Buenos Aires, Argentina (San Telmo, La Boca, & Centro areas)

San Telmo Area 
of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sexy Tango Dancing on Caminito
- La Boca, Buenos Aires

Argentina 'Loma' Steak Dinner - Buenos Aires

Dancing in San Telmo Streets 
- Buenos Aires, Argentina

San Telmo Residents Tango Dancing
on Sunday - Buenos Aires

Tango Dancing on Caminito 
in La Boca - Buenos Aires

Cafe Toroni - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sunday San Telmo Antique Market
in Plaza Dorrego - Buenos Aires

Casa Rosada in Plaza de Mayo 
- Buenos Aires, Argentina

Buenos Aires, Argentina (San Telmo, La Boca, & Centro areas) (2/11-14/2010) - Welcome to the birthplace of the sexy Tango dance and home of the legendary Eva Peron!

Buenos Aires’ zest for life is expressed in the Tango described as “a vertical expression of a horizontal desire” (see photo). At first we stayed in Buenos Aires’ oldest neighborhood of San Telmo where the Tango was started. We attended one of the most famous tango shows (El Viego Almacen – originally built in 1798) – a very fun evening. The outdoor Sunday antique flea market in San Telmo’s Plaza Dorrego is very fun because, after the market, residents dance the Tango in the plaza and dance in the streets (see photo).

Over a hundred years ago, San Telmo was the upscale area of Buenos Aires and then San Telmo declined for a century when the Buenos Aires' elite moved to other places after a severe breakout of yellow fever. 

Although many good restaurants & bars, colonial mansions, antique shops, and tango shows are located in San Telmo and new improvements are everywhere, San Telmo is still a bit rough. So, unless you are adventurous, you may want to stay in Buenos Aires' more upscale Palermo or Recoleta areas and visit San Telmo when you come to Buenos Aires.

We wandered and had dinner in the Puerto Madero dock area that has been rejuvenated with the most expensive real estate in Buenos Aires. The old warehouses have been turned into nice restaurants and bars. We visited many of Buenos Aires’ famous sites nearby such as Avenida 9 de Julio, the widest avenue in the world (17 lanes!). 

Probably the most famous are Plaza de Mayo (the historical core of Buenos Aires) with the Cabildo (the original Spanish seat of city government dating back to 1745), Metropolitan Cathedral with the remains of Argentina’s famous General Jose de San Martin (Argentina’s George Washington), and Casa Rosada (Argentina’s pink “White House”) where huge crowds cheered for Peron and Evita (see photos). Even in current times, this place is the site of demonstrations and political events - it was actually bombed in 1955 by the Argentine Navy killing 364 civilians.

We loved our afternoon lunch in Buenos Aires' oldest café (Café Tortoni on Avenida de Mayo) that dates back to 1858 and famous for being the favorite haunt of a century of literary greats. The picturesque old port district of La Boca made for a fun afternoon with its sidewalk cafes and the colorful Caminito, a little pedestrian street used as an outdoor theater (tango and other dancing) and art market. We also took the over 100 year-old subway Line A to visit Congreso (Buenos Aires’s most imposing building) that looks a lot like America’s Congress capitol building (see photo).

For more about wonderful Buenos Aires, please see our other blog post:

Argentina Buenos Aires Palermo Recoleta

Please also see our other 2 posts on Argentina:

Iguazu Falls, Argentina

Mendoza Wine Country, Argentina 

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Write by: AN - Friday, April 2, 2010