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Como ir desde el aeropuerto al EMBC2010

16 de julio de 2010

Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini (Ezeiza)

International flights, located 35 kilometers (21 miles) from the
cen/ter of the city of Buenos Aires.

Note: As soon as you claim your baggage and exit the customs area of
the airport, you will notice that many people (mainly men) will
approach you and offer car services to the city. It is strongly
recommended that you DO NOT take any of these people’s cars, since
they are not authorized to carry passengers and usually take advantage
of tourists. If you do not have a reservation prior to your arrival,
you can make it as soon as you arrive at the transportation booths
located outside the customs area.

Note: All the fares are in Argentinean pesos.

From Ezeiza Airport To The City

Minibus: $45/50 The Manuel Tienda León Bus Company provides
transportation to the center of the city and has reservation booths in
the arrival hall. The minibuses depart every hour, are inexpensive and
make several stops along the way. Confirm with the operator if your
destination is close to their stop.

Taxi or Remise: $70. Taxis have reservation booths inside the airport.
You can confirm the price before making the reservation
(www.taxiezeiza.com), but you can take the registered ones at the
airport. DO NOT take a taxi from a person who verbally offers the
service inside the airport hall; they usually take advantage of
tourists.

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Public Transport in Argentina

18 de junio de 2010

Argentina, specially Buenos Aires has a public transport that covers most of the places in town. Trains and subways are useful to reach certain places, but being unafraid of buses maybe a great opportunity to get to know Buenos Aires better.

The congress will be held in front of most of the train stations, in Retiro. There are some other places like Constitución terminal, where the trains mostly go to south-east of Bs.As. Below you can find a map from the trains that can be from great help, including all the stations that they are stopping.

Underground is a great way to travel as well, there are 6 lines of subways and you can make a transfer to the trains in some of them. The subway lines covers all the important tourist point form the town so you wont have any trouble with the transfers. As well, below there is another map.

Finally, the buses are a great way to move around, but there are many of them. This maybe will be a bit annoying at the first time, but with a little bit of help it can be the best way to travel. In every newspaper selling store (there are almost 1 every 2 blocks) you can buy a guide called “Guia T”, it costs around u$s2,50 and has every information you need for the buses, where they go and how, where they stop and also some useful telephone numbers.

There are ceratin transports that accept a new electronic way to pay, a card called Monedero is compatible with most of the trains and some buses, but that is better that you look in every place you want to go if it is accepted. Some of the fares for the transport can be a round ticket, week ticket or 15 days tickets for the trains (the fare is around u$s0,30 each travel). Subways and buses are paid in the moment and a trip can cost from u$s0,30 up to u$s0,50.