Following up on October’s post about luxury activities in Buenos Aires, we realised that it’s credit-crunch time (soaring inflation and energy subsidy cuts, anyone?) and have unearthed some economical Buenos Aires days out, including a downtown spa, French tea-time treats and sightseeing with a difference.

If, like me, your attention has been captured by adverts and billboards plastered with images of achingly handsome players brandishing mallets on horses, you’ll be chomping at the bit for a ticket to attend the polo world’s most important annual event: the Abierto Argentino 2011.

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Photo by Daniel Tunnard.