Useful information

• If you take a cab

tipping the driver is not a custom, although leftover small change is appreciated.

• If you take a bus

you pay for the ticket on the bus and need to have coins

• When you say hello

men shake hands; women kiss on the right cheek (only once)

• When you eat in a restaurant

tips are not included in the bills and are usually 10%-15%.

• Dinner time

Restaurants open for dinner around 8pm, but they become lively at 10pm and even later during weekends. Most restaurants serve until 1am.

• Nightlife

Argentineans stay up late. A nightclub wouldn´t be very lively before 2am in the morning. Dancing lasts until daybreak, especially during the summer.

• Shopping

If you buy something and you pay with a credit card, be sure to have a photo ID with you, they´ll probably ask for it.

• Standard exchange policy

If you buy something and then want to return it you won´t get your money back, but only the possibility of exchanging it for another item.

• Streets and locations

Whenever you ask somebody for an address, they would indicate the street first and then the number, and usually, between which other streets is that block located.