The Rough Guide to Buenos Aires 1
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Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Buenos Aires. Flick through the introduction for an overview on where to go and what to see, from cosmopolitan architecture and stunning mansions to long coffee klatches, where you can soak up this energetic city whilst enjoying the finest coffee. Move on to read lively accounts of every attraction from walking along the Avenida de Mayo to enjoying dinner in a typical “parrillada.” The guide provides detailed coverage of the outlying suburbs of San Isidro, Olivos and the Paraná Delta as well as destinations further afield – San Antonio de Areco and estancias in the Pampas, and Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. With colour sections on tango and football, the guide explores the city’s rich history and intense culture; includes detailed information on where to shop to where to see the best tango shows; gives practical information on accommodation and transportation; and, of course, reviews all the best … More >>
One of the things I liked the most about this book is that it was up to date. We used this book to find some of the best places to eat. We found it extremely useful in this area. We also used it to help us decide which museums we wanted to visit. Again very helpful! I found it’s layout simple and easy to use. I would recommend this book to anyone traveling to B.A.
I used both the Rough Guide as well as TimeOut to research my recent trip to Buenos Aires and the Rough Guide is easily the better of the two. Although TimeOut adds a few things here and there, it became clear early on that it would merely be used to augment the Rough Guide. Rough Guide Buenos Aires simply goes into far better, far more interesting, detail about those sites one really wants to visit.
Like any major city, Buenos Aires extends way beyond anything a tourist, even an unconventional one, likely wants to see. (How many Europeans, after all, take a vacation to New York City to spend time in Flushings, Queens?) Neighborhoods like Monserrat, San Telmo, Boca, Retiro, Recoleta and Puerto Madero are not very far from each other. Even Palermo, the happening neighborhood nowadays, is not that far away. Rough Guide provides just the right balance between providing useful and interesting history of these areas while also pointing one in the direction of those sites, common and obscure, that makes a trip to Buenos Aires worthwhile.
The sections on restaurants, cafes and such also provides those interesting tidbits that might be of interest. One Argentine author, Ernesto Sabato, may not be that well known in the United States. But I have read two of his books and, thanks to Rough Guide (and no thanks to TimeOut), I found the little cafe where Sabato hung out and did much of his writing (Bar Britanico in San Telmo, for those who are interested). That is merely a little, though representative, example of the differences between the two guides.
The maps in Rough Guide are very user friendly. As I explored a neighborhood or walked from one neighborhood to another, these maps were invariably the ones I turned to most. Representative of the guide overall, they provided just the right amount of information, noting landmarks to find one’s way.
Buenos Aires is a great city. For a guide that is up to the task of making your visit the best one possible, go for this one.
An excelent option. Clear and funny. Very good maps inside.
Es una excelente guia de Buenos Aires, con información clara y comentarios divertidos. Tiene muy buenos mapas.
This Rough Guide to Buenos Aires hits the mark. I’ll be travelling there in October 2009. It is comprehensive, practical, well written, and fun to read. I reviewed two Buenos Aires DVD guides from the library, but this book was far better for planning. And then two weeks after receiving the book, a laminated “FLEXIMAP” of Buenos Aires arrived in the mail – at no charge. WOW!
It’s a class act!
My trip to BsAs without it would have been another. I often found that a lot of the tips given to me by locals where merely repeating what the book had told me before hand. Its attitude and tone is accesible and honest and it really goes out of its way to make sure you experience BsAs at its best, should you heed its advice. What I like the most about it its revelation of nooks and crannies that tourists don’t really go to coupled with a little bit history of wherever you might find yourself.