LA BOCA - DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT NOT GOING THERE! and other Buenos Aires, Argentina Things to Do Tips

Hey..If you want to understand one of the reasons of Tango, you really should to go south and find this very interesting place...LA BOCA is a very poor neighborhood, but it used to be one of the most bohemian places in the city in the old times....Many Tango composers used to perform in the little taverns and tango house that still remains here, and there is a famnous street called Caminito that every step is a revival!

Colourful houses which they call CONVENTILLOS are still there...food are remarkable and the little art crafts stores and the vendors are an invitation for your pockets!

Sep 15th, 2005

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Address: SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY
Directions: Go to La Boca, taxi is quite cheap and everybody knows where the land of BOCA JUNIOR is, and it is in front of a river called RIACHUELO....Do not approach the riverfront, it might be not a good smell experience!

It is an incredible mile-long pedestrian mall, popular for its gem, leather and fur stores. Also where you can see the locals mixing with foreigners, it is a real Babilonia, I like walking there to see the new cds and the book shops, it is also the street where you can find the beautiful Pacifico Shopping Center.

Steve had taken this picture, though he does not like dealing with cameras, taking a picture of him is harder than climbing the Everest mountain, but I do have some pictures of him, hehehehe

Sep 21, 2005

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Address: CLOSE TO SAN MARTIN SQUARE
Directions: Florida has cornes with the main avenues of the city, Corrientes, Cordoba and the easiest way to find it is getting off at San Martin subway station.

This is La Florida, for people coming from Europe, USA and Canda, also us brazilians, it is a shopping paradise! In the picture you can see part of the GALERIA PACIFICO! :) One of the most ellegant shopping centers in Buenos Aires!

Sep 21 sep, 2005

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Address: CALLE LA FLORIDA
Directions: The best way to get there is getting off at San Martin Subway Station!

For sure you will think it is a museum...keep on thinking...Big Argentinean artists painted these excellent walls in 1945, and everybody can see their art work for free in the most important location in town....First check these paintings, and I will tell you where you will find all of them!!! And you will be surprised!

Sept 21, 2005

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But you will see incredible paintings of many different argentinean artists from last century, it is a very well off place and it is located in one of the most famous street in town. I will keep the surprise, very soon I will let you know more about this magnificent place!

Sept 16th, 2005

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Address: Cordoba and Florida Street
Directions: The subway in San martin is the closest location to reach this place!

It is for sure one of the attractions of this place, it is also a place where you can see beautiful people everywhere, and you can eat delicious food...It is also a meeting point in the centre of the city. But it is more than that!

Sept, 16th, 2005

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Address: CORDOBA AND FLORIDA STREET
Directions: Subway in San Martin is the ebst option!

The Azaleas are everywhere in the Japonese Garden, and this is the best time of the year for you to see the flowers. Great that I could have great memories from this lovely day. Jardin Japones is for sure one very important spot in Buenos Aires for me! You can never miss such a stunning place!

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Address: Av. Figueroa Alcorta y Av Casares
Directions: The bus 60 via Libertador is the best option!

Right in the microcentro of the city you can find a very important landmark...a goverment house that witnessed the countryºs independence from Spain in 1810. It was constructed in 1764, and it was bigger than it is now, part of the building was cut to create Bolivar and Mayo Street.

The Mayo street starts at the Argentinean Congress and ends at Mayo Square.

It is important to go to Cabildo because you can understand more about the brave history of the country, inside the Cabildo there is a lovely art crafts square!

Sep 15th, 2005

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Address: CALLE BOLIVAR AND AVENIDA DE MAYO
Directions: Best option is using the subway station Catedral

Most of the most important names in Argentina which made history are buried there...so you really have to go their and see their tombs...The Mausoleos are pure art work, and the cemetery is there since 1822. The graveyard has the name of the whole neighborhood, thanks to and old conventry called Convento de los Padres Recoletos. All the Presidents are burried there like Rosas, Sarmiento..and the richest families too, among them in the Duarte Mausoleo, you will say hallo to Evita, just like I did twice in my life. Recoleta graveyard is 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.

I remember having this same picture 11 years ago!

There is also nice restaurants around, a cool cultural centre which used to be a hospital, and a seniors house, now this big complex is part of the Design Association of Buenos Aires, there is also a nice church called Nuestra Señora del Pilar dated 1732.

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Address: RECOLETA
Directions: Feel walking distance from Libertador Avenue in Recoleta Area.

Evita...more powerful than his husband was...and she was just the First Lady...Anyway, it is just prove that women have strengh and determination...Good always to see her and say how great she was!

September 2005

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Address: RECOLETA
Directions: Few walking distance from Libertador Avenue!