Boca v river (anyone been)

l4toffee · January 9, 2015

Booking this trip in the next few weeks. Any advice on buenos aires best places to stay and ways to get tickets for this ?

We will be there for 8 nights so will do as many games as possible while there.

steken1 · January 9, 2015

Someone here has been, I remember them saying it was boss

verreauxi · January 9, 2015

l4toffee said:
Booking this trip in the next few weeks. Any advice on buenos aires best places to stay and ways to get tickets for this ?

We will be there for 8 nights so will do as many games as possible while there.

I've never been but I've been contemplating a visit myself and have heard good things about this place:

Hotel Esplendor Plaza Francia, seems like a cool little hotel in Recoleta, which is supposed to be one of the nicest neighborhoods in town. Don't know your budget but it's 120 USD per night.
http://www.esplendorplazafrancia.com/en/the_hotel/

Also, do some research on "blue dollars" and do your exchanges on the blue market for much better exchange rate (technically illegal, but most places--from what I understand--will gladly buy dollars/euros from you at a rate much better than the legal bank rate).

l4toffee · January 9, 2015

verreauxi said:
I've never been but I've been contemplating a visit myself and have heard good things about this place:

Hotel Esplendor Plaza Francia, seems like a cool little hotel in Recoleta, which is supposed to be one of the nicest neighborhoods in town. Don't know your budget but it's 120 USD per night.
http://www.esplendorplazafrancia.com/en/the_hotel/

Also, do some research on "blue dollars" and do your exchanges on the blue market for much better exchange rate (technically illegal, but most places--from what I understand--will gladly buy dollars/euros from you at a rate much better than the legal bank rate).

cheers mate. I heard about the dollar thing sounds good . I'll look into that hotel thanks

McBain · January 10, 2015

Anyone else have this weird nagging feeling that they are actually from Buenos Aires?

Just me? Okay, carry on.

rascal · January 10, 2015

McBain said:
Anyone else have this weird nagging feeling that they are actually from Buenos Aires?

Just me? Okay, carry on.

I used to live there before the asteroid struck.

Would you like to know more?

McBain · January 10, 2015

rascal said:
I used to live there before the asteroid struck.

Would you like to know more?

I think I want to live there.

ToffeeDan · January 10, 2015

Some atmosphere at that game.

Clint Planet · January 11, 2015

l4toffee said:
Booking this trip in the next few weeks. Any advice on buenos aires best places to stay and ways to get tickets for this ?

We will be there for 8 nights so will do as many games as possible while there.

Been to BA but not the derby. I'd stay in Palermo if I were you. It's a couple of miles from the centre but has a much more Latin American feel (and lots of great bars and restaurants). The centre is much more European in feel.

l4toffee · January 11, 2015

Clint Planet said:
Been to BA but not the derby. I'd stay in Palermo if I were you. It's a couple of miles from the centre but has a much more Latin American feel (and lots of great bars and restaurants). The centre is much more European in feel.

what hotel did you stay in mate ?

Clint Planet · January 11, 2015

I stayed in the centre. Clarridge Hotel. Quite posh but it was my honeymoon. When I go again, I'll stay somewhere in Palermo, definitely. The Only trouble with Palermo is that it's north-west of the city centre and Boca's ground is south but it's really not that far and it's very handy for the River Plate stadium. Walking distance.

bflefc · January 11, 2015

I think away fans are still banned from all matches, which will dampen the atmosphere a little bit.

The Superclassico has been atop my bucket list for years now, and I'm saving it for a bumper retirement trip to Argentina. I'm planning on staying for a month of pure footballing porn.

EFCNIK · January 11, 2015

Been to both stadiums but not to the game. Hope this helps.

Billy Dean · January 11, 2015

Was in BA 10 years ago, probably irrelevant after such a long time but stayed in a hostel called Hostel Clan. Went to a River match but not the derby unfortunately (all the more reason to go back). Most hotels and hostels should be able to organise a ticket to the match for you, there are organised tours to all matches IIRC. They'll pick you up from the hotel and bus you there. If you want to do it independently they would probably be able to tell you how to do that too.

From my experience I would agree with Clint that Palermo is probably the nicest area to stay in, along with Recoleta. I stayed in Centro which was ok too.