10 bizarre things you can do in Buenos Aires

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After several weeks in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego on the southern foothills of the inhabited world, we were really looking forward to thawing in Buenos Aires, the "Paris of South America". We arrived in the San Telmo artist district an hour early and stood on a street corner and asked us where to go to expect our hosts and the keys to our pretty apartment.

We saw a Starbucks sign shiny in a corner and trudged towards it, the backpacks on our shoulders got tired. Unfortunately, when we arrived, the shutters from Starbucks and the staff closed the shop for the evening.

Our second option was on the other side of the street: Bar Plaza Dorrego, a traditional bar and a café. With its monochrome floors, ancient bottles, dusty artifacts and old wooden furniture, the Barrego was much more charming than all of the Starbucks we had ever visited. In many ways, this was a metaphor for Buenos Aires itself: new against old, speed against slow, familiarity against discovery. It reminded us to make less obvious decisions and look for extraordinary options. To encourage our readers to do the same, we list 10 bizarre activities in Buenos Aires alongside a more popular “Starbucks” alternative.

1. El Atteneo Grand Splendid Bookstore

Starbucks option: Boutique shopping in Palermo Soho

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This majestic building was built in 1919 as a theater for performing arts and is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world. It retains many of its original characteristics - decorated carvings, purple stage curtains and ceiling frescoes - and through them the elegance and grandeur of long -past days. The readers gather in comfortable chairs that are distributed across the shop while the stage is used as a reading area and café. The most attractive are the rounded balconies that are now used as tiny reader rooms.

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2. Fine food in secret

Starbucks option: Fine food in the Taquino

The uninitiated finds many fine steaks on the streets of Buenos Aires, but if you dig deeper, you will find "closed" restaurants that offer some of the best dishes in the city. These secret restaurants are often operated by top chefs in the houses of the people who want to share their skills with true gourmets in an intimate environment. Ask a locals for a recommendation or try the Casa Felix that offers a series of delicious dishes from your own garden.

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3. The unique spectacle of Fuerza Bruta

Starbucks option: a Milonga tangohow

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fuerza bruta, translated as a brute force, is something like Cirque du Soleil on drugs. The "aerial and techno extravagance" is an attack on the senses with gigantic pictures, hammering drums, frenzied lighting and more dry ice than a Bonnie-Tyler concert. The audience is under a cellophan -like capsule, while the actors plunge, fluctuate and slide over their heads. Every now and then a hole opens in the capsule, a performer falls down and throws a viewer into the air. It's not for everyone, but if you fancy a surreale, creepy, cross -genre night, you won't be disappointed.

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4. The men's tour

Starbucks option: football game in the La Bombonera Stadium

If you are on a boy vacation in Buenos Aires (or step 4 from travel as a couple), you should consider the MAN tour that the city shows you with a turn. The tour holds in a series of classic places and includes a shave with a hot towel in a traditional hairdresser, refreshments and cocktails, a Cuban cigar, delicious empanadas and a refreshing beer. However, it is not just fun: every stop is associated with Argentine history, which focuses on late 18th and early 19th centuries and offers a unique experience for the darker gender.

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5. Gringo! Entertainment show

Starbucks option: A visit to the Teatro Colon

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Gringo! was founded in 2011. has refined its offer and is now one of the best comedy evenings in Buenos Aires. The show shows around four comedians per evening - three regular guests and a guest - and houses a mixture of Argentine and expats. As expected, a large part of the comedy focuses on cultural conflicts, but still offers a hilarious evening.

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6. Parrilla tour

Starbucks option: Steak in Don Julio

A question that causes discussions throughout the city: Where can you get the best steak? The Parrilla tour with its 2.5-hour foray through the best parrillas of the city wants to answer this question. The tour holds in a number of hand -picked places in San Telmo or Palermo and offers delicacies for meat lovers. In the course of the tour you eat enough for a full meal and learn more about the neighborhood and the Parrilla culture of Buenos Aires.

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7. Cooking with Teresita

Starbucks option: coffee in La Biela

Unfortunately we have never made it to Teresita, but our hostess insists that she does the best empanadas that you will ever have. Teresita and her husband Raul welcome the guests to a one -hour cooking course in their kitchen, in which they learn to prepare the empanadas mentioned above. The lessons are interrupted with regional wines and the guests are invited to enjoy Teresitas charming back yard. The class is outside the city, but we hear that the trip there is worth it.

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8. Street art tour

Starbucks option: Free tour of Buenos Aires

The street art tour through Buenos Aires leads visitors through quarters, which you may otherwise not see. With the biggest murals in Buenos Aires on the program, you can see entire streets full of huge works of art by international and local artists. The 2.5-hour tour begins in Colegiales and ends in Palermo, where you stop on the go to try delicious empanadas.

www.buenosairesstreetetart.com

9. Cocktails at Verne

Starbucks option: Cocktails in the Sky Bar

This pub in Palermo, which was reported to be named after the famous author Jules Verne, is clearly Mad Men-Esque in the decor. Unusual cocktails are put together by experienced employees (we reject it to use the word "mixologists"), while the unpretentious menu offers a selection of hearty snacks (think of gourmet hot dogs). Don't be put off by the large selection of drinks. The friendly staff will be more than happy to pronounce a recommendation for uneducated.

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10. Raindure

Option Starbucks: Walk through the Reserva Ecológica Costanera sur

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If you like to venture beyond the city limits, David’s Argentina Horse Adventures offers a fantastic day trip. David has a lifelong experience with horses, including as a show jumper, instructor, racing horse owner and breeder. His 2-hour "Countryside Horse Riding option" is aimed at all levels of riders and takes place on the edge of the Rio del Plata river. More experienced riders can book advanced excursions. Either way, you will have a nice day full of real Buenos Aires.

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The essentials

was: a stay in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

Where: We stayed in a beautiful apartment in the middle of the artist district of San Telmo. We found 'The Balcony' by San Telmo Loft, a group of bizarre dwellings that were hand -picked up by a small team of experts. Just a few seconds away from the famous Plaza Dorrego, our apartment offered a great starting point to reach the city's most important (and smaller) sights. With painfully missing modern amenities (kitchen! Washing machine! WLAN!) It was a great way to restart after the extremes of Ushuaia. Visit the website or send an email to santelmoloft@gmail.com for bookings.

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When: Buenos Aires is ideal in autumn (March to May) and in spring (September to November). Summer can be hot and moist while winter, cloudy, can be cool and rainy. October and November are great months for a visit when the city's Jacaranda trees are in full bloom.

like: Buenos Aires is easy to achieve by aircraft from international, continental and domestic goals (booking via skyscanner.net). Domestic bus lines also run between Buenos Aires and larger cities such as Salta, Mendoza and Córdoba. You can find timetables at omnilineas.com.

Find out more with the Lonely Planet travel guide for Argentina.

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