Massive, manic, by turns charming and frustrating, Buenos Aires is one of the world's great cities. Broad boulevards, a great deal of neoclassical architecture, high-rise offices, dangerous barrios: it's all here and all superlatives apply. Florida Street, a pedestrian shopping street so dense with people it's impossible to walk down it in a straight line during the day, or at a steady pace. Avenidas 25 Mayo and 9 Julio, broad avenues busy with traffic, so broad you had better skip quickly to get to the other side before your light turns red. Casa Rosada (the Pink House, the Argentine equivalent of the White House in the US), La Boca, San Telmo, great food, great wine, beautiful women, handsome men, a pumping nightlife, a deep and rich culture and very friendly people. You could stay for months
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