Hotel Plaza Francia, Buenos Aires

Advantages: The People, Atmosphere, Gateway to South America, Partying
Disadvantages: Distance, Expense

...influence, Buenos Aires looks more like Paris, with wide boulevards lined with palatial mansions. The city throngs with bankers on the make and sophisticated dressers mingling with the gaunt beggars and unemployed from the surrounding shanty-town suburbs. Downtown, the Plaza de Mayo is the traditional focus of activity, while nearby Avenida 9 de Julio is popularly known as the world's widest thoroughfare and is truly a pedestrian's nightmare. Avenida Santa Fe is the most fashionable shopping area. Buenos Aires is an expensive city but regardless whether you are after a cheap or a top-end hotel, it is possible to stay right in the centre of things. Congreso is a good place to look for inexpensive lodgings, while mid-range hotels are concentrated on Avenida de Mayo. Food bargains can be had in the suburbs of La Boca and San Telmo. Downtown... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Loads

...luggage was delivered back to Manchester, England (Well and truly lost !) and my partners arrived 3 days later to the hotel. I have subsequently put a claim into Air France and they have just told me that it is nothing to do with them, it is Air Canada's fault and put the phone down !. I have written to Air France who claim that they have not received my letter with all my receipts in and boarding passes. Royal Mail recorded delivery only (as ive only just found out) tracks the parcel to the UK border and signature request cannot be done for an overseas parcel !! I have been well stitched up by Air France and vow never, ever, ever to use any of their services again. If I died on holiday, I would make sure that Air France did not carry my body...I hate them that much !!! Cliff Wolstenholme Manchester... Read review

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Advantages: a fabulous district to visit
Disadvantages: all tourists agree

...to several art museums, including Museo de Arte Decorativo, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, and the Cultural Centre (Centro Cultural) which neighbours the cemetery on Junín 1930, and hosts musical, theatre and creative art exhibits. RESTAURANTS Across Plaza Francia from the church, stands a row of good continental-style restaurants, all with umbrella-ed garden seating areas bustling with birdlife. I was particularly impressed with Buller's, a micro-brewery / pub / restaurant, which offers a large selection of unusual beers, such as honey and Oktoberfest style, and an extensive range of light meals, including spectacular salads complete with inventive homemade breads. It has a relaxed, yet still chic (this is Buenos Aires after all), atmosphere and is highly competitive in price. The only restaurant to be avoided in the row is the renowned La... Read review

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