Buenos Aires - Don't Miss
From its bright barrios to the country fairs, see the colourful Buenos Aires behind the postcards.
In the south, brightly coloured houses line the Caminito area in La Boca. You can head north for the subtropical greenery of Park 3 de Febrero, or the delicate colonial-era pastels on display at the Isaac Fernández Blanco Museum of Hispanic-American Art. The weekend gaucho (cowboy) Mataderos Fair out west is a taste of life on the endless pampa (herding grassland) that starts at the city's edge.
English influence is all over Buenos Aires – from red letterboxes to English-sounding football teams such as River Plate and Boca Juniors. Tea at 4pm is still a common custom, and you can still see the building on Florida street that once housed the only Harrods ever opened outside of the UK.
