Palermo Viejo Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires , Capital Federal District, Argentina

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  • The best place of the city

    4

    cuvelier.romain 22 contributions France Oct 20, 2011

    Perfect if you need to relax and shop after discovering other places

    This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

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    Never underestimate the power of good footwear

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    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 …

  • 2

    Kickin City

    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 …

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    Peaceful breaks and beautiful walks

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    ¡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 …

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    A World of Travellers

    ... 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 ...

  • 2

    Junto al Río Inmovil

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    ... 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 ...

  • 3

    Evita's Peron

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    ... , 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 ...

  • 4

    Visitors, tango and meat

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    ... 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 ...

  • 5

    Parks, Docks and of course more steaks - BA Part 2

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    ... 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 ...

  • 6

    Buenos Aires - Day 2

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    ... ) 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 ...

  • 7

    Tango and Cash

    ... 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 ...

  • 8

    Buenos Aires

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    ... 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 ...

  • 9

    The home of Boca Juniors

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    ... 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 ...

  • 10

    A City for Lovers

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    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 ...