With budget airline Norwegian launching direct flights to Buenos Aires this week, local experts show our writer around their city, and also chip in with a few tips of their own
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Cafe culture in Buenos Aires – in pictures
Via Instagram, Vicky Martínez beautifully captures the timeless atmosphere of the Argentinian capital’s cafe scene
Wild in the city: Buenos Aires’ Costanera Sur reserve
From waterfront playground to landfill site, this reserve on the bank of the Rio de la Plata has had a chequered life, but is now a place of peace and beauty
Buenos Aires city guide: what to see, plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels
With its modern art museums, hidden basement bars, and fast-evolving food scene, Argentina’s capital is the most sophisticated city in Latin America
The Hula Hoop Games – Buenos Aires
The modern hula hoop was invented in the late 1950s but people around the world have played with hoops for centuries. Traditional materials for hoops include willow, rattan, and stiff grasses. The Hula Hoop Games in Buenos Aires were started in 1959 and now attract contestants from around the world. At these Games the emphasisContinue reading “The Hula Hoop Games – Buenos Aires”
Buenos Aires’ new cocktail bars look back to the future
Argentina’s capital has an honourable cocktail tradition, and today’s bartenders are tapping into the past to revive local drinks, albeit with a new twist
Campanopolis: folly and fantasy – near the suburbs of Buenos Aires
You can only visit this 1970s folly built by a millionaire supermarket magnate for a few hours on Saturdays, but it’s a marvel of an offbeat medieval fantasy village
Top 10 wine bars and tasting rooms in Buenos Aires
10 places in Buenos Aires to discover hundreds of quality labels from as little as £1.60 a glass
The Hula Hoop Games – Buenos Aires – Part 2
The accuracy events involve both throwing and rolling. The basic idea is that the hoop should land over one of three 2-feet long armadillos that are placed at distances of 100, 200, and 300 feet from the thrower. Since 1963, pottery armadillos have been used instead of real ones in order to save the animalsContinue reading “The Hula Hoop Games – Buenos Aires – Part 2”
Sports the Olympics Forgot – The Hula Hoop Games in Buenos Aires
Another throwing event is the Wrist Snap Retrieve where entrants throw the hoop high into the air, but with reverse spin so that when the hoop hits the ground on its rim it returns in the direction of the thrower. The person who throws the hoop the furthest away from them and yet still makes it come backContinue reading “Sports the Olympics Forgot – The Hula Hoop Games in Buenos Aires”
