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Some visitors to Argentina will have a passing knowledge of the local professional soccer league. A few might even consider themselves experts. Many, however, will know next to nothing about soccer as it is played in this part of the world, apart from the fact that the Argentinians are absolutely nuts about it. Here we’ll [...]

   Tips for buying leather in Argentina These stores will hate credit card purchases. Many will already have the price ready for a cash payment. Double check and ask how much for the leather jacket in cash. Offer USD, Sterling or Euros. Getting foreign currency here is nearly impossible now so this could be a [...]

“The best steak in the world”. Beef from Argentina has a pretty big reputation to live up to. As an 8 year veteran of Buenos Aires I have had some fantastic steaks from fine dining restaurants, hole in the wall bars, camp fire grills and of course off the holiest of holy asado a la [...]

Boca Juniors regular season tickets are only available to Boca Juniors club members as of November 2011. All stadium attendees must present a “carnet” or a Boca Juniors season pass upon entry. We have multiple Boca Juniors ticket brokers, membership cards and contacts so we are able to offer the best prices with the greatest [...]

For future matches not this week please see our 2013 Buenos Aires soccer tickets list This week’s football (soccer) match in Buenos Aires is… Racing Club vs River Plate April 7th, 2:15 pm kick off +Ticket to upper deck, sideline (assigned seating) +Bilingual guides +Transportation to and from meeting points $650 pesos per person Pick [...]

Tickets and packages for the Argentina vs Venezuela, March 22, 2013 world cup qualifying match in Buenos Aires have been confirmed. Argentina’s national team will feature Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuaín, Sergio Agüero and many more. Argentina is currently ranked #3 in the world by FIFA, Venezuela #45 (March 2013). Argentina vs Venezuela (World Cup Qualifier) [...]

  Here is a list of soccer matches we will have tickets to for the 2013 Clausura (“Final”) tournament. The main teams’ home games we will be attending are Boca Juniors and River Plate. We will also add on some random matches in the home stadiums of Independiente, San Lorenzo plus a few Argentinean National [...]

As of December 28, 2012 all tourists visiting Argentina from the United States ($160 USD), Canada ($75 USD) and Australia ($100 USD) must pay the reciprocity fee online before arriving to Argentina and present the receipt at immigration in the airport or border crossing upon arrival. Here is a poorly translated online instruction PDF that [...]

*If you would like Boca Junior’s tickets to any home game please visit the tickets and tours section or email us directly at LandingPadBA@gmail.com and request information for a specific game. The information and form below is specifically for the Boca/Racing game, November 20, 2011. All ticket sales have been SUSPENDED as of November 17th, [...]

The LandingPadBA weekly summary of things to do, tours, free events and activities in Buenos Aires for the week of November 8th through 14th. For a more general list of activities, tours and travel information that are not so time sensitive check out our article Night of the museums will be happening November 12th from [...]