Buenos Aires Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
capital and largest city of Argentina
About Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires meansfair winds, or literallygood airs, in Spanish. The official name isCiudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires(CABA; "Autonomous City of Buenos Aires"), and it's also called theCapital Federal("Federal Capital"), to distinguish it from the neighboringBuenos Aires Province. It is one of the largest cities inLatin America, with many cultural offerings, and is the point of departure for traveling to the rest of the country. People from Buenos Aires are calledporteños, meaning "people from the port" as Buenos Aires was founded as a port city to fend off pirates and other enemies. Buenos Aires is an open and welcoming destination that allows the traveller not only to visit the city but also have an exceptional urban adventure. The city is geographically contained inside theprovince of Bu
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