Details About Buenos Aires

Cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, whose name means city of "favorable winds," is the capital of Argentina. With broad, well planned avenues, charming sidewalk cafes, carefully tended parks, elaborate monuments, noble statues and splendid rococo buildings, it exudes an air of sophisticated elegance. The city is a delight for exploration on foot and by car. Visit the colorful quarter of La Boca or San Telmo district with its artist colony and well-known tango clubs. Looking to shop til you drop? Plaza San Martin is the shady square at the beginning of the Florida pedestrian street is a focal point from where to start a shopping spree.