Snacks or meals in a traditional setting. The locals frequent it as well as tourists. Cheap and friendly. There's also tango shows in the evenings.
Avenida de Mayo 857
Similar to Covent Garden, but the best seats cost about £10. Go to any musical for the experience, or just to see the place.
Cerrito 618; email: informaciones@teatrocolon.org.ar;
Tel: 00 54 11 4378 7100; www.teatrocolon.org.ar/
Honest, friendly and cheap. Most journeys cost about £1 or less. Also try the metro/underground railway
Transport from the airport to your hotel, for about £4 each. Friendly, efficient, reliable, fast. By minibus to any hotel.
At Buenos Aires airport, it's well signposted; www.tiendaleon.com
Simple, clean, friendly and obliging hotel. It’s central, just along from the Casa Rosada. Doubles are around £17 a night including breakfast, although that should be taken next door at the fantastic Café Tortoni.
861 Avenida de Mayo; email: hhispano@hhispano.com.ar;
Tel: 00 54 11 4345 2020
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