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For lots of people, one of the most attractive things about the amazing city of Buenos Aires is its enormous diversity of neighborhoods (“Barrios”), parks and (“Avenidas”)boulevards.
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While walking through the city you will easily see the different kinds of neighborhoods the city has: there are actually more than forty different Barrios. For those who are traveling for the first time to Buenos Aires, on this page we give a short introduction about the most important and popular Barrios. After reading it's up to you to choose where to have your home in this amazing city! To help you when searching for an apartment, we display in the detailed page of every apartment its location on the map. |
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One of the most beautiful and comfortable places to stay in Buenos Aires is Recoleta. It's one of the most upscale neighborhoods in town with lots of cultural activity. Whether you live here for years or you stay here for just a couple of days, you will immediately feel comfortable with the area and the people living and working here.
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The neighborhood of Recoleta is characterized by a lot of French and Italian style buildings, charming streets and nice green avenues, and it has lovely squares and parks. When the yellow fever hit the central and southern districts around the year 1870, most of the wealthy people moved to places north of the center and thus was created the so-called Barrio Norte and also Recoleta with its world-famous cemetery.
Through its architecture and cultural charm, the neighborhoods of Recoleta and Barrio Norte make it easy for the visitor to recognize the European inspiration and origin of many of the Argentines. These areas offer lots of restaurants and bars and are well connected to the rest of the city. Although it's not the official centre of the city, for many people it is the most important part of town.
At our site you will find some of the best apartments in the neighborhood of Recoleta and Barrio Norte. The area of Recoleta and Barrio Norte is one of the safest and most residential areas and it's not only close to the center, but also close to the big parks and trendy areas of Palermo, which makes it the best area to stay for lots of people.
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The neighborhood of Palermo has some different faces. The area next to Recoleta, called Palermo Chico, is a really comfortable neighborhood and it is the most green neighborhood of town. Lots of nice lakes and big parks, as well as the city Zoo, the Japanese Garden, the Polo fields and horse racetrack are situated in Palermo.
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Palermo's big parks are extremely suitable for jogging, in-line skating and organizing picnics.
At the other side of Santa Fe Avenue, you will find the neighborhoods Palermo Hollywood and Palermo Soho. These neighborhoods are characterized by a young, fashionable and international public. In Palermo Soho and Palermo Hollywood you will find lots of bars, restaurants and nightlife as well as lots of residential areas and wide silent streets. In this part of Palermo the amount of high buildings is relatively low here, which gives the neighborhood a different character than most of the other areas in town.
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Not far away from the famous Plaza de Mayo you can find the most modern part of town, the vibrant renovated docklands area of Puerto Madero, a perfect example of successful urban gentrification. Once an old port area with abandoned brick warehouses, now an upscale residential and commercial zone between the Downtown City Centre and the Rio de la Plata.
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The area is divided by a channel which has at each side of it a pedestrian zone with a lot of nice apartments, elegant restaurants, surrounded by modern offices and high-class hotels. Puerto Madero also has its own green area at the riverside. |
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The central area of Buenos Aires is divided in two historical zones. The downtown area is a busy area and has well known streets like Avenida de Mayo and Corrientes and of course the famous Plaza the Mayo with its Casa Rosada (the Argentine government house).
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Through the heart of the city center goes Florida street which is the principal pedestrian shopping street and runs between Plaza San Martin and Plaza de Mayo. The neighborhood around Plaza San Martin is rich with famous places and buildings of former aristocratic families like the Military Circle and the famous Kavanagh Tower, which once was the first sky-scraper and highest building of Latin America, inspired by New York's Empire State building. If you might be looking for the most exclusive and expensive apartment of Buenos Aires, you would find it in this historical building. |
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Walking from the City Center towards the South you will enter the historical and bohemian neighborhood of San Telmo. This is actually the place where most of the historical events of Buenos Aires have taken place. The Colonial style houses of the former European immigrants are today reminders of what once was a historical upscale neighborhood in Buenos Aires.
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Nowadays, the neighborhood of San Telmo is characterized by its cobblestone streets, art galleries and tango shows. The central place of this antique neighborhood is the Plaza Dorrego, especially on Saturdays and Sundays.
South of San Telmo, the port neighborhood of La Boca is famous for being the first home for all kinds of immigrants. It maintained its historical appearance and is mainly visited by tourists in search for tango shows, the famous colorful sheet-iron houses, artists and of course a football match at the famous Boca Juniors stadium "La Bombonera".
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Another historical part of town is Congreso. This is the area around the National Congress building which is situated opposite of the Casa Rosada. The long and wide Avenida de Mayo connects the congress building with the Casa Rosada. Due to the high amount of historical buildings the neighborhood maintained its original character. One of the best examples is the Palacio Varalo, designed by Italian architect Mario Palanti.
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Next to Congreso and bordering Barrio Norte is situated another historical zone, it's the Neighborhood of Abasto. In 1931 el Mercado de abasto was established here and opened in 1934 to serve as the city's most important food trading place. Today the former art deco market building contains one of the biggest shopping malls of Buenos Aires. Another icon of this neighborhood is the former home of Argentina's "king of tango".
Carlos Gardel, which in the year of 2003 was converted into a museum as a tribute to this famous artist. |
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Situated north of Palermo Las Cañitas
and Belgrano are considered to be the most residential
neighborhoods just outside the inner center of Buenos Aires.
Las Cañitas
has a perfect amount of nice and fashionable bars and
restaurants. In Las Cañitas
as well as in Belgrano, you can find exclusive boutiques,
health and beauty spas and antique stores.
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| Furthermore Belgrano has many different faces
due to the presence of residential areas with old mansions,
skyscrapers, cobblestone streets, parks and also lots of sport and
recreational facilities. |
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