Accommodation in Buenos Aires

Edward:

If it could be useful to you, the University of Buenos Aires, Faculty
of Philosophy and Letters, offers excellent courses of Spanish for
foreigners, from $ 375 to $ 625 ($ means peso argentino, that is US$ 1
= $ 2,83), so in dollars it means from US$ 132.50 to US$ 220.80 for
the whole course. Given from May to July (others in the second part of
the year), intensive as 4 or 5 times a week, 2 hours each, from 09:00
to 18:00 in four sections. Total duration of the courses, 8 and a half
weeks. Accomodation for students is very cheap, high quality food
(also cheap) everywhere, and medicare (this totally free), and Buenos
Aires is a large worth seeing city with plenty of activities to tire
you down all nights. Public transport with fares to laugh at: US$ 0.25
a subway trip combinating freely the whole system; US$ 0.28 a bus ride
(large,comfortable and very frequent), US$ 14 a cab to the airport (or
US$ 5.30 in an excellent pullman bus).

See: http://www.idiomas.filo.uba.ar/mapa/lab/espanol.htm (official
site)

(Up to here this is a copy of an answer I gave to another similar
question here above).

Concerning prices, if people here use $ as a symbol for dollars,
prices are simply astronomic. A flat with living room, kitchen, bath
and a one bedroom can be rented permanently for $ 500 a month, this is
US$ 174, and in a very good neighbourhood. I guess tourists or foreign
students are being slightly robbed here. I myself have been seeking
one for a student nephew of mine, and got even one of those conditions
for $ 440, it is US$ 153 a month, without any extra expenses apart
electricity and gas, in a high-medium class district.

See:

http://www.ba-h.com.ar/englishver.htm

http://www.grandomus.com.ar/domus_in_english.htm (this is 5 minutes
from the UBA-FFyL courses).

http://www.milhousehostel.com/en/home.html (this is 3 minutes from the
UBA-FFyL courses).

http://www.travellerspoint.com/hoste...ntry=Argentina

http://www.hostelworld.com/findabed....ntry.Argentina

http://www.ultraguia.com.ar/Educacio...studiantes.htm

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academi...enos_aires.pdf

http://ar.dir.yahoo.com/Zonas_geogra...niversitarias/



Oscar

"Shaun Haines" wrote in message ...

I suppose I'm probably being robbed, but the first time I ever travelled to
Buenos Aires, I'd never been outside the US and $25/day seemed reasonable
compared to what I *thought* were hotel rates. Since then, I've just felt a
certain sense of loyalty to the man whom I do business with, so I don't mind
being the victim of price-gouging so much. Hopefully your suggestions will
help Edward, though.

Cheers!

Shaun

Well, all depends on quality of the accomodation and district, but if
by $ 550 you mean 550 American dollars, that is 1567 pesos argentinos,
enough for two and a half or three months rent in an excellent flat
two rooms downtown Buenos Aires. You can have a very good hotel for 25
dollars a day, provided you do not order from abroad. Edward seems to
be searching in a lower level of comfort, though. And loyalty is here
very much appreciated. Monetary things can change, friends made like
that are ready for years. I don't think you are wrong.

Cheers,

Oscar

(Oscar) wrote:
Well, all depends on quality of the accomodation and district, but if
by $ 550 you mean 550 American dollars, that is 1567 pesos argentinos,
enough for two and a half or three months rent in an excellent flat
two rooms downtown Buenos Aires. You can have a very good hotel for 25
dollars a day, provided you do not order from abroad. Edward seems to
be searching in a lower level of comfort, though. And loyalty is here
very much appreciated. Monetary things can change, friends made like
that are ready for years. I don't think you are wrong.

Cheers,

Oscar

Oscar,

Many thanks for your earlier reply.

I've certainly found that prices quoted on the Internet are quite a
bit more expensive than those I paid last time I was in Argentina, but
then last time I wasn't staying in central Bs As. I've also found that
hotel prices quoted on the Internet are about double the price you get
if you phone them.

But then, as you say, monetary things can change!

I'll have a look at the websites you mentioned.

Cheers,
Ed