Making Calls to Buenos Aires and from Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires has many public telephone booths.
In addition to public phones, there are many locutorios and telecentros offering telephone, fax and internet services. There is one locutorio one block from the apartment.

From Buenos Aires:
For international calls, dial: 00 + country code + area code + local number.

To Buenos Aires:
The country code for Argentina is 54, and the area code for Buenos Aires is 11.
For example, to call to 4555-5555 from outside the country, you should dial: 54-11-4555-5555.
If you are calling a cell phone which starts with 15, you should dial 54, 911 and the number without the 15. For example, to call to 15-4555-5555 from outside the country, you should dial: 54-911-4555-5555.