Enroute to Iguazu Falls, we will be staying in Buenos Aires for two days. Any special sightseeing I should not be missing?
In the same line of question, is Buenos Aires immigration as crowed as US, we have only two hours to pass the immigration, pick up luggage and transfer to another domestic flight. Is that enough time?
We signed up for an empanada and cocktail making class that was so fun! We found it on Viator. We also did a full day city tour that was primarily walking but getting from neighborhood to neighborhood via public bus. The La boca neighborhood is colorful and interesting. Also, the Recoleta cemetery is a must.
Re: Immigration, I don’t remember long lines, but it probably depends on time of day. Be sure your flight to Iguazu leaves from EZE and not the domestic airport, AEP. Ours left from the domestic airport. Iguazu Falls is spectacular! We also did a boat trip under the falls—you get very wet, but it’s fun.
I have no advice, but those falls look AMAZING. They may be added to my bucket list.
Our family took tango lessons and a tango show one evening. Low key, our girls were teenagers, but so much fun!
If you only have a couple of days, I’d do some walking around the popular neighborhoods during the day, perhaps add an eating tour for the evening. (Lots to choose from on airbnb experiences, or context travel) Be ready to eat lots of MEAT. (This is a carniverous nation!) You’ll have a good time. BA is a wonderful city.
Yes, we have made sure the flights are all from EZE.
Unfortunately, we are not meat-eater, probably will be disappointed.
If you’re not meat eaters you’ll find good alternatives in Italian restaurants - pizza and pasta are good options. Be sure to ask what inside the popular empanadas you’ll find throughout the city, as many have meat mixtures inside. My husband, who has a limited appetite for meat, on the 3rd day of our BA stay, said, enough with the beef. He ordered gnocchi. And his jaw dropped when the gnocchi was topped with a large steak. They used beef as a garnish !!!
Loved Argentina! Iguazu is amazing, just plain amazing. In BA, sit in a cafe and have some wonderful red wine and eat- empanadas, steak or have a cafe con leche. We also rode the oldest subway car and went to La Boca to see the colorful buildings. If you go to La Boca, stay with the tourists as the nearby neighborhoods are sketchy; when we were there the police wouldn’t let the tourists go past a certain point. We did a day trip by ferry to Uruguay (Colonia) and that was also lovely.
All the things mentioned above my daughter enjoyed when she studied abroad there. The thing she talked about most was the pastries and baked goods in the coffee shops. Those made a lasting impression! She also loved Iguazu. Have fun!
@Parentof2014grad My daughter spent a summer and a semester abroad in Buenos Aires. She came home 15 pounds heavier. So for her, the freshman 15 was really the junior-in-high-school 15, and a great lesson in the realities of eating too much ice cream, pizza, empenadas, red meat and alfajores (a popular cookie with caramel.)
Just came back from the trip. BA is wonderful, good food, low cost and lots of culture. We stayed for three and half days and practically walked the streets most of the time, although we used the HOHO bus to get to points of interests in between. The two days fare is very reasonable but if you know spanish, the public transportation is much much cheaper.
Two things I did not like:
If you are going to be there on a Sunday check out the Feria de Mataderos. It’s touristy for the Argentinos, but not too many Americans there.
Sorry, the HOHO bus only run between Palermo and La Boca, Feria de Mataderos is not on the route. We were directed to visit the touristy areas only.