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The best way to get to know Buenos Aires is to walk it around. Don’t be afraid to get in touch with the people, they a friendly and helpful. Buenos Aires is an amazing city, full of contrast. No wonder so many people are choosing to live in Buenos Aires. Here is some useful information for the visitor.

 

Population: Buenos Aires is really a very big city, with 3 million people living there and other 10 million more spread in the suburbs. During the day the noise and moving is constant. At night it is slightly less but the city never sleeps. Discos and bars stay open till sunrise. Only Sundays are a bit calmer, when argentines prefer to spend and enjoy time with their families.

Language: Spanish is the official language but in Buenos Aires people use the "vos" instead of the "tu" as in Spain and the rest of Latin America. Porteños also use a lot the word "che" when trying to catch a friends attention. "Che" was the word given by the indians to the white people. Many people, specially in the tourism industry speaks english. You will be impressed by the quantity of signs with words in english on them!

Money: The Argentine currency is the Peso ($) with bills of 100 - 50 - 20 - 10 - 5 pesos and coins of 1 peso and 50 - 25 -10 -5 cents.

American Dollars are also widely accepted in many places as shops, entertainment centers and supermarkets.

Credit Cards: Credit cards are widely accepted. You will have to present an ID with your card when purchasing.

ATM: There are ATM machines all over the city in banks, gas stations, shopping centers and supermarkets.

Currency exchange: You can change foreign money to pesos in banks or exchange offices. I recommend changing only a small amount at the airport because there, they never have a good exchange rate.

Remember to have your passport with you for they will surely ask for it.

Banking hours: Banks open at 10 am and close at 3 pm (some banks extend their closing time to 4 pm). Cash extractions and other transactions may be made in ATMs, 24 hours a day.

For exchange rate you can check in the web dolarhoy.

Money Transfer: You can send or receive money from other countries using the International services  (check for the nearest office in in the web, there are plenty of them in the city.) They only charge a commission for sending money.

Tipping: Tipping is a regular custom in Buenos Aires in bars, restaurants, hotels and delivery services. Tipping is around the 10% of the ticket. Taxi drivers are not expected to receive any tips, but they are welcome.

 

Comunications:

There are very few public phones in the streets, usually people use mobile phones. Argentina has more than 39 million cellular phones being used! All though the rates a very high compared to the USA or Europe. You can buy a prepaid cellular phone for as low as 120 Pesos. Read more