It is also the most elegant and attractive of all South American cities, one that clearly reveals the varied and heterogeneous essence of Argentinehood. Its neighborhoods have a unique charm, surprising the visitor with the unexpected. Like all cosmopolitan cities it combines tradition and modernism. A noticeable European influence in its architecture and the dressing style of its people, multiculturalism depicted in every corner of the city, a daily and nightly feverish rhythm, and the well-known “porteña” hospitality are some of its main features. It is not by chance that Buenos Aires is considered “the Paris of Latin America”.

Numerous art galleries, theaters, exhibit halls, movie theaters, museums, are proof of an intense cultural life that features local and international artists performing, exhibiting or showing at all times during the year in Buenos Aires.

The famous ‘porteña’ nightlife has become a landmark of our capital city, and adds to the cultural activities the possibility of a late dinner of a wide variety of ethnic foods, dancing at some of the more than a hundred discos, dancing halls, and clubs scattered around the city, or simply enjoying a good coffee or tea at one of the many coffee shops which remain opened all night near the downtown, another inheritance of the late XIXth and early XXth centuryEuropean immigration. Fine, international-class restaurants and bars are found in quarters such as Puerto Madero, Recoleta, Old Palermo, Las Cañitas, San Telmo, and even the Downtown, where visitors can taste some of the best beef, pasta, and wines in the world.

Buenos Aires is a port, the first and most important in terms of trade in the country. Since its early beginnings, the city swarms with commercial activity. Galleries, shoppings, and malls are a reflection too of the cosmopolitan nature of Buenos Aires, where the top brands of the fashion, cosmetic, or perfume industries –among others- can be found, bought, or sold.