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BUENOS AIRES LOS CABOS

F irst-time visitors style, and sensuality are indispensible
associate Buenos Aires ingredients of life.
with tango, steak, and Polo is the second national obsession.
wine—the trifecta of Utterly dissimilar though they may
local passions—but the Argentine appear, tango and polo express the
capital’s French buildings, Italian food, national psyche in surprisingly
and Spanish nightlife tell the story of similar ways. Both are highly charged
a city with European flair and an edgy and physically demanding while
Latin American twist. It’s much more celebrating Argentinean grace, style,
than “The Paris of South America” and panache.
although it was rebuilt in the early The Argentine Open gets under way
20th century and modeled after Paris in November and culminates in early
and Madrid, Buenos Aires is a city that December. It will undoubtedly be the
hums with a passion entirely its own. high point of the social year when
Culture, cuisine, polo and shopping Buenos Aires becomes one of the most
are just a few of the highlights. fashionable places on the planet. The
entire movable feast of cosmopolitan
Tango is Argentina’s famous dance high society jets in, while the city
and one of the country’s greatest seems to relax, breathe freely, and revel
contributions to the world. It is in its intercontinental charm.
described as “making love in the
vertical position” and is part of the
national mythology reaffirming the
Latin self-image wherein display,

“Argentina's hedonistic capital has been reinventing itself since
the 19th century, blurring the distinctions between night and
day, past and future, Europe and Latin America. The city has
a buzz all of its own, derived from its heady juxtaposition of
faded, dusty elegance and edgy, flash modernity. The city and its
people keep on dressing up, staying out late and looking good.”

– Condé Nast Traveller

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