-bue.com.ar
Los Suites Recoleta, 4 star,   www.loisuites.com.ar, then click "Arenales" or "Recoleta".
Malabia House Bed and breakfast, 4 star,  www.malabiahouse.com
Recoleta Guest House, 3 star, www.recoletaguesthouse.com
NH Florida, 4 star, www.nh-hotels.com
Amerian Hotel, 4 star, www.amerian.com
Hotel Bel Air, 4 star,  www.hotelbelair.com.ar

Recoleta Cemetery

One of the most popular attractions in Buenos Aires is the Recoleta Cemetery. Since the XIX century, it has been a resting place for the rich and powerful of Argentina. The graves are striking memorials with marble statues and ornate tombs. All tombs have the names of family members and the years they lived on a plaque or engraved in stone. Eva Peron and the Duarte family are buried here among other important politicians, wealthy landowners and famous explorers.
Cats are a common sight inside the cemetery and are feed by the management.

La Casa Rosa

La Casa Rosa

Like the White House in the United States, La Casa Rosa or the Pink House is where the President of Argentina resides.
It is located in the famous Plaza San Martin

	Dancing in San Telmo

The Tango District

One of the oldest parts of Buenos Aires is the neighborhood San Telmo. This is where Tango dancing and music were originated and still thrives. It is possible to stop in a small restaurant for lunch or dinner and see locals dancing tango.
This area is also known for it's many fine antique shops.

We recommend El Zanjon for eating and watching Tango during the evening. While shopping or touring San Telmo during we suggest you stop in the Primo Humberto or the Viejo Almacen if you wish to get lunch and see some Tango dancing. We recommend that you stay away from major Tango tourist traps. The experience may not be as genuine as in smaller lesser-known places. You should ask us or the hotel concierge for information regarding tango shows.

Cafe Tortoni

The Cafe Tortoni

Founded in 1858, Café Tortoni is the oldest coffee shop in the whole
country. With a very rich history, it is visited at all times by intellectuals, politicians and artists.
Located on Avenida de Mayo 825

"Going into the Tortoni to have a cup of coffee, to meet someone there, to attend any of the innumerable cultural functions offered there, is getting into the very kernel of tradition. Tradition is not the past. Tradition, transmission, comes from tradere, to give. Tradition is the offering of the best of the past to the men of the present and the future. It is not only in the walls of the Tortoni -which in themselves are worthy of a museum- but mainly in the spiritual climate that its management has wisely created, that the best of our porteño past can be found. And one day we shall find the best of the present there, once it has aged enough. The tourist who arrives in Buenos Aires has the entire city in the Tortoni: the past, in its walls; the present, sitting at its tables; the future, in the enthusiasm of the people who work there for the sake of culture".
José Gobello, 1998.

This text was take directly from www.cafetortoni.com.ar