Buenos Aires Travel Forum

Hi there,
I am making up my mind last minute about going to BA around mid-May. I have a free flight and there seems to be availability for most of the month of May, so why not? Since I will probably go to Rio as well, I would be spending only 5 to 7 days in BA.

I am a guy, 33 yrs old, and I'm wondering whether people around my age hang out in hostels. It's been a while since I stayed in a hostel and since I traveled on my own! I've seen pictures of the hostels and in many I see mostly younger crowds... which is great, but it'd be nice also meeting older people since I don't think I can handle clubbing all night every day :)..
Although I'm a night owl and I'm always up to go for beers, chatting, late dinners, etc, I'd also like to see a football match, eating parrilladas, doing walks around the city, museums, some leather shopping, hanging out in local bars, oh, and dancing salsa.. It'd be great if I can find people with similar interests.

I'll be flying from Canada (my current home), but I'm from Mexico (my true home) so the language won't t be a problem. Actually, it's my chance to finally use the words "che" and "boludo" :). If anyone is planning to travel around those days and want to maybe hang out there, it'd be great... my contact info: llnavarro@yahoo.com

Any recommendation/advice will be appreciated very much..

gracias,
L

At that time of year, early winter, Buenos Aires will not be so crowded with tourists. And the current world wide financial crisis has also caused a decrease in tourism. However there are many mid to low priced hotels available in the city. Really depends on what sort of district you would prefer to be in. La Recoleta is the most central and upscale area. A well located and nice enough hotel with a good price is Juncal Palace, http://www.juncalpalacehotel.com.ar/index.htm very close to Ave. Santa Fe and the subte line D making it easy to get around the city. The trendiest area of the city would be Palermo SoHo/Hollywood and here are two places you might consider, Che Lulu is maybe a step above a hostel but a fun place and the second is a bit more expensive, Hotel Costa Rica. This area has the highest concentration of clubs, restaurants, bars and boutiques in the city and a very lively day and night life.

http://www.chelulu.com/

http://www.hotelcostarica.com.ar/

This is great interactive map for the city http://www.mapabsas.com/
but remember if you are checking an address the street name goes first then the number.

For general information the city tourism web site is very good www.bue.gov.ar/

Hope this helps and suerte
SAM

Hey, thanks Sam, this is great information.

You are very welcome have a great visit.

suerte
SAM

All the information Sam had gave you was excellent! I was in Buenos Aires last November for five days and I stayed in a hostel located in San Telmo, that was also a good "town" of the city: also there you can find lots of pubs and restaurant, salsa and tango places... about location it`s also very good cause you are near all the subways lines and is very easy to travel all around Buenos Aires. If you`re going to stay in a hostel, the staff from there can help you with other information obviously. Hostels there in San Telmo? It`s realy full of them... I`d never seen so many! I`d been in the Art Hostel and it was a nice one and not expensive (www.artfactoryba.com.ar)... Hope this can help you, cheers! Andy