Tourist Police Station
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4346 5748 / 0800 999 5000

Useful data - Telephones

Airport
5480 6111

Medical assistance (emergencies)
107

Comisaría Turística
4346 5748 / 0800 999 5000

Police Department
101

Official time
113

Information on telephone numbers
110

International operator
000

National operator
19

Retiro Bus Terminal
4310 0700

How to arrive

All the airlines that fly to Argentina arrive at the Ministro Pistarini (Ezeiza) International Airport of Buenos Aires, 35 Km from the Federal Capital and connected to it by the Teniente General Ricchieri motorway (Information, Tel. 4480-9538). Remember that on leaving the country a tax of $ 30,50 has to be paid. The companies Manuel Tienda León (Av. Santa Fe 790, Tel. 4315-0489) and Ecuador (Florida 1045, Tel. 4314-1999) offer a half-hourly bus service between its offices in Buenos Aires and Ezeiza airport from 04.00 to 21.00 hours. The fare is $ 10 and $ 7, and the trip takes 40 minutes. There are also taxis and chauffeur-driven rental cars, between $ 35 and $ 38.

How to travel

Air: Given the enormous sizes of the country, air is the ideal form of transport over large distances which can later be combined with overland transport. Buy the Airpass Visit Argentina issued by Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral Líneas Aéreas in your own country which allows you to travel cheaply in Argentina, or the Mercosur Airpass for Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Aerolíneas Argentinas, Austral, Dinar, LADE, LAER, LAPA, SW and TAN. Domestic flights and flights to Uruguay leave from the Jorge Newbery airport which is to the north of the city beside the Río de la Plata. The airport tax is from $ 4 to $ 14.

Bus: The Buenos Aires bus station is on Av. Ramos Mejía 1680 near to Retiro Station. Long distance buses have toilets, air conditioning and a bar.

Train: Ferrobaires (Constitución Station, tel. 4304-0028/31/38); TBA – TU.FE.SA. (Retiro Station, tel. 4317-4407/45); Ferro Expreso Pampeano (Once Station, tel. 4331-2702); Urquiza Railway (Federico Lacroze Station, tel. 4553-0044).

Car rental: All the international car rental companies operate in Argentina. In Buenos Aires there are AI Rent a Car International (M.T. de Alvear 678, Tel. 4311-1000), Avis Rent a Car (Cerrito 1527, Tel. 4300-8201), Budget Rent a Car (Av. Santa Fe 869, Tel. 4311-9870), Dollar Rent a Car (M.T. de Alvear 523, Tel. 4315-8800), Hertz – Annie Millet Rent a Car (Paraguay 1122, Tel. 4816-8001), Localiza Rent a Car (Maipú 924, tel. 4315-3661), Thrifty Car Rental (Av. Leandro N. Alem 699, tel. 4315-0777).

Tourist information

Tourism Secretariat of the Nation, Tourist Information Centres: Av. Santa Fe 883, 1059 Buenos Aires, Tel. 4312-2232 or 0800-555-0016; Ezeiza International Airport and Jorge Newbery Airport. Information Centres of the City of Buenos Aires in Florida and Diagonal Norte, Galerías Pacífico, Puerto Madero, Café Tortoni and Caminito Street.