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Recoleta - A luxurious area 

Recoleta neighborhood owes its name to the Recoletos Priests Monastery that later became a blood hospital, a barrack and at last, a nursing home for old people. Nowadays, it's seat of a cultural center and it's located between a design trading complex and Nuestra Señora del Pilar Church (1732). The squares and parks are the main characteristics of this neighborhood of typical French architecture. Across from the square you'll find the National Culture Exhibit Rooms (1917) better known as Palais de Glace. The area is also surrounded by elegant restaurants, bars, discos, outdoor shows, a cinema complex and even a great handcrafts fair that opens on weekends.The Recoleta Cemetery (1822), considered the most important in the country because of the architecture of its monuments and vaults, of which, more than seventy have been declared National Historic Monuments. Crossing Libertador Avenue, lies the National Museum of Fine Arts (1933). Further, lie the impressive buildings of the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires and the National Library (1992).

La esquina del tango
You only need a doorway on a corner to take a trip through time. Esquina Carlos Gardel invites you to relive the history of Tango in an environment that awakens your every sense. This is the corner where, over 100 years ago, Carlos Gardel would meet with his friends to sing well into the night. Today, Esquina Carlos Gardel is the location that Tango picked to stay for good, for this is where its history and belongings are. Splendor and elegance greet you at every corner of this dazzling place, where you can enjoy the most delicious international dishes as well as traditional Argentine fare and a refined selection of wines. Meanwhile you can enjoy the spectacular show that reenacts the Tango sophistication, luxury and style of the golden decade of Buenos Aires, taking you back into a true mystic tango atmosphere.

Palermo
It is the favorite place for bohemians and intellectuals tied to arts and literature and went through a process of renovation until turning itself into a neuralgic point of the Porteño nightlife. Palermo Soho has become an area full of new clothes and decoration designer shops. Palermo Hollywood has become a gastronomic center with more than forty bars and restaurants, which are in the able hands of young and creative chefs. Palermo Hollywood offers ethnic, Mediterranean and international cuisine as well as tapa bars in old, renovated houses with courtyards, terraces and sidewalk tables.

Boca
It was the first port of Buenos Aires City. The neighborhood was seat of immigrants, mainly native Genoeses, who arrived between 1880 and 1930. Among the most outstanding places in the area you will find the Museum Street "Caminito" ,De la Rivera Theater (following the advice of the artist Quinquela Martin its seats were painted in different colors), the Fine Arts Museum of La Boca and the "Vuelta de Rocha", where one has a good view of Nicolas Avellaneda Bridge. On weekends, thousand of tourists go around the neighborhood that displays street shows, handcrafts exhibits and different attractions.

San Telmo
San Telmo is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city, until 1870 it was inhabited by the wealthiest families in the city. Among the interest spots you'll find the Orthodox Russian Church (1904), La Defensa" Alley (typical eighteenth century large house that recreates the Colonial Buenos Aires) and Colonel Manuel Dorrego Square (every Sunday from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. there's an antiques fair), where you can spend some time at a coffee shop, tango or jazz dance clubs. The virtue of San Telmo neighborhood lies on those interesting places one gets to know while walking, while going through stone pavement and narrow streets that surround colonial buildings, many of which act as antique dealers and ateliers

Catedral Sur
The oldest Neighborhood in the city of paved streets, narrow sidewalks and the large houses hide the history of the growth of Buenos Aires. The city was built around the Plaza de Mayo, which is borded by the Cabildo and The Casa Rosada – seat of the Executive Power, and the Metropolitan Cathedral, built in the XVIII century where the remains of General San Martin are kept. Walking towards Bolivar Street you arrive at the Manzana de las Luces, where you will visit defensive tunnels from the XVIII century and Saint Ignacio Church. Avenida de Mayo leads all the way to the Palacio del Congreso (the Palace of Congress) where national legislators convene throughout the year.

Palermo Chico
Remain silent curved and irregular streets characterize this elegant area. One of the most exclusive area in Buenos Aires with irregular streets and parks, a master piece of the Architect Carlos Thays. Great houses, turned into Embassies reach the way to the Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires.

Puerto Madero
As a result of the most important urbanization project in the history of the city in 1993, the lands began to be transformed and the buildings that belonged to the old port, opened in 1899 and closed ten years later, started to be recycled. In this neighborhood there are nearly 40 restaurants, a complex with eight movie theaters and a church. More than 20, 000 people visit the area everyday, a figure that doubles on weekends, since walking down the boulevards that face the river has become a common ride for families and tourists.

San Isidro
Just 22 km away from midtown you will find a residential neighborhood, full of trees and quiet streets. An area with luxurious houses and beautiful gardens. The main points to visit are: San Isidro Cathedral, Paseo de los Tres Ombues, Hipodromo (to enjoy horses races), San Isidro Golf Club, among others.

Puerto de Frutos - Tigre
Close to the river, you will visit an outdoor market with shops of furnitures, tablecothes in rustic fabrics, decoration made of reed and osier, among other handcraft articles. To finish you journey, enjoy the best international and regional cuisine in any of the restaurants.

Art Galleries and Museums

• Spanish Art Museum "Enrique Larreta"
• Spanish-American Art Museum "Isaac Fernández Blanco"
• Modern Art Museum
• Fine Art Museum "Eduardo Sívori"
• Government House "Pink House" Museum
• National Decorative Art Museum
• National Fine Arts Museum
• National Library
• Manzana de las Luces
• Museo Vivo del Tango (Tango, shows, argentinean cusine ang tango lessons)