A Dream Cruise to Buenos Aires in Argentina
Cruising Journal, the international portal for cruise ship reviews, takes you to Buenos Aires! Experience the best of Buenos Aires during a cruise stopover in the Cruising Journal tips.
Art, politics, good beer and wonderful sights: all the ingredients for an unforgettable trip to Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires’ rich history is reflected throughout the city. From buildings to museums and even to cemeteries, this city has masterfully combined its traditions with the everchanging present, which is sure to make your stop here unforgettable.
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How to get to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is a stopping point in many cruise itineraries, such as Norwegian Cruise Lines, MSC Cruises and Costa Cruises.
Celebrity Cruises and Princess Cruises offer a variety of itineraries with a more luxurious onboard experience so that you can get even more comfortable while you travel to your destination.
River Tour
Visit the northern area the Buenos Aires Province with Humberto M. On this boat tour, you’ll sail on the Rio de la Plata and head to Tigre City, where you’ll again set sail for Parana’s Delta, the fifth largest delta in the world. During this tour, you’ll explore five of the main rivers that end their course at the Delta, all while taking in the majestic spectacle that is nature. The tour will then take you back by bus, making stops along the 36 kilometres that separate Tigre City from Buenos Aires, allowing you to enjoy the various sights that this region has to offer.
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Eva Peron Tour
Gray Line Argentina organises a tour centred around the popular historical figure, Eva Peron. During this tour, you’ll learn about her life and upbringing from your guide as you stop at the various memorials and celebrative monuments erected around the city in her memory. In addition to learning about Eva’s life, you’ll enjoy the city’s most important attractions, such as the Galileo Galilei Planetarium and Buenos Aires’ own China Town. Finally, you’ll end the tour at the Eva Peron Museum, an entire museum dedicated to her life and work that houses many artefacts from her life, such as clothing from her iconic wardrobe and personal books.
Craft Beer
On this tour offered by San Telmo Walking Tours, you’ll discover what Argentine beer is all about as you explore Buenos Aires’ microbreweries in the colourful San Telmo neighbourhood.
Craft beer has recently emerged in Argentina and is now flourishing with local brewers, who take ingredients from the South American tradition and expertly combine them to brew unique and tasteful beers. On this walk, you’ll learn about the how’s and why’s of this recent interest and blooming trade, and you’ll get the chance to taste classic and new brewing combinations, including the Incan Quinoa beer. The tour stops at four different breweries for a total of eight different beers for you to taste, all accompanied by a variety of snacks, such as empanadas and cured meats.
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Belles Artes Museum
The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes was inaugurated in 1896 and has been thought of as a space for international works of art of all periods. This museum promotes Argentine art, which was still in its beginnings at the time of the Museum’s first opening. By 1910, the Museum already had pieces by famous artists, such as de Goya, Degas and Renoir. In 1911, the Museum was moved to the Argentine Pavillion, a structure used for the 1889 Paris World’s Fair, and was later rebuilt in Buenos Aires. In 1933, it was moved once again to its current location in the former Pump House in Recoleta.
During these moves, the museum rounded out its collection with pieces from all over the world, most noticeably Édouard Manet’s The Nymph Surprised, Claude Monet’s Banks of the Seine, Paul Gauguin’s Woman of the Sea, Vincent van Gogh’s Le Moulin de la Galette and El Greco’s Christ on the Mount of Olives. The museum expanded its collection further in the last decades of the 20th century, acquiring pieces from major figures of modern art, such as Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Vassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lucio Fontana, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Henry Moore.
Despite the international collection, Argentine art plays a major role in the museum’s expositions. In the galleries, you can find works by the most prominent representatives of national art, including Cándido López, Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Emilio Pettoruti, Xul Solar, Raquel Forner, Grete Stern, Antonio Berni, Alicia Penalba, Gyula Kosice, Marta Minujín, Antonio Seguí and León Ferrari.
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A sight worth seeing is the Cemeterio de Recoleta, which houses Greek-inspired memorials to the most notable Argentinians, including as Eva Peron and her family. During your stopover, you should also take the time to walk around Calle Defensa, the oldest neighbourhood in Buenos Aires.