Buenos Aires in the Countries, Regions & Cities series from Rough Guides; comprehensively detailed guidebooks specifically designed for independent travellers & serving a range of worldwide destinations. Widely recognised for their free editorial style, Rough Guide authors are allowed to express their personal opinions on a range of subjects. Although sometimes controversial, this editorial stance allows readers to experience more detailed & personal takes on each destination, a feature often more limited in other guidebooks. Cultural & historical nuances are explored in significant depth throughout the text & descriptions on the ambience of individual settings alongside personal recommendations, particularly in cities, are notably prevalent. Each Rough Guide in the Countries, Regions & Cities series has a similar layout. A ...

Buenos Aires is a definite 'must-have'. The guide is split into colour-coded sections, including The Essence of..., Planning, Best Places to See, Best Things to Do & Exploring. There is helpful advice for planning your trip with information about when to go, getting there, being there & getting around. The Exploring section divides Buenos Aires into colour-coded regions in accordance with the locator map on the cover flap. Hotels, restaurants, nightlife & places of interest are grouped within each region, with grid references & cross-referencing to ensure that it is easy to find what you are looking for in each area. Entries within the guide have been researched by experts & there are website addresses & practical information throughout. ...

Nick Caistor has lived for several years in Buenos Aires as well as visiting it often over the past three decades. He has reported on Argentina for the BBC & is a translator as well as the author of several books on Latin America. The architect Le Corbusier once called Buenos Aires the capital of an imaginary empire. From its foundation in the sixteenth century, Argentina`s main city has been a place of the imagination as well as the scene of many striking historical events. From foreign invasions to more modern-day coups d etat & dictatorships, the city`s turbulent history has been paralleled by a vibrant popular culture born out of the hardships of immigration & longing for a lost homel&. This cultural guide looks at the impact of history & the efforts of men & women to build a city that would fulfil their dreams, as well as bringing today s Buenos Aires vividly to life for the visitor. From the new skyscrapers along the front of the huge river of silver to the picturesque portside Las Boca where hundreds of thousands of immigrants first faced a new continent, Buenos Aires has created its own legend, lived out today in tango bars, on football pitches, in cafes where intense debates take place, or people simply watch the ever-changing parade of passing inhabitants. Nick Caistor takes the reader to the insider s Buenos Aires. He shows how the past has shaped its streets, how Argentine politics has left its mark on almost every corner, how each wave of new inhabitants has added to the city s cultural mix. He explores the complex legacy of Spanish colonialism & Peronism as well as considering the city`s representation by writers from Darwin & Humboldt to Borges & Cortazar. Analysing the foundations of Porteno culture, he reveals a city obsessed by nostalgia yet rich in music, dance & spectacle. ...

Whether for tango, football or art, passions in Buenos Aires run high. The largest city in Argentina, it is chaotic & lively, dangerous & cosmopolitan, & presents seemingly unlimited attractions for tourists. This book provides a view into the city today, & into its past. Europeans colonized Buenos Aires in the 16th century, & from this modest start it had boomed by the end of the nineteenth century. Its history is one of excesses & swings between authoritarian & democratic governments. By examining Buenos Aires` past, we can appreciate what remains as story, urban myth, or reality. Jason Wilson explores the history behind the monuments, buildings, & people of the city. Essays on present-day Buenos Aires
- its parks, cemeteries, museums & bookshops
- reveal what makes the city tick, while listings provide handy references for the traveler. Buenos Aires, one of the first titles in the innovative ` City Scopes` series, is an authoritative introduction & intimate guide to the past & present of a vibrant, fascinating city.

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Waterproof & tear-resistant map from ITMB combining a clear, indexed street plan of Buenos Aires with, on the reverse, a map of the north-eastern part of Argentina, plus insets with street plans of central Cordoba & Rosario & an enlargement for the environs of the capital. On one side is a clear & well presented, indexed street plan of the central districts of Buenos Aires. Coverage extends south to the Buenos Aires railway station & the nearby cargo terminal, west to Parque de Centenario, & north beyond the domestic airport to the university. Selected accommodation & various facilities & places of interest are highlighted, with metro stations prominently marked. Also included are a diagram of the metro network & a map of the city & its suburbs with access to the international airport. On the reverse is an indexed map at 1:2, 200, 000 of north-eastern Argentina extending north-west to San Miguel del Tucaman, north-east to the Iguazú Falls, & south past Bahía Blanca. The map shows the road & rail networks, local airports & landing grounds, & administrative boundaries with names of provinces. Topography is shown by altitude colouring with spot heights. The map has a grid with latitude & longitude at 1º. Also included here are two small panels with city centre plans of Cordoba & Rosario annotated with places of interest, accommodation, etc. ...

Buenos Aires in the Cities of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural & historical exploration of some of the great city landscapes of the world. Presented as a cultural & literary guide, each title in the series explores the history of the city, providing an overview of the city’s development from its earliest roots to the modern day. Particular emphasis is placed on the literary, poetic, architectural, cultural & historical elements that make up the city & each title is written & researched by an academic expert. An Epilogue offers thoughts on the future of the city, suggested further reading & indices of literary & historical names & famous places & attractions. ...

Wallpaper City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about the world's most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or a vacation, we've done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites, & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper City Guides enable you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city's landscape & the satisfaction you've seen all that you should. In short, these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...

Buenos Aires in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Indexed street plan of Buenos Aires with, on the reverse, a map of the whole of northern Argentina. The plan extends south to the Buenos Aires railway station & the nearby cargo terminal, west to Parque de Centenaria & north beyond the domestic airport to the university. Selected accommodation, various facilities & places of interest are highlighted, with metro stations prominently marked. Also included are a diagram of the metro network & a map of the city & its suburbs with access to the international airport. On the reverse is an indexed map at 1:2, 200, 000 of Argentina north of Buenos Aires, extending over to the Chilean coast & Santiago & covering most of Uruguay. The map shows the road & rail networks, local airports & landing grounds, & administrative boundaries with names of provinces. National parks & protected areas marked & places of interest are highlighted. Topography is shown by altitude colouring with spot heights. The map has a grid with latitude & longitude at 1 ...

Clear, indexed, tourist street plan on durable laminated paper showing central Buenos Aires at 1:15, 000, with more generalised road maps of the greater urban area & surrounding region on the reverse. Street map detail

Includes:: one-way streets, notable buildings, public buildings, shopping malls, railway & metro lines & stations, & ferry links. Symbols denote information centres, monuments, places of worship, theatres, sites of interest, car parks, hospitals, hotels, bus stations, embassies & post offices. The main map coverage

Includes:: Puerto Madero & much of the docks area & extends from Constitución & Telmo districts in the south east to Palermo in the north west. Insets continue the coverage into Boca in the south east & Núñez in the north west. The road map of the larger urban area is at 1;75, 000 &

Includes:: Tigre, San Isidro & Avellaneda. It shows the main road & rail communications, district names, airports, museums & other tourist sites. There is also a diagram of the city’s metro & commuter rail network, a 1:530, 000 road map of the city & immediate surroundings, including La Plata, a 1:18, 000 plan of Isla Martín García, & a 1:3, 000, 000 road map of central Argentina. Thirty recommended attractions are highlighted on the maps. All the street & road maps are indexed for towns, streets & locations of interest as appropriate to the scale & level of detail, & the multilingual map legend

Includes:: English







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