Travel to South America

Wallpaper City Guide: Buenos Aires (Wallpaper City Guide Buenos Aires)

Format: Paperback
Author: Editors of Wallpaper Magazine
ReleaseDate: 15 September, 2006
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Rating:

Surprise
Wrong: it proved to be a very accurate guide to all that was best in BA, and much more insightful than most other guides. Brought Wallpaper to Buenos Aires almost as an afterthought, thinking it would be too idosyncratic to be of use to a regular guy like me. .

Design guide
I enjoyed visiting the design places recommended. Easy to carry in your bag and pocket, good pictures and clearly color coded map and sections. it definitely shows the best places in BA. Still, it is not enough if you are willing to get information for your trip to BA. .

Buy it
The advantage with this series is that, after reading, you're privy to things that other guidebooks I guess just aren't cool enough to write about. This Wallpaper City Guide provides brief reviews of the hottest, chicest, or most unique things to see, places to eat and sleep, and items to buy to impress your friends at home (or traveling with you).

Overall, the guide is short on words - about 75% of real estate on most of the pages is dedicated to graphics. But the explanations as to why this place (or restaurant, or boutique, or hotel, etc. ) is worth your time is clear and definitive.

The pictures provide a nice overview of what the city actually looks like. Most guidebooks strive for this "authenticity" and this is the reason we are shown pictures of "locals" that look like they were taken in the 80s and derelict buildings instead of the more often photographed local landmarks. Wallpaper City Guide shows a little of everything, but it all seems to be shot in a hip way that would definitely make you want to visit that run down section of the city to try the pastries (during the day), for example.

It assumes that you'll use the guide in tandem with another guide to help with the logistics (how to get there, etc. ). Or maybe the producers of this guide assume you'll just tell the hotel concierge and it'll magically happen for you (like it always does, right?).

Either way the guide certainly sheds light on up-and-coming and little known stores and restaurants that can make a trip really stand out. You'll definitely be able to experience Buenos Aires more like an Argentine and less like un turista.

I plan on buying more of these handy, pocket-sized guides for each city I visit and even for the city in which I live (to see how up I am on all the local hotspots). .

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