Make a beeline for Palermo Botánico’s newest lodging in Buenos Aires
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The pearl of sandwich
Yip. The toasted sandwich you’ve been dreaming of has arrived and you can chomp down a mouth-watering courgette and goat’s cheese prensatti at La Alacena. Oh, and did I mention the chocolate and sea salt tartelette? Ohhh…
Chicken chic
So there’s 180 minutes of craft beer happiness. A picada of the day. Hot sauces. And of course, make sure you linger for the fricking chicken. NOLA gastropub is a homesick expat’s wet dream.
The Expat: Lucy Wood
A week’s holiday in Buenos Aires led to South African engineer Lucy Wood to sell her house and car and move to Argentina with just 300 dollars in her pocket. Ten years on, she lives in Florida with her boyfriend and two cats.
The Expat: Torey Novak
When Torey Novak visited his future wife who lived in Mendoza, little did the former pizza cook know that he would also fall in love with the province’s liquid gold and work as an olive oil sommelier for Familia Zuccardi.
Unwind by the glass
Amid the flurry of tasting rooms and wine bars to open comes Trova in Palermo Hollywood.
The Expat: Jimmy Rip
Did you know a US rock ‘n roll legend – mates with Mick, Juanse, Rod and Charly – lives among us mere mortals in Las Cañitas? He owns a bike, does his own shopping, and got married last year. Meet Jimmy Rip.
In the red corner
Riesling or Malbec? Germany – or Argentina?
Visit the Argentina of Evita and Juan Perón
Argentina’s ‘It’ couple from his presidential election in 1946 until her death in 1952, Juan Domingo Perón (not usually known as JD) and María Eva Duarte (always known as Evita) shook up the country’s politics via the Partido Justicialista (PJ) party they founded, scandalised and angered the upper class, wriggled their way into the hearts […]
Mendoza’s liquid gold
How Argentina’s Familia Zuccardi creates award-winning olive oils in Mendoza