Buenos Aires, Argentina
Currency: Peso (ARS)
Language: Spanish
Time Zone: GMT -3
Port location: Puerto Buenos Aires, ½ ml from city centre.
Transport: Taxis and buses pass the terminal.
Description: One of South America’s most European cities and often compared to Paris with wide tree-lined boulevards; spacious parks and one of the greatest opera houses in the world, the Teatro Colon.
Sightseeing and excursions: City tour, including La Boca, best known for its soccer team and Diego Maradona; tango culture show; Recoleta cemetery, the resting place of Eva Peron; Polo at Hurlingham.
Shopping: Leather goods, shoes, polo and horse related products, tango CDs and colonial paintings. Buenos Aires is reputed to offer the finest shops in South America.
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