"Great park" Palermo Park Tip by mrtourne

The Palermo park - also know as "Bosques de Palermo" - is a beautiful place to walk around when the weather is nice and sunny. Mostly enclosed between the Avenidas del Libertador and Figueroa Alcorta, it has a variety of attractions and a calming effect on the visitor (unless you go on a sunday in spring when everyone seems to be playing soccer ;-) ) On a weekday, walking through El Rosedal (the rose garden) or El Jardin de Los Poetas (the poet's garden, a sculpture and fountain garden with many quiet spaces to sit down and reflect) is a beautiful experience. It definitely will take you away from the buzz of the city. The planetarium of Buenos Aires is also here, and so is a tremendous fountain ("Monumento a los espanoles" or "Monument to the Spaniards") in the intersection of Aveinda del Libertador and Avenida Sarmiento

One last thing - if you have the luck to be around in October / November, please stop by to see the jacaranda trees in bloom, with their lilac flowers that fall and cover the red gravel paths...

As in any big city park, I would advise to be careful as dusk approaches, there have been some incidents lately, especially purse snatchings.

Address: Avenida del Libertador at Avenida Sarmiento
Directions: From downtown, take a cab down Figueroa Alcorta, turn down at Sarmiento and get off at Sarmiento and Avenida del Libertador