Tips for Traveling to Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 26th, 2006 by Arthur Le
Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina, located on the southern end of South America. The city offers an amazing cultural experience with delicious food, historic monuments, and fashionable shopping, all for bargain prices. Four years of a recession has made the Argentian Peso become so devalued versus the US Dollar that any American visitor will feel like royalty with their purchasing power. The exchange rate is approximately 3 Pesos for every 1 Dollar. Just to give you an example, a glass of wine will run about 5 pesos and a top quality steak will be about 15-20 pesos!
The most expensive part of the trip will be getting there. Copa Airlines specializes in travel to and from South America, offers reasonable rates to Beunos Aires. A round trip flight from Los Angeles (LAX) will cost you nearly $900 and a flight from New York (JFK) will lighten your wallet $1000-$1200 depending on the season. Peak travel times will be during November-March, a time when many vacationers are escaping the cold weather to enjoy the summer season of the Southern hemisphere.
Stay tuned for more dining, accomodation, entertainment, and site seeing tips!
Posted: October 26th, 2006 under General, South America.
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