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Travel Tips - Buenos
Aires, Argentina
Immigration - Visitor Visa:
No visa is required for permanence up to 90 days, for citizens from:
The European Union, the United States of America and the following
Latin American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Perú and Venezuela.
For more information contact the Argentine Embassy in your country.
Click here for the complete argentine
embassies list world wide.
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Safety tips for tourist visiting Buenos
Aires: Buenos Aires is a
relatively safe city. General safety recommendations, are the same for
in every big city: do not walk on parks at night, or less crowded
streets and avenues, do not exhibit valuable objects when you are
walking along the street, avoid to show that you are carrying foreign
money. Bringing money in your front pockets is always a good advice,
wherever you travel to. Do not wave lots of cash, keep it discreet.
Also, watch for pickpockets in crowded areas, especially in the buses
which are called 'colectivos' and in the subway--and on the busy
pedestrian shopping streets named 'Florida' and Lavalle'. When you
arrive to Ezeiza International Airport, do not take any taxi, or
rented car offered by a single person at loud voice.
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Other
recommendation is, always take Radio Taxis, you can recognize them
easily by the fact that all have a logo on the top of the cab and a
sign on each of the four doors of the car. Do not take plain cabs (without
radio), radio taxis cost the same, are safer, and there are a lot of
radio taxis companies offering this service. In the streets you can
take also radio taxis without calling them.
Female Travelers:
Argentina is a fairly safe country for women to travel in. Besides a
few quick come-ons by the local men (that are meant to be ignored),
women feel at ease exploring Buenos Aires and any other area of
Argentina. It is recommended for women not to wear flashy or expensive-looking
jewelry and to not walk around over- or under-dressed.
Senior-Citizen Travelers:
Older people are very much revered and respected by Argentine culture
and there is no reason for senior-citizens not to travel to Argentina.
Social Conventions:
The most common form of greeting between friends is kissing cheeks.
Dinner is usually eaten late - from around 2100. Dress is not usually
formal, though clothes should be conservative away from the beach.
Formal wear is worn for official functions and dinners, particularly
in exclusive restaurants. Smoking is prohibited on public transport,
in cinemas and theaters. Casual discussion of the Falklands/Malvinas
war can seem insensitive and is best avoided.
Legal drinking age:
The legal age for drinking alcohol in a bar/cafe is 18.
Tipping: Around 15% is acceptable in restaurants as well as
bars (unless you were dissatisfied) which waiting staff rely on to
survive. Find more about this topic in our
money matters section.
What To Do If You Get Sick Away From Home: Any foreign
consulate can provide a list of area doctors who speak English. If you
get sick, consider asking your hotel concierge to recommend a local
doctor -- even his or her own. You can also try the emergency room at
a local hospital. Many hospitals also have walk-in clinics for
emergency cases that are not life-threatening; you may not get
immediate attention, but you won't pay the high price of an emergency
room visit.
The medical facilities and personnel in Buenos Aires and the other
urban areas in Argentina are very professional. Argentina has a system
of socialized medicine, where basic services are free. Private clinics
are inexpensive by Western standards. For an English-speaking
hospital, call Clínica Suisso Argentino (tel. 11/4304-1081). The
Hospital Británico (tel. 11/4309-6600), established over 150 years ago
during the British empire's heyday also has English-speaking doctors.
If you worry about getting sick away from home, you may want to
consider medical travel insurance. In most cases, however, your
existing health plan will provide all the coverage you need, but call
to make sure. Be sure to carry your identification card in your wallet.
You should also ask for receipts or notes from the doctors, which you
might need for your claim.
Useful telephone numbers:
Calling from Buenos Aires: Pay phones operate with chip cards or
change (5, 10, 25, 50 cents and AR$1). You can make either short or
long distance calls. Direct International Dial-Up: 00 + country code +
area code + number.
Calling Buenos Aires: The international prefix for Argentina is 54 and
for Buenos Aires is 11. For example, to reach the 4555-5555 in Buenos
Aires when calling from abroad, dial: 54-11-4555-5555.
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International operator: 000
- National operator: 19
- Medical Aid: 107
- Information: 110 |
- Official time: 113
- Phone Technical Support: 114
- Fire Department: 100
- Police Department: 11 |
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