Lonely Planet Buenos Aires (Paperback)

by Sandra Bao (Author), Ben Greensfelder (Author) "In 1536, Pedro de Mendoza landed in present-day Buenos Aires and camped on a above the Rio de la Plata, possibly at the site of..." (more)
Key Phrases: tango shows, read this first, open loam, Buenos Aires, San Telmo, Plaza de Mayo (more...)

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...for the adventurous traveler who wants to live like a native.' --Real Simple Magazine, June 2005
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Product Description

Revel in Buenos Aires as the porteños do. Inclined to step out for a sultry tango? Head for San Telmo. Need a caffeine fix? Take a seat at a timeworn café. Support a local fútbol team? Scream at La Bombonera stadium. This guide leads you to all the delights of the 'Paris of the South.'

• where to sleep, eat and shop — for all budgets
• comprehensive language section
• a special guide to Argentine beef — its terms, tastes and meaning
• easy excursions to Delta del Paraná, Montevideo, Uruguay and more
• 30 pages of maps

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 3rd edition (February 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1740590228
• ISBN-13: 978-1740590228
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #940,954 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless, October 11, 2005

By	D. Heald "dmh" (buenos aires, ar) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Buenos Aires (City Guide) (Paperback)

I am an American studying abroad in Buenos Aires and I wanted to advise anyone who is considering buying this book to save their money. I had been using the Time Out guide in the city, which is infinitely better, but I brought this guide on a trip to Colonia and Montevideo because it had much more information. As it turned out, nothing the guide recommended for Montevideo was true or even open. It listed two vegetarian restaurants, one with three locations throughout the city. I spent the better part of a day walking around the city only to find that not a single one of those four was still in existence. I then found a Lebanese restaurant in the guide and walked there, only to find that it wasn't open either. I thought maybe some shopping would improve my mood... but few of the places listed still exist. We couldn't find the reccomended Baar Fun Fun or the Cafe Brasilero. At this point, I tossed the guidebook in the nearest trashcan. At least for Buenos Aires and Uruguay, its much wiser to stick with time out.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Map isn't worth buying, September 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Lonely Planet Buenos Aires City Map (Lonely Planet City Maps) (Map)

The three positive points to this map are that it is sturdy, waterproof, and colourful. For practical use it is difficult to use. You are constantly flipping the pages to find out which section you are looking for, and often the street you are looking for lies exactly in the part they decided to cut-off. I find it is not comprehensive enough, and think it would only be good if you were touring for one day in the touristy places. It's not really a map to get around the entire city with.

23 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Warning: unreliable, July 10, 2002

By A Customer

Anyone considering buying this book should be aware that the publisher and authors have gotten in trouble with the Argentine and Brazilian governments for suggesting that foreigners could cross the border from Argentina to Brazil at Iguazú falls by using false identification (see p. 157). Anyone attempting to do this might well end up in a Brazilian or Argentine jail in an area where smuggling of drugs, guns and people is epidemic. Visitors should always get the appropriate Brazilian visa.
The rest of the book, while not so bad as this, is awkwardly written, though this could partly be an editing problem--in one instance, there is a curious statement that appears to state that the Buenos Aires subway has been demolished (p. 84).