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What to do, where to stay, and where to eat in Buenos Aires

© Martin Morrell

Most first-time visitors know Buenos Aires for tango, steak, and wine—a trifecta of passions—but the Argentine capital’s French buildings, Italian food, and Spanish nightlife also tell the story of a city with one foot in South America and the other in Europe. Beyond the “Paris of South America” tourist clichés, it is a city of world-class art, celebrated local cuisine, and internationally acclaimed design. After an economic crisis in 2001 battered the country, Buenos Aires became one of the world’s few high-design, low-cost travel destinations, and the resulting influx of visitors and expats transformed the city. In recent months, however, acute inflation has confounded the country’s once-robust recovery. The days of Buenos Aires as a bastion of bargains have passed—at least for now.

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Buenos Aires Features

Shopping in Buenos Aires March, 2008

On a neighborhood-by-neighborhood shopping excursion in Argentina’s style-obsessed capital, Lynn Yaeger finds enough trinkets to fill an extra suitcase—or two.

Argentina's Finest October, 2006

The Alvear Palace may still be the gold standard, but with four newly minted retreats, Buenos Aires's hotel scene just got a little more gilded.

Buenos Aires Steps It Up July, 2005

In the wake of an economic crisis, this metropolis is looking beyond its European past and finding inspiration in its own culture. Mitchell Owens examines the comeback of the Paris of the Pampas.

5 Cities on $250 a Day March, 2005

Can you live it up in the world's most glamorous cities for less? T+L dispatched five intrepid correspondents to points around the globe. Their mission: Pack as much as possible into 24 hours. Their challenge: Do it all without breaking the bank

Sessions with Sessa December, 2003

Master class with Argentina's master photographer, Aldo Sessa, turns a tour of Buenos Aires into a lesson in beauty, history, and the perils of perfection.