Archive for the ‘Shopping’ Category
Friday, January 6th, 2012
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Monday, November 7th, 2011
Harrods Buenos Aires – the shopping emporium’s only overseas branch, established in 1914 when Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world – could open its doors again if a British investment fund reportedly negotiating to invest $280m to buy the building and the local brand gets its ...
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Monday, June 13th, 2011
At Fueguia, a new scent lab and shop in Buenos Aires’s Palermo Viejo neighborhood, Julian Bedel creates candles, room scents and perfumes from 100 different notes and a large helping of imagination. For a candle named after the fanciful writer Jorge Luis Borges, Bedel turned to the Asian champaca flower. ...
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
When many celebrities head out on a World tour they barely see the cities they visit – just the hotel rooms.
But Miley Cyrus has proved to be quite the culture vulture during her stop on Buenos Aires yesterday, for a while at least.
The 18-year-old singer, who is currently touring with ...
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Friday, February 25th, 2011
New York has Madison Avenue, Rome has the Via Condotti and Buenos Aires has Recoleta — a shopping district that’s similarly luxurious , but with a feeling all its own. This old quarter is as high-end as it gets, but among the $1,500-a-night boutique hotels and the famous Italian labels, ...
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
Belinda Jackson shares tips on fossicking, feasting and lapping up the good life in Argentina's cosmopolitan capital.
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Maggie's B&B is easy on design but up there for location and, of course, there's a dance studio on-site, from $US40/double (Santiago del Estero 145, Congreso, 4381 9153, www.tangofocus.com). Livian Guest House is a ...
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Harrods Buenos Aires, at the posh end of Florida, deserves special mention
After the Colón opera house refurbishment, there is Harrods to come. That could give added strength to recall the date marking 200 years as a nation. Not a patch on the first century, of course, but we must accept ...
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Rediscover the Lost City of the Incas, with air, hotels, $1,499
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The deal: The urban flair and joie de vivre of Buenos Aires will prep your senses for a 10-day, mystical journey through Peru and Argentina. Discover orphaned cities tucked away in the clouds, ...
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Despite economic hardships in recent years, Buenos Aires's allure remains undiminished for American travelers looking for the romance of Paris made affordable by the weak Argentine peso.
Tourism has flourished in Argentina's capital with a bevy of new boutique hotels along the vibrant Puerto Madero waterfront and new developments by star ...
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
What’s new, Buenos Aires? With apologies to “Evita,” a whole lot of things are new in B.A., the cosmopolitan capital of the Southern Cone.
La Casa Rosada, where Eva Perón famously stood on the balcony to hail her descamisado masses, is pinker than ever. The sprawling, 26-lane Avenida 9 de Julio ...
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