Palermo Viejo Buenos Aires

Today, I met up with a friend from the tour and started with another failed attempt to go up the elevator at the Barolo Tower. This impressive building was built in 1919-1923 in art nouveau style designed by an Italian architect wanting to pay a tribute to Dante. At the time, it was the tallest building in South America, and remained the tallest …

Our first day in Buenos Aires was spent walking through Palermo along Avenida Santa Fe to the Microcentre. We purchased our bus tickets to Puerto Madryn for Monday afternoon and headed down to La Boca. Here there was an array of colour and street performers, including tango dancers and musicians. We also managed to sneak in a quick visit to La …

Aujourd'hui visite du quartier de Palermo : ok on aime! Le parc de Palermo et sa superbe roseraie. Palermo soho et hollywood : Petites rues bordées d arbre, peu de circulation, jolies maisons, plein de boutiques, cafés, selon de thé, bar, resto sympas! Trottoir propres, pas de poubelles et ca ne pue pas (contrairement au reste de la …

Hello again and a Happy Mothers Day to all the lovely Mummys!

I could walk around Guildford town all day and not run in to a single person I know, but put me in Buenos Aires and I'm bumping into everyone! It really is a small world and the travelling world seems a lot smaller. People told us at the beginning that we would bump into the …

I have officially been "living" in Buenos Aires for two days now. It has been quite a whirlwind! My first day here I met with my program coordinator, Paula. She took me to a cafe and we had a cafe con leche (yes, I am now a true Argentinian) on my street. I live on Santa Fe and Salguero in the province of Palermo Alto. Ask me any more about my …

We left the girls for a few days and headed for Buenos Aires. It is an absolutely beautiful city, both of us loved it. We saw most of the main sights, Recoleta cemetery (where Evita is buried) the city centre, La Boca, San Telmo which was gorgeous, really Latin, with lovely shops and cafes and it’s also the home of salsa in the city too. We …

¡Amigos! ?Hola, qué tal? After we have seen al the 'should's' we plannned our 'wants' and we walked one afternoon from Palermo Alto to the Japanese Garden. It is always nice to walk through Palermo - at least nicer than the city centre and quite equal to the inner centre of San Telmo. Walking also implies the chance to get a better impression of …

... and well and using hair straighteners in Buenos Aires. I`ve rented an apartment for my three months here and the area I`m living in, Palermo Viejo, is so cool it`s positively icy. It's strange to see my clothes hanging up in a wardrobe instead of ...

... a dinner of porotos (bean stew) with a lone cooked hot dog swimming in the chunky liquid. My first meal in Argentina, shortly after landing in Buenos Aires on Friday afternoon-at a "parrilla"- was a plate of freshly grilled ribs, and more of them than I ...

... , we were taught a step or two. We had a wonderful romantic evening out and afterwards, we joined the bustling nightlife scene of Palermo Viejo on our way home.   Unfortunately we missed a live Flamenco show when we were in Spain, but found a ...

... a taxi and never experienced any problem. The emotions had cost us a lot of energy though, so we went to Palermo viejo, an older but fancy barrio of Buenos Aires , with a lot of restaurants and bars, to get something to eat. We took it easy though ...

... ) to Palermo Viejo only to be greeted by (who else) Barney! See photos attached of some very scared Argentinian children.....} Palermo Viejo had great shopping and food, two of our favorite things! The neighborhood was super trendy - so trendy in fact ...

... 6am. Two particular evenings that we did manage to stay awake for really stand out : the first one was a mid-week milonga in Palermo Viejo, where we were treated to one of the most unexpected and real displays of a citys culture I think we've seen ...

... and restaurants.  We’re still trying to decide where we prefer San Telmo (a bit gritty but lots of character) or Palermo Viejo (a bit nicer but probably missing some atmosphere).  We do find plenty of graffiti in Palermo so we think it ...

... 1hour this time - it was a more modern ferry than the one I came with. I met my friends Vincent (CH) and Virginia (ARG) in Palermo Viejo (oldtown of BA) for dinner at 10pm (!). Virginia was actually a teacher of mine when I was at school here in BA 3 ...

... the italians first landed in the port but it was good to visit unscathed. Our Amsterdam bikes were returned and we then headed to Palermo Viejo to watch the posers.  Nice place, very poor service in the Irish bar and lots of pretty ...

Our first week in Argentina has been incredible. Buenos Aires is a beautiful, interesting, romantic, and enormous city. Twenty million people live here, which is half the population of Argentina (and either exemplifies Argentina, or isn´t really part ...