Argentina & Buenos Aires Gay Travel

Christmas in Argentina

During Christmas the weather is warm in Argentina. But that in no way lessens the fun of the season. Preparations for Christmas Day begin much earlier than in many other parts of the world. Every house is decorated beautifully with lights and flowers. Living rooms of individual homes are adorned with wreaths of green, gold, red and white flowers. Red and white garlands are hung with an aesthetic touch on the doors of houses. Artificial or live trees are used to create the Christmas tree and embellished with laces, balls, Santa Clause figures, candles, colored lights, ornaments, small gifts and even “Papai Noels”. The Nativity scene or “pesebre” is an important part of the Argentine Christmas decorations. Many set up a creche in their homes during the season, setting up Christ’s manger with great care. The “pesebre” is placed close to the Christmas tree. A wonderful custom practiced be many people here is applying cotton balls on the branches of the Christmas tree to simulate snow throughout the nativity.

On Christmas day, everybody is greeted ‘Feliz Navidad’, meaning ‘Merry Christmas’ in Argentina.
About 92% of the Argentine population comprises of Roman Catholics and hence, religious services take up much of the day here.

Christmas dinner is served here on the night of 24th December. The traditional Argentine Christmas dinner
may be served in a garden area and consists of delicious dishes like roasted turkey, roasted pork, stuffed tomatoes, mince pies, Christmas’s bread and puddings. The main dish may be a suckling pig or a roasted peacock.

Do you want to spend Christmas in Argentina? Come and see this beauty.

We wish you a Merry Christmas from Argentina & Buenos Aires Gay Travel staff!

If you really want to get fun in Argentina you should learn a few words to speak to argentinian men. First when you arrive to the disco you will need a beer just to get out your accent and change your mother taught to spanish. Now when you buy a beer you have to say:

A beer in Argentina nightlife is like 'nectar'.

-“Dame una cerveza, por favor” (=Give me a beer please)
-“¿Cuánto es?” (=how much is it?)
-“Gracias” (=thanks).

Remember: exchange cash (dollars to pesos, argentinian money) in a “casa de cambio” (=exchange house) before you go to a disco. It is safe to you to take enought money in your wallet to buy everything you want but don’t carry credit cards in case you lost it when you get drunk and have wild sex

At the moment you want to make a guy fall in love with you drink another beer but this time buy two in case you want to invite him a drink.

-“Hola, mi nombre es xxx” (Hi, my name is xxx)
-“Sos muy lindo” (You are too cute)
-“¿Quieres una cerveza?” (Do you want a beer?)

How to get a gay argentinian in your hotel

Now when you get him to your hotel say this:

-“Vamos a mi hotel” (let’s go to my hotel)

And in the hotel:

-“¿Sos activo o pasivo?” (are you top or bottom)

Well thats all you have to know of  the “gay words” in spanish. Then you know what to do in the bed

Iguazu Falls from Argentina

Iguazú Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazú River located on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu.

The falls can be reached from the two main towns on either side of the falls: Puerto Iguazú in the Argentine province of Misiones, and Foz do Iguaçu in the Brazilian state of Paraná as well as from Ciudad del Este (Paraguay) on the other side of the Parana river from Foz do Iguaçu. The falls are shared by the Iguazú National Park (Argentina) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil). These parks were designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1984 and 1986, respectively.

Iguazu Falls tours

There are more than 270 falls in an area where cliffs and islets are scattered in a half moon. The falls that can be visited are: Salto Floriano, Salto Deodoro, Salto Benjamín Constant, Salto Unión, Salto Escondido, Salto Mitre, Salto Belgrano, Salto Rivadavia, Salto Tres Mosqueteros, Salto Dos Mosqueteros, Salto San Martín, Salto Adán y Eva, Salto Bozzetti, Salto Ramirez, Salto Chico, Salto Dos Hermanos and Salto Alvar Nuñez.

The fall area provides opportunities for water sports and rock climbing.

Meet the Iguazú Falls in Misiones, Argentina!

The Perito Moreno Glacier

One of the most interesting glaciers of the world is The Perito Moreno in Argentina. This famous glacier is located in a small town called El Calafate in the southwest of Santa Cruz Province (Patagonia).

Its name comes from a little bush with yellow flowers very common in Patagonia, with dark blue berries: the “calafate”. According to tradition, whoever eats calafate will return for more.

El Calafate is an important tourist destination as the hub to visit different parts of the Los Glaciares National Park, including the Perito Moreno Glacier (one of the most visited in the world) and the Cerro Chaltén and Cerro Torre.

The Upsala Glacier

El Calafate presents a dry climate, with an average maximum temperature of 19ºC, and an average minimum of -2º in winter. The length of the day changes according to season. In summer, the sun rises at 5.30am and sets at 11pm. In winter the day is shorter as there are only 8 hours of daylight.

If you take a trip to Calafate you could spend a gorgelous vacation doing a lot of thing as well as ice trakking (walking on this impressive ice mass), or sailing around the glacier walls.

Also we recomended you to visit the Speghazzini and the Upsala glaciers.

At El Calafate you will find yourself at the gateway to the majestic world of glaciers. Come to Argentina and enjoy El Calafate and the Perito Moreno glacier!

We invite you to get to know the wonderful Argentine Patagonia, starting in Ushuaia, the most southern city in the world, with its fantastic view of the south seas as well as its unique Fagnano and Escondido Lakes, its lengas forest, and the End of the World Prison. If you want to, you can also ride the End of the World Train.

In this trip we will visit Calafate, the city where we will lodge to be able to visit one of the most impressive world’s wonders: the Perito Moreno Glacier. As well as the excursion we offer you, you can chose minitrekking on this ice mass and sailing round the glacier’s walls.

As always, our folks from Buenos Aires Gay Travel have chosen the hotels we relieve are the most significant in their category: Del Glaciar Hotel, an excellent five-star hotel overlooking the Martial Glacier, together with the classic Los Álamos Hotel, a symbol of El Calafate city.

At Buenos Aires Gay Travel website you’ll find package details. Hurry! Next departure is Aug 14!

Ushuaia, Argentina

Summer is coming, vacation time! Buenos Aires’ winter (june, july) has a lot of gay options to offer the best choice to your gay vacation.

The Tango Experience: We invite you to enjoy a unique Tango gay experience at Abasto Plaza Hotel. Check this gay vacation option here

Unforgettable week at Axel Hotel Buenos Aires: Enjoy a week at the Axel Hotel Buenos Aires, with private and personalized services. Check this gay vacation option here

Super Budget Buenos Aires: Enjoy 3 nights at wonderful Buenos Aires, for a spectacular price. Check this gay vacation option here

Check out this Argentina gay vacations options also:

Mar del Plata Gay Escape - 3 days / 2 nights: Take a break and enjoy wonderful days in Mar del Plata, staying at a gay friendly hotel. Check this gay vacation option here

Wonderful San Carlos de Bariloche: San Carlos de Bariloche is arguably the most famous ski resort area in the Patagonia, located on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, 1000 miles southwest of Buenos Aires. Check this gay vacation option here. Don’t forget the Bariloche 2009 gay ski week.

Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego (3 nights): The most southern view in the World, Ushuaia, iced mountains, silent lakes, visit to the Tierra del Fuego National Park… holidays in an exceptionally good destination. Check this gay vacation option here.

Iguazú Falls, warm destination (3 nights): You will visit the magnificent and warm Misionera jungle and the Iguazú Falls, with its unforgettable waterfalls that will make this tour a trip to remember. Check this gay vacation option here.

San Carlos de Bariloche, (Bariloche in short), is a city in Río Negro, southwest Argentina, situated in the foothills of the Cordillera de los Andes, surrounded by wonderful lakes and impressive mountains. Bariloche is a well-known tourist destination, and gay people around the world choose this city all year around because its ski centers and nature reserves.

Bariloche is served by San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport. Several of Argentina’s most important airlines maintain regular flights to Bariloche, as well as some international lines from neighboring countries, especially during the ski season (July to October). Bariloche is close to Chilean border and is connected to Chile by a pass crossing the Andes Mountains.

Bariloche Gay Ski Week is an exceptional oportunity to visit these magic city while enjoying a gay experience. Our friends from BAGayTravel travel agency has a nice package, ready to offer you the best experience in Bariloche. This year the Gay Ski Week take place on September 5th to 12th. This is a hot destination, make your reservation now! Check out this Buenos Aires and Bariloche Gay Ski Week travel package.

Start 2010 in Buenos Aires, the most gay and cheerful city of South America.

An unforgettable week! We’ll visit Buenos Aires city, staying in a gay hotel where you will feel at home. We’ll go on tour, eat delightful Argentinean meals, go shopping, and much more!

This gay package includes:

• Lodging for 7 (seven) nights at Axel Hotel, breakfast and tax included.
• Welcome kit
• Transfers airport/hotel/airport, in a private car with guide.
• The mentioned outings, in a private service for the participants (14 people maximum), with bilingual (Spanish-English) guide.
• Helicopter tour ( 24 minutes )
• The mentioned meals, sarter, main course and dessert, with drinks included (a bottle of wine every two people and soft drinks or water)
• Dinner Tango Show at La Esquina de Carlos Gardel, with transfers
• New Year Dinner at the Axel Hotel Buenos Aires, with beverages, show and much more.
• Ticket to Unikus Spa with a body massage included.

Check the whole offer at BAGayTravel, specialized gay travel agency.

Tango at Buenos Aires

Tango is a music genre from Argentina. It’s associated with a dance form and a whole culture.

Early tango was known as tango criollo. Today, there are many tango dance styles, including Argentine Tango, Uruguayan Tango, Ballroom tango (in performing shows), Finnish tango and vintage tangos. What many consider to be the authentic tango is that closest to that originally danced in Argentina.

Tango originated in lower-class districts of Buenos Aires around eighteen century. The music derived from the fusion of various forms of music from Europe . The word Tango seems to have first been used in connection with the dance in the 1890s. Initially it was just one of the many dances, but it soon became popular throughout society, as theatres and street barrel organs spread it from the suburbs to the working-class slums, which were packed with hundreds of thousands of European immigrants, primarily Italians, Spanish and French.

Tango is quite a sensual dance, bodies are permanently in touch. Recently, a gay Tango is being developed at Buenos Aires. Gay milongas (places where dance Tango) are spread all over Buenos Aires.

If you dare to try this dance, BAGayTravel, a gay travel agency at Buenos Aires, offers a nice package around this experience. It includes 6 nights accommodation, tango show, city and museums tour & gay nightlife tour. Don’t miss the Buenos Aires Gay Tango Experience!

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