 Arriving at the city
There are two airports:
Jorge Newbery Airport: Tourists coming from the interior of the country or from bordering countries arrive at this airport located by the riverside, five minutes away from downtown.
Ezeiza International Airport: Visitors from the rest of the world are welcomed at this airport located 15 minutes away from downtown through a highway. Offers taxi, remise, transfer and bus services 24 hours a day.
Around the city
Multiple means of transport allow you to travel around the city: five lines of subways, more than one hundred lines of buses and trains.
Taxis and remises are very common means of transport because they are safer and more economical than in other cities.
 The climate of Buenos Aires is mild all year round. The mean annual temperature is 18º C (64.4º F), making extremely hot and cold days very infrequent. Thus, visitors can enjoy walking around the city in any season.
July is the coldest month. In winter, cold is moderate during the day, but temperature considerably drops at night.
In summer, the weather is hot and humid. Mornings are warm and during midday and the first hours of the afternoon, the temperature rises. At night, temperature goes down slightly.
Rains are more frequent in autumn and spring (from March to June and from September to December, respectively). They are mild or last a short time.
In the sunny days of autumn and spring, mornings are slightly cold; the temperature rises at midday and drops again at night.
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 Buenos Aires has always been an open-door city. Its inhabitants are called “porteños”, which makes reference to the fact that the city is a port. The inhabitant of the province of Buenos Aires is called “bonaerense”.
“Porteños” are warm and hospitable: they usually invite tourists for lunch or dinner at their homes and prepare typical food.
The characteristic infusion is the “mate”. It is prepared by pouring warm water into a gourd, also called mate that contains “yerba mate”.
 The actual note has the following values: 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 pesos.The actual coins have a value of: 1, 5, 10, 25 y 50 cents and 1 peso. The American dollar is the most international currency used.
It can be changed in banks or in exchanger houses where you have to show your passport.
In the shops of Buenos Aires dollars and credit cards are accepted.
 Holidays
- 01 of January: Año Nuevo
- 24 of March: Aniversario del golpe de estado de 1976
- 02 of April: Día del veterano y de los caídos en la Guerra de Malvinas
- 14 de April: Viernes santo
- 01 of May: Día del trabajador
- 25 of May: Primer gobierno patrio
- 20 of June: Muerte del general Manuel Belgrano
- 09 of July: Día de la Independencia
- 17 of August: Muerte del General José de San Martín
- 12 of October: Día de la raza
- 08 of December: Inmaculada concepción de María
- 25 of December: Navidad
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