Casa Rosada

The main objective of the Museum of La Casa Rosada is to show and to disclose the historical antecedents of the National Government and the work of the governors after a smaller term of thirty years concluded its mandato ´ this is the main mission that the museum has.
The building was painted pink during the presidency of Sarmiento, inaugurating a tradition and the popular name.
The current Casa Rosada, is made by two buildings, separated by a narrow alley, one was the Seat of Government and the other the Palacio de Correos, besides that it counts with a collection that consists of presidential canes, bands, notes, letters, badges, military dress, table of oaths, flags, currencies, cigar cases, canes, drawings and an innumerable amount that belonged to diverse Argentine figures.

Obelisco

The Obelisco is the architectonic and characteristic piece of the city of Buenos Aires. It is located right in the center of the city, the exact location is in the intersection of avenues, 9 of Julio and Corrientes. One of the main characteristic is that it has 67 meters high. The Obelisco is an historical monument of the city, because in each one of his faces it is recorded a historical review.

San Telmo

San Telmo is located to the south of Capital Federal. It is one of the ancient quarters of Buenos Aires city. It characterizes by its cobbled and narrow streets, colonial buildings and houses with English and French styles. The traditional quarter has a bohemian and ancient air; you can visit ancient churches, museums, antiques in the popular fair.

It is interesting to take walks around it; artists are fascinated by its environment and architecture. The weekends are the most appropriate days for walking the streets observing street performances, puppeteers, magicians, mimes. Dorrego square is the most crowded zone by its San Telmo fair. At night, it offers a unique environment, cafes where you can listen and dance tango or visit pubs discotheques enjoying modern music.

Puerto Madero

Puerto Madero is distinguished significantly for its close location to the center of Buenos Aires, the extensive area and its connection with the ribereño step. It is a place which combines the Rio Plata typical nature with the urbanism of the most alive city in Latin America. It is ideal for commercial activities, administrative and recreational space extension. Also it presents a particularity, being the only area in the city that present a characteristic, the new streets have women names, to remain them like protagonists of the local history.

Plaza de Mayo

The Plaza de Mayo is the most important part of the city, because most of the important institucional, political and economic decisions are made there.
From there you will be able to see the typical and well- know places like, La Casa Rosada, El Cabildo, the port, bancksm the tradicional balcony, and many others.
The Plaza de Mayo is next to San Telmo.

La Boca

La Boca is the port in which most of the immigrants coming from Italy and Spain settled down at the beginning of the century. This place is so outstanding for its typical houses of zinc and wood, they painted them with surpluses of ship, and this is one of the reasons of who colorfull is the place. Here you can find one of the most important tango shows in the city, with a sample of authentic music, picturesque place, these and other characteristics are those that made La Boca an incomparable place.

"Caminito" it is located in the neighborhood of La Boca, this is a street of a hundred meters of longitude that at the beginning of the time, was used to take load toward the dikes. After a long time being abandoned, in October 18 of 1959 it became in it is at the moment, in the street Museo Caminito. From that time the street is among Magallanes and Del Valle Iberlucea and La Madrid.

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• Category: Lagos de Palermo

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• Category: La Boca - Caminito

Av. Alvear

The Avenida Alvear is named by the General Carlos María of Alvear, since he had an exceptional an historical operation for the organized freedom by the General San Martin.
This avenue comes to be one of the most distinguished from Buenos Aires, because it presents the most recognized international boutiques, the most higher level buildings, the mansions, fine jeweler´s, leather warehouses and shoes, those are some of the greatest attractiveness that you can find of the highest level.

Monumental Tower

It presents a renaissance style, with a clock located at 35 meters high, it presents bronze bells that are the sound voices of the clock.
The Monumental Tower is built on a platform with four stairs of access. As much in the main entrance, like in the other sides, you will be able to find friso, where ornamentals triglifos and metopas with suns are alternated and different emblems from the English empire, it has a prevailing tendency of the XVI century in England. Address: Avenue of the General Liberator San Martin 100.

Recoleta

This area is considered one of the most expensive and fine areas of the city. It is surrounded of many buildings with a french style, big green spaces and restaurants of first class. Originally, this area was full with simple houses or "ranches", however, during the XVII century, the lands were given to the Recoleteros Priests where the place takes its name. The Convent and "The Pilar´s Church" they were built by them in 1706. Besides this area is also adjacent to the Cemetery of the La Recoleta.

During the epidemic of the yellow fever in 1871, many rich families escaped to this area and they built big houses and palaces surrounded by big gardens. Some people consider this district a copy of Paris. Many cultural events take place here. The weekends you can find long markets of crafts, where you will be able to find articles of high quality and a great quantity of street actors.

Also you will be able to find many restaurants, clubs and taverns that surround to the cemetery giving him a very authentic and special atmosphere.

The Cemetery of the La Recoleta is located in the street Junín and Av. De La Quintana, this cemetery comes to be one of the most famous and grateful of the world, since it presents famous sculptures, crypts, and you tombs where famous characters rest, these are some of the reasons why some of the tombs already come to be monuments.

Cabildo

The Cabildo of Buenos Aires is one of the historical reviews because it was the setting of the May Revolution in 1810.
Inside the Cabildo what we can find a exhibition, personal objects and portraits of members and of the First Meeting of the Government, we can also find iconographic documents with historical staging on the history of the English invasion and the Cabildo open since May 22 of 1810.
Address: Bolivar 65-(1066) - City of Buenos Aires.
Telephone: (011) 4334 - 1782.
Schedule of attention:
Tuesday to Friday: 12.30 at 19.00 Hrs.
Sunday: 15.00 at 19.00 Hrs.

Cervantes Theater

At the moment, the Municipal Foundation Theater Miguel of Cervantes, like a public space, fulfills the demands and interests of the citizens.
They work to complete a global cultural model that has like a base the plurality, the rigor and the quality.
The spectacles that the Cervantes Theater programs are distributed according to the classic ordination and common of the scenic sorts, the lyrica , music, theater and dance.
It has a great very diverse and varied programming, always counts with new works of the season, structured very well and the cultural supply of today is of the following way, inexhaustible, hybrid and to in a certain way anarchical.