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18 -
Transport
There are 11,097 kms between Paris and Buenos
Aires.
The flight time is approx. 14h10.
Air France does daily flights (return flights from
5000 FF).
Most of the European companies, KLM, British
Airways, Lufthansa etc have regular flights to
Argentina.
Internal transport
Aerolineas Argentinas has daily flights to all
the airports in the country.
They offer a "Visit Argentina" pass, which is valid
for 30 days and costs approx. 3750 FF (Tel
01 53 77 15 00)
The railway network covers a large part of the
country with 30,000 kms of railway line.
There is also a good bus network going from Buenos
Aires.
19 - Time differences
Argentina is 4 hours behind France in the
winter and 5 hours behind in the summer.
20 - Telecommunications and press
To phone Argentina dial : 00 54 + the town or
regional code + the n° of your
correspondent.
Buenos Aires : 11, Mendoza : 261, Cordoba : 351,
Ushuaia : 2901
To phone France from Argentina dial : 00 33 + the
number of your correspondent.
International communications are expensive. Arrange
rather to be called from France and check your
telephone bill before you leave your hotel,
"mistakes" can happen!
The mobile phone is a real virus in Argentina. You
can rent one from your hotel.
Television/Radio
The television is cabled by satellite and you
can receive TV5. Argentinian television broadcasts
its programmes on 5 national channels and on
several cable networks.
There are also several radio stations :
Antena
Uno :
Santa Fe.
Cadena
Top 40
: a station for young people, Buenos Aires.
Contemporanea
: La Plata.
Continental
: Buenos Aires.
Doble
U 955
FM
100 :
Buenos Aires.
FM
92.1
: Buenos Aires.
FM
ABC :
Salta.
FM
Aspen
: Buenos Aires.
FM
Ciudad
: Buenos Aires.
FM
Del Lago
: Buenos Aires.
FM
Hit :
Buenos Aires.
FM
Kristal
: Bariloche.
FM
Lider
: Buenos Aires.
FM
Marin
: Buenos Aires.
FM
Marina
: Miramar.
FM
News
: Buenos Aires.
FM
Palermo
: Buenos Aires.
FM
Succes 103
: Olavarria.
FM
Vida
: Rosario.
La
Red :
Buenos Aires.
LT
24 Radio San Nicolas
: Buenos Aires.
LU2
Radio Bahia Blanca
: Bahia Blanca.
LV3
Radio Cordoba
: Cordoba.
NRG
Energy
: Buenos Aires.
Power
FM :
Cordoba.
Radi
Atlantica
: Mar del Plata.
Radio
10 :
News, Buenos Aires.
Radio
2 :
Rosario.
Radio
America
: Buenos Aires.
Radio
Cultura
: Buenos Aires.
Radio
Del Plata
: Buenos Aires.
Radio
Mitre
: Buenos Aires.
Radio
Rio Cuarto
: Rio Cuarto.
Radiofonica
: adult station, Buenos Aires.
Rock
and Pop
: Buenos Aires.
Universidad
580 :
Cordoba.
Vox
FM :
Cordoba.
News
(medium wave) :
MITRE 790 khz
CONTINENTAL 590 khz
RIVADAVIA 630 khz
Music
(FM)
NOSTALGIE 106.7 FM
News in French, from Monday to Friday at 9h00,
13h00, 17h00, 20h.
Every Monday: sports news at 13h30 and 20h30.
The Press
French newspaper are not distributed much. The
main sales points are in the airports and sometimes
in the bigger towns. The bookshops 'Edicial' and
'Ateneo' in Buenos Aires sell French newspapers and
magazines.
21 - Airports
There are two airports in Buenos Aires : Ezeiza
for most of the international flights, which is
about half an hour out of the centre of town and
the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery.
Several other towns have their airports :
Bahia Blanca : Comandante Esport Airport
Bariloch, Comodoro, Cordoba, Esquel,
Jujuy : Dr Horacio Guzman International Airport
Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Neuquen, Rio Grande, San
Martin de Los Andes, Trelew, Tucuman, Ushuaia
22 - Car rental
Avis has an agency in all the main towns.
The telephone number of the central reservation
office is :
54 11 4300 8201 (for national reservations) and
0001 800 456 4284 (for international
reservations)
Some other agencies :
Bahia Blanca : 54 291 4501221
Bariloche : 54 2944 431648
Buenos Aires : Ezeiza Int. Airport 54 11 4480 9387,
Jorge Newbery airport 54 11 4776 3003, town 54 11
4326 5542
Cordoba : airport 54 351 47550815
Mendoza : airport 54 261 4203178
Rio Grande : airport 54 266 4969568
Tucuman : airport 54 87 317575
Ushuaia : 54 2901 422744
All Avis cars are completely equipped, have done
less than 15,000 kms and have an average age of 3
months. The vehicles are carefully prepared and
checked between each rental using a procedure
containing 7 obligatory control points. The cars
are rented with a full tank.
Renting from Avis automatically means that the car
passengers, renter and/or driver are covered by a
third party insurance as well as an insurance
covering repatriation and the immobilization of the
vehicule in case of an accident.
You can
reserve a car :
- from your travel agent
- from the international reservation centre at 0
820 05 05 05
- or from any Avis agency
Avis has an interactive network worldwide, a client
can reserve a car instantly from anywhere in the
world.
We recommend
that you pay your rental using your accredited Avis
card or with another credit card accepted by Avis :
American Express, Visa, Mastercard, Diners.
Through a simple free membership system, Avis gives
identity and/or payment cards, which are a real
help for a rapid and efficient service.
REASSURING :
No on-line payment, you can pay Avis directly at
the agency when you return the car
RAPID : Avis has the quickest car rental
reservation service on the web
ECONOMICAL : The cheapest rates on the market are
available on the Avis microsite
COMPLETE : You can rent a car anywhere in the
world.
The Avis network : 5000 agencies in 172 countries,
is now on-line!
EFFICIENT : Find your town (you don't have to fill
in the country), enter the date and click on
estimate
PRACTICAL : You only have to fill in 4 boxes and
you will receive an e-mail confirming the
reservation.
You can even rent a vehicle at the last minute just
round the corner or ... on the other side of the
world.
Be careful
: in Argentina you drive on the left.
23 - Hotels and restaurants
Some hotels :
(count about 450F for a decent room. The rates are
very high.)
Buenos
Aires
Sheraton, 34 kms from the airport
International Iguazu (in a national park, opposite
the waterfall), 7 kms from the airport
The Hyatt International Park, in the centre of
town
Gran Hotel Argentino, la 9 de Julio, Carlos
Pellegrini, tel 325 95 91 - with a view on the
biggest avenue in the world.
Hotel Alvear Palace, Alvear 1891, tel 804 40 31 -
one of the oldest palaces in the Recoleta
district.
Some
Restaurants in and around Buenos
Aires
Belgrano,
Palermo
COSTA
PATAGONICA, Alvarez Thomas 1899 (angle Los Incas) :
Oysters and shellfish
MUSEO RENAULT, Av Figueroa Alcorta 3301 :
Fashionable decoration and ambiance A typical
Japanese restaurant on the mezzanine
FREUD y FAHLER, Gurruchaga, 1750 : Very elaborate
Mediterranean cuisine in an old renovated warehouse
in Old Palermo.
Nitas
INDOCHINE, Báez, 165 : Exotic and
creative
LA FONDA DEL POLO, Báez, 301 :
Parrillas
Costanera
RODIZIO, Costanera norte.R. Obligado and Pampa
: Meat on skewers specialities
TAGO MAGO, R.Obligado et J. Salgurero, Costa
Salguero : The waiters do improvised shows. In
superb surroundings on the banks of the Rio.
RENA MORA, Costanera Norte Punta Carrasco : Spanish
restaurant. Tapas, paëllas. Flamenco
shows.
Micro-Centro
CLARK'S, Sarmiento 645 : Very elaborate menu
(leg of lamb, magret de canard, merluza negra, ...)
Sophisticated setting. Special menu after the
theatre Colón
PIOLA, Libertad 1078 : Very 'in' pizzeria, with
excellent pizzas.
Puerto
Madero
PAQUEBOT, Alicia M.de Justo, 1110 : Refined
cuisine, fish
EL MIRASOL, Alicia M.de Justo, 202 :
Parillas restaurant
CABANA LAS LILAS, Alicia M.de Justo, 516 : Really
good meat in a really nice setting.
KATRINE, Alicia M. de Justo, 138 : Refined
dishes in a refined setting.
Recoleta
LA TASCA DE PLAZA MAYOR, Posadas,1052 : Spanish
specialities
MUNICH, R.M. Ortiz 1871 : Classical Argentinian
restaurant. Synthesis of Italian, Spanish and
Argentinian cooking.
San
Telmo
LA CONVENCION, Carlos Calvo 375 : Traditional
restaurant
LA VIEJA ROTISERIA, Defensa 963 : Delicious
meat
ANTIGUA TASCA DE CUCHILLEROS, Carlos Calvo 319 :
Traditional cooking. Home made pasta.
Zone
Nord
LA CABALLERIZA, Dardo Rocha, 1740 SAN
ISIDRO : Excellent grilled meat
MARAÑA, Primera Junta 702 SAN ISIDRO
: Very refined cuisine
ROSA NEGRA, Dardo Rocha, 1918 MARTINEZ : Refined
cuisine, very good fish.
French
restaurants in Buenos Aires:
AU BEC FIN, Vincente Lopez 1827 Capital, for
big occasions: very refined restaurant.
CHRISTOPHE , Fitz Roy 1994 angle
Nicaragua Palermo : in the old Palermo
district, delicately flavoured food. Good value for
money.
GRANDA, Junin 1281Capital : Cyril Cheipe (ex La
Bourgogne) manages the kitchen. Traditional
cooking. Tray of French cheeses - dish of the day.
Better to book.
CALA BISTROT, Soler 4065Capital : Traditional
French cuisine. On Thursday evenings an excellent
chamber music duo.
CHEZ BEA, Paraguay 436 : French creperie, Breton
welcome and gastronomy assured. Piano bar on
Thursday evenings.
LA BOURGOGNE, Ayacucho 2027 : Luxury, and culinary
delight.. Only for big spenders!
24 - Your suitcase
Take plenty of casual clothes, the climate
varies enormously, if you are visiting the country
you will need comfortable shoes, a rainscoat or
windcheater and a double wardrobe summer and
winter.
If you are on
business, you should wear a suit and tie if you
want to be taken seriously, the Argentinians are
very smart.
25 -
Information
Public holidays
1st January :
New Year's Day
April : Good Friday
1st May : Labour Day
25th May : anniversary of the 1810 Revolution
14th June : Malouines Day
21st June : Flag Day
9th July : Independence Day
16th August : anniversary of the death of St
Martin
11th October : Day of the discovery of America by
Christopher Columbus
8th December : Immaculate Conception
25th December : Christmas
In business
relations you should know that Argentinians are
very proud.
They appreciate exchanging business cards and other
documents.
Argentinia is a very Latin country : personal
contact is extremely important. Don't be
over-impressed by the positive character of first
meetings, what is important is the follow-up.
They have got into the habit of taking rapid
decisions, due to the period of hyper-inflation
that Argentina went through.
Watch out for
taxi drivers who take extra-long ways to get there
to make the meter turn.
Life is expensive for a foreign visitor, hotels and
restaurants are often extremely expensive.
Don't talk about the military dictatorships or the
Falklands war.
Security :
not a real problem, but criminality has increased
due to the economic crisis
Office
opening hours are 9am - 6.30pm.
26 -
Banks
The IDB
The InterAmerican Development Bank was created
in 1959. The president must be a South American and
the vice-president must be an American. The main
share holders are the borrowing countries. A
country which chooses the IDB lets companies
participate in tenders for projects which need
financing from the IDB. The companies are then all
on equal footing.
French banks in Argentina
CIC banques, Crédit Lyonnais, Banque
Nationale de Paris.
Bank opening
hours : from 9 am - 3 pm.
27 -
Schools and education
In Argentina the school year starts in March
and ends in December.
List of schools (see Useful Addresses in the
country further on)
28 -
Guides
- Les Amériques latines - Dossier
pays/CFCE/63121-1994-110 pages-Price 350F (in
French)
-L'Argentine, A.Rouquié. Collection Que
sais-je? P.U.F Paris, 1984 (in French)
-Latin America Today - United Nations University
Press ONU/78717-1993-347 pages-Price 320F ;
-Directory of members of the French-Argentinian
Chamber of commerce and Industry/77703-1994-Price
381F
- Argentine, de P.Kalfon.Le Seuil, Paris 1973. (in
French)
-Le Guide Marcus Argentine par Françoise
Noël/Benoît Bourdeix/Pierre
Antas/Veronica Augé (in French)
-Le Grand Guide de l'Argentine (Editions Gallimard)
175F (in French)
-Le Guide du Routard Chili / Argentine (in
French)
- Trekking in Patagonian Andes (Lonely Planet)
140F
- La Patagonie et la Terre de Feu (Peuples du
monde) 150F (in French)
29 - Observations
French presence in Argentina
The first French people arrived in Argentina in
1810. Today there are over 14,000 French people,
working in a variety of sectors, 67% in the
tertiary sectors, 16% in industry and 8% in
agriculture.
Among a long
list of French companies, there are : BSN,
CARREFOUR, DUMEZ, EDF, FRANCE TELECOM, LYONNAISE
DES EAUX, PEUGEOT, RENAULT, TOTAL, USINOR.
Local relations
Relations between the French, local and other
foreign communities are good.
Relationships are easy to made and build up.
Part of the local population speak French.
French schools in Argentina are also attended by
other nationalities as well as by Argentinians.
The ambiance
The expatriate will find a large choice of
things to do in Argentina : sport, leisure and
culture activities are numerous and varied both
directly in the local life which is very lively as
well as in French cultural centres which are very
well organized.
Tango
(where to find it) :
Hotel Savoy : on Sundays in the basements on the
Avenida Callao
El Salon Elenico : to listen to old tango, Cannin
1331
El Dorado : dancing, angle Hipolito Yrigoyen and
Bernardo de Yrigoyen
Tourism
There are many tourist sites in Argentina and a
huge variety of visits to make :
One interesting visit is to Liniers, 20 minutes out
of Buenos Aires. This is one of the biggest markets
and animal slaughterhouses in the world and
constitutes a real voyage to the heart of the
Argentinian Pampa. Liniers stretches over hundreds
of hectares, guarded by uniformed watchmen. The
cattle selected for sale by auction are rounded up
by authentic gauchos welded to their 'criollos'
horses, a wild race which has been selected for its
strength.
Ushuaia is
the southernmost town in the world. It is the
capital of the Tierra del Fuego, and its pastel
coloured houses are dominated by a beautiful
mountain. Nature lovers can find there all that
they dream of : boat excursions, sea elephants,
fishing in the lakes, hiking and walks of all kinds
in the National Park of the Tierre del Fuego or
near the El Martial glacier.
Shopping
Records : Le Plus Beau Tango du monde :
the whole work of Carlos Gardel has been re-edited
on CD by El Bandoneon.
Trade Fairs/Congresses/Exhibitions
Buenos Aires
Catering. International Trade Fair of
Suppliers for foodstuff companies
Place : Centro Costa Salguero.
How often : Yearly
Products exhibited : Sector-related -
agricultural and food products ; material for
foodstuff industries, wrapping - packaging; hotel
and restaurant business.
Visitors : Professionals.
Organizer : PUBLITEC EDITORA.
Trade Fair for products, equipment and services
concerning health
Place: Centro Costa Salguero.
How often : Yearly
Products exhibited : Health.
Visitors : Professionals.
Organizer : MERCO FERIAS SRL.
30 -
Useful Addresses
Useful addresses in France
Argentinian
Embassy
6, rue Cimarosa
75016 Paris
Tel 01 44 05 27 00
Cultural
service (which acts as a Tourist Board) Tel 01 47
27 15 11
Librairie
hispano-américaine
South American bookshop
26, rue Monsieur le Prince
75006 Paris
Tel 01 43 26 03 79
Maison de
l'amérique latine
217, bd Saint Germain
75007 Paris
Tel 01 49 54 75 00
Useful
addresses in Argentina
Embassies,
Consulates, etc...
French
Embassy
in Buenos Aires
Cerrito 1399
1010 Buenos Aires
Tel : (00 54 1) 819 29 30
French
Consulate
in Buenos Aires
Avenida Santa Fé 846
4th floor
1059 Buenos Aires
Tel : (00 54 1) 312 24 09
French-Argentinian
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Av, Presidente R.Saénz Pena 648,
9° A, (1035) Buenos Aires Argentine
Tel : 00 (54-1) 331 66 50/ 343 22 04/342 99 11
Fax : 00 (54-1) 331 24 94.
Union des
Français de l'Etranger (UFE)
Rodriguez Pena, 1832,
1021 Buenos Aires
Tel : 813 78 17
Consulate
agencies
8000 Bahia
Blanca
Fitzroy 49
Tel : (091) 21681
8332 General
Roca
San Martin 37
Tel : (0941) 23406
7600 Mar del
Plata
La Rioja 2065, Edificio Marino V
Tel : (023) 40120
3300 Posadas,
Ayacucho 1621
Tel : (0752) 26182
5000 Cordoba,
Ayacucho 46
Tel : (051) 21 94 03
19000 La
Plata, Calle 59 N°626
Tel : (021) 31616
5500 Mendoza,
Houssay 818
Tel : (061) 23 15 52
3500
Resistencia
Roque Saenz Pena 453
Tel : (0722) 24480
2000 Rosario,
San Luis 846
Tel : (041) 24 84 61
30000 Santa
Fe, Bd Galvez 2147
Tel : (042) 55 85 75
4000 Tucuman,
Laprida 19
Tel : (081) 21 82 02
4400 Salta,
Santa Fé 20
Tel : (087) 31 24 03
8400 San
Carlos De Bariloche
Elfein 13 - 1°A
Tel : (0944) 41960
Comité
des Associations françaises d'Argentine
Rodriguez Pena 1832
1021 Buenos Aires
Tel : 331 66 50
Schools
Lycée
franco-argentin
Jean Mermoz
Ramsay 2131
1428 Buenos Aires
Tél : (00 541) 781 60 54
Fax (00 54 1) 782 81 49
Teaching goes from pre-school up to secondary 1st
and 2nd cycles
College
Franco-Argentin de Martinez
Lavalle 1067, 1641 Acassuso
Tel : (00 541) 792 46 28
Fax : (00 54 1) 793 15 56
 Union
Européen - MERCOSUR
Members of the section who can inform you on
different economic sectors.
Banque
Supervielle Société
Générale Fax : (54 1)
329-8090
Edenor
S.A. Fax : (54 1) 348-2149
Paribas
Fax : (54 1) 340-5400
Air
France Fax : (54 -1) 312-1101
Gec
Alsthom Int. de Argentina Fax : (54 -1)
311-4856
B.N.P
Fax : (54 -1) 311-1368
Crédit
Lyonnais Fax : (54 -1) 334-6936
Service
Tichet Fax : (54 -1) 958-2392
Instituto
Merieaux Argentina Fax : (54 -1)
33-7715
Total
Autral Fax : (54 -1) 325-8273
Saplac
Hierromat Fax : (54 -1) 313-2501
Acheco
S.R.L Fax : (54 -1) 394-2290
Carrefour
Fax : (54 -1) 313-8234
Quillet
Fax : (54 -1) 811-7091
CIC
Banques Fax : (54 -1) 313-7217
Office du
Livre Français Fax : (54 -1)
374-4747
Framat
Fax : (54 -1) 312-7993
Prodesca
S.A. Fax : (54 -1) 381-8952
La
Oxigena Fax : (54 -1) 865-3904
Usinor
Sacilor-Matthieu Fax : (54 -1)
792-8970
Peugeot
Argentina Fax : (54 -1) 331-0483
Sofregaz
Fax : (54 -1) 312-2652
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