Retiro is centered around Plaza San Martín, an impeccably landscaped park just to the north of the city center of Buenos Aires. The plaza is a great place to sit and people watch under the shade of tall trees.
The biggest barrio in Buenos Aires without question is Palermo. It’s so big, it’s broken into sub-districts. Most of Palermo is a residential district, but if you like outdoor recreation or a relaxing walk in a park, then this is a good place for you to visit.
North of Palermo is the barrio of Belgrano. It’s famous as a footnote in Argentinian history for being the capital of Argentina for a few weeks in 1880, until Buenos Aires was officially declared the capital. Today, it’s a mainly a residential district with high-rise condos and not much to see.
The Puerto Madero area in Buenos Aires is a trendy redeveloped dock area full of restaurants and residences, and also where you can catch a ferry to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. The South Coast Ecological Reserve (Reserva Ecológica Costa del Sur) is located along the Río de la Plata.
One of the biggest highlights of visiting Buenos Aires was getting to try a delicious Argentinian steak. We asked around and were given a handful of good steakhouses. We were able to try two of them, both in the Puerto Madero area.
El Centro (Central Buenos Aires) is made up of Barrio San Nicolás, a rectangular area bordered by Avenida Córdoba to the north and Avenida de Mayo to the south. It’s rarely called Barrio San Nicolás and has taken on the name El Centro.
The city center of Buenos Aires is cut in half by the gigantic Avenida 9 de Julio. This 140 meter wide street is the widest street in the world. It has seven lanes of traffic in either direction and two lane access roads on each side. To the east is Microcentro and to the west is the rest of El Centro. It also cuts through Barrio Monserrat.
Avenida de Mayo, one of the main streets in Buenos Aires, has lots of attractions between Plaza de Mayo and Plaza del Congreso. It separates El Centro and Microcentro from Barrio Monserrat.
Barrio Monserrat is the oldest neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located to the south of Avenida de Mayo.
Casa Rosada (Pink House) is the presidential palace of Argentina. It was built between 1862 and 1885 on the former site of Fuerte Viejo, the old fort of Buenos Aires. For many, the building is most famous for the time Eva Perón addressed her supporters from one of its balconies. It’s located on Plaza de Mayo.