San Telmo

A visit to Buenos Aires is not completed without visiting San Telmo.The best time to do it is, no doubt about it, on Sunday morning, when it turns into a very typical Porteño market. You'd enjoy outdoor shows, listen to old tango singers, buy antiques and original objects in the flea market, and, above all, have an idea of what Buenos Aires culture is all about.

Historic Wax Museum

Museo Historico de Cera

Del Valle Iberlucea 1261 - Buenos Aires - Argentina - Phone: 4301-1497

Timetable: Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm. Saturday, Sunday and Holidays 11am to 8pm.

Like the Madame Tussaud's of London, but with Porteños and less glamorous people. In this museum we see works of the sculptor Domingo Tellechea. This place was the original seat of the Socialist Party headed by Dr. Alfredo Palacios.

La Boca

This neighborhood was born as the first port of the City, its first inhabitants, most of them italian immigrants, built their houses with wood and zinc and painted them with the left over of the painting of the ships. This colorful custom was kept until our days and it made of la Boca one of the most picturesque places of the City. This neighborhood of artists, tango, and soccer (here is located the famous Boca Juniors Stadium) allows us to appreciate in the joy of its colors the nostalgia of the Porteño.

Avenida de Mayo (May Avenue)

One of Buenos Aires' most beautiful streets. It links the Pink House with the Congress. Ideal for walking through during day and/or night. This avenue is an exclusive area of the Spanish community and testimony of Buenos Aires of the beginning of the 20th. Century. It also gathered the most important hotels of that time, many cafes, among them the Tortoni (Art Nouveau) where the most important Porteño artists got together; and theaters like the "Avenida". Subway Line A exit Estacion Peru.

Museum of the City of Buenos Aires

Museo de la Ciudad

Timetable: Monday to Friday 11am to 7pm; Sunday 3pm to 7pm

Its collection include from a button or a postcard to architecture pieces, furniture, tiles, fences, popular mates, and the various elements of everyday life of Porteños (people from the city). Subway Line E exit Estacion Bolivar

Nightlife

Porteños never go early to discos, they wouldn't want to be seen before 2 am. Tango, too, gets going after midnight and never seems to stop. You can hit the clubs and tango, dine on grilled meats at a late night parrilla, and then relax in a cafe or continue the revelry at one of Costanera Norte's after-hours clubs. In addition to the enthusiastic club-hopping, Buenos Aires has a serious jazz musicians and appreciative audiences to go along with them. And if you're looking for something a little tamer, there's plenty going on in the arts-films, dance, and opera.

Nature and Open Air in Buenos Aires

Woods and lakes. Squares. An ecologic reservoir. Two coastal areas or Costaneras (North and South). Willow and alder woods. Streets and avenues flanked by jacarandas, ash trees, poplars, paraísos and tipas. Buenos Aires, unlike other big cities, has a lot of green spaces. You can see this just by walking around the city.

SQUARES
There are many more than in other cities. They have trees and seats. Many also have playgrounds. Porteños usually read the newspaper, play truco and sunbathe there. In addition, squares are used to make protests.

What is a Porteño?

Buenos Aires locals refer to themselves as Porteños because many of them originally arrived by boat from Europe and settled in the port area. With 85% of the Argentine population of European origin, there's a blurred sense of national identity in Buenos Aires - South American or European?