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Buenos Aires travel guide
by admin on giu.29, 2010, under Buenos Aires Guide, Tourist Attractions, Travel Tips
Travelling in Buenos Aires offers the opportunity to visit so many different and interesting places that you never get bored of this city. Follow our Buenos Aires travel guide.
In the district of La Boca you may take a walk on the football pitch where once Diego Armando Maradona played. La Bombonera is in fact one of the most renowned stadium of the world, home of the popular football club Boca Juniors, and it also hosts a museum.
If you are keen on nature, then you will certainly enjoy a day in the Botanical Garden and in the Ecological Reserve of Puerto Madero (link), little gems that boast marvellous large green areas.
The Buenos Aires travel guide also includes the experience of dancing tango at the National Tango Academy in Buenos Aires. Take lessons from the expert native teachers, and learn this enchanting dance, but pay attention not to become addicted!
Don’t miss the chance to visit one of the greatest theatre in the world, the opera house Teatro Colón. You don’t have to be a fan of opera to enjoy an opera or ballet perfomance. They are simply stunning.
If you want to put into practise the tips of this travel guide , book an apartment in Buenos Aires, and get it started!
Buenos Aires – Botanical Garden
by admin on giu.29, 2010, under Buenos Aires Guide, Tourist Attractions, Travel Tips
Buenos Aires boasts a stunning Botanical Garden, one of the largest of the world, declared national monument in 1996. The Botanical Garden is situated in the district of Palermo, near Palermo Park, the Japanese Garden and the Buenos Aires zoo.
The Buenos Aires Botanical Garden was conceived by architecture and designer Carlos Thays, in the last years of nineteenth century. It holds over 5000 species of plants and trees, as well as various monuments and sculptures, such as Figura de Mujer, Saturnalia, Sagunto and Los Primeros Frios.
Recently, a growing number of abandoned cats have been populating the Buenos Aires Botanical Garden. They are fed by voluntaries who also provide vaccines and veterinary cares, and put them up for adoption.
The Botanical Garden has three different sections:
the Oriental Garden, that holds African palms and brackens, European oaks and hazelnut trees, Asian Ginkgo Biloba, and Australian Eucalyptus and Acacias;
the French Garden with its symmetric style of 18th century;
the Romand Garden, where you may see cypresses, laurels and poplars.





