Getting To & Around
General info
For touristic information on Argentina: https://www.argentina.travel/
For touristic information on Buenos Aires: https://turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar/en
Tap water is safe. Plugs are type I (in some places, there may remain some sockets type C). The standard voltage is 220 V at a frequency of 50 Hz.
Generally, it is very safe to move around the city centre and tourist and upscale neighbourhoods such as Recoleta, Palermo Hollywood and Palermo Soho. However, as in any city around the world, it’s worth taking the precautions to keep you and your belongings safe. See some recommendations about safety here: https://worldlyadventurer.com/buenos-aires-safe/
Arriving in Buenos Aires
Two international airports serve the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires:
1. Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini), also known as “Ezeiza” after the name of the city in Greater Buenos Aires where it is located, for long-hauled, intercontinental flights. It is 30 kilometres southwest of the city. Ezeiza receives direct flights from the following cities:
Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Asuncion (Paraguay), Atlanta (USA), Barcelona (Spain), Bogota (Colombia), Cancún (Mexico), Cochabamba (Bolivia), Concepción (Chile), Dallas (USA), Dubai (UAE), Florianopolis (Brazil), Fortaleza (Brazil), Frankfurt (Germany), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Havana (Cuba), Houston (USA), Istanbul (Turkey), Lima (Peru), London (UK), Mexico City (Mexico), Miami (USA), Natal (Brazil), Madrid (Spain), Montevideo (Uruguay), New York (USA), Panama City (Panama), Paris (France), Quito (Ecuador), Recife (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rome (Italy), Salvador de Bahia (Brazil), San Jose (Costa Rica), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Santiago (Chile), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Toronto (Canada) and Zurich (Switzerland).
2. Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, located within the city, some 8 kilometres from the centre, for regional flights from South America. Aeroparque receives direct flights from the following cities:
Asuncion (Paraguay), Bogota (Colombia), Brasilia (Brazil), Curitiba (Brazil), Florianopolis (Brazil), Fortaleza (Brazil), Lima (Peru), Montevideo (Uruguay), Porto Alegre (Brazil), Punta del Este (Uruguay), Recife (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Salvador de Bahia (Brazil), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Santiago (Chile) and Sao Paulo (Brazil).
Moving around in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires has an extensive, efficient and cheap network of public transportation consisting of buses, metrobuses, metro (“subte”) and suburban trains. The city centre and most places of interest can be reached by subte, bus or walking. Transport is safe, but caution is needed in and around the big, crowded train terminals (Retiro, Constitución and Once), where trains connect with subte, metrobus and buses.
In order to use the network, you MUST have a “tarjeta SUBE” (SUBE card), since no tickets are sold on buses or at stations or stops. The SUBE can be purchased and charged at most subte (metro) stations or in some lottery stores and small convenience stores called “kioscos”. All places selling and charging SUBE will display the following sign:
Getting to Ciudad Universitaria
The campus does not have service of subte or metrobus. There is a train station (Ciudad Universitaria-Estadio Monumental) of the railway line Belgrano Norte for people coming from Retiro (downtown).
The preferrable option is the bus; Ciudad Universitaria is served by lines 28, 33, 34, 37, 42, 45, 107, 160 and 166. Not all buses of these lines arrive in the campus, only those with signs saying “Ciudad Universitaria” (roughly one out of three services). Timetables are extensive, from very early in the morning to very late in the evening (5am-1am approx.). Frequencies are good, with buses running every 5 to 15 minutes (depending on the line and the time of the day).
Buses coming to campus end here (there is no way to get lost!). Once inside the campus, all lines have three stops, which correspond to the “Pabellones” (pavilions) 1, 2 and 3. Stop 1 at the ancient Pabellón 1 of the School of Science is right after crossing the main gate of the campus at the entrance roundabout.
You can get off the bus there and access the Cero + Infinito through the Pabellón 1; both buildings are connected by gangways in their two levels. Alternatively, you can get off the bus at the second stop, in front of the Pabellón 2 (the main building of the School of Science; one of the “giant twins”). There you have to trace back your way (around 100 metres) to the main or the corner entrances of the Cero + Infinito.
Another transport option is to take line D (green) of subte to the stations Olleros, José Hernández or Juramento and then a taxi or a ridesharing company car (Uber, Cabify or Didi) for a 12-minute-ride to the campus.
