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Entry №03 — Argentina

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires keeps late hours; a city where elegance survives through melancholy.

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Walk Palermo Viejo in the late afternoon.

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Useful

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    Remises

    Take remises for long distance, if you don't rent a car —
    “Most people use remises — safer, fixed prices, order by phone.”
  2. 02

    Barrios to know

    Ideally visit one district per day —
    “Recoleta and its famous Cementerio, Puerto Madero - Faena district - Calatrava bridge, San Telmo and its market, La Boca, and the various Palermos, its restaurants and boutiques.”
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Tables

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    Casa Cavia

    Restaurant — Palermo Chico
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    “Part restaurant, part bookstore, part cultural salon. One of the addresses that best captures contemporary Buenos Aires.”
    Cavia 2985, Buenos Aires
    +54 9 11 3640 7805
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    Mishiguene

    Jewish cuisine — Palermo
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    “Inventive, generous and consistently excellent. A table with real soul.”
    Lafinur 3368, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 3969 0764
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    Aramburu

    Fine dining — Recoleta
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    “One of Buenos Aires' serious dining rooms. For when the evening should feel like an occasion.”
    Pasaje del Correo, Vicente López 1661, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 4811 1414
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    Croque Madame

    French café — Palermo Chico
    “A beautiful terrace beside the Decorative Arts Museum. Ideal for aperitifs, lunch or tea.”
    Av. del Libertador 1902, Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 4806 8639
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    Fogón Asado

    Grill — Palermo
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    “An intimate asado counter experience. Fire, wine and Argentine ritual made contemporary.”
    Uriarte 1423, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 2142 2936
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    Don Julio

    Parrilla — Palermo
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    “The classic Buenos Aires steakhouse, done exceptionally well.”
    Guatemala 4699, Palermo Viejo, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 4832 6058
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    La Mar

    Peruvian — Palermo
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    “Fresh, lively and always a good idea. Peruvian seafood with a Buenos Aires rhythm.”
    Arévalo 2024, Buenos Aires
    +54 9 11 3955 9600
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    Café Rivas

    Argentine brasserie — San Telmo
    “Small, charming and ideal for a long weekend lunch after wandering San Telmo.”
    Estados Unidos 302, Buenos Aires
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    Norimōto

    Japanese — Palermo
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    “A samll refined Japanese address in Palermo. Precise, understated and quietly elegant — ideal when the evening calls for something more intimate.”
    Honduras 5900, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 3988 9218
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    Farinelli

    Café / market food — Retiro
    “A relaxed and useful address if you are in the Arroyo area.”
    Arroyo 900, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 4328 7998
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.. and Drink

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    Birkin

    Coffee bar — Palermo
    “The best coffee in Buenos Aires and amazing cakes.”
    República Árabe Siria 3061
    +54 11 4843 7470
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    Bar Presidente

    Bar — Recoleta
    “Hip but loud. Smoking section inside.”
    Av. Pres. Manuel Quintana 188
    +54 11 4811 3248
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    Uptown

    Bar — Palermo
    “Decorated like a New York subway.”
    Arévalo 2030
    +54 11 2101 4897
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    Milion

    Bar in a petit hôtel — Barrio Norte
    “Trendy, with garden. Beautiful place, also a restaurant — but go for the drinks.”
    Paraná 1048
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    Dadá

    Bar — Microcentro
    “Small place. The bar is a scene at night. A BA tradition.”
    San Martín 941
    +54 11 4314 4787
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    Bar 878

    Cocktail bar — Palermo
    “Hip. Classy. Very good cocktails.”
    Thames 878
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    Confitería La Ideal

    Tango tradition — Microcentro
    “One of the oldest bar -if not it-, go witness the tango tradition.”
    Suipacha 384
    +54 11 5265 8078
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Wanders

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    MALBA

    Museum — Palermo Chico
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    “The essential museum of modern and contemporary Latin American art. If you choose only one museum in Buenos Aires, make it this one.”
    Av. Figueroa Alcorta 3415, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 4808 6500
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    Fundación Proa

    Contemporary art — La Boca
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    “Worth the journey south. Strong exhibitions and one of the city's best museum cafés.”
    Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 4104 1000
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    Museo Moderno

    Museum — San Telmo
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    “A growing contemporary programme in a neighbourhood I love exploring.”
    Av. San Juan 350, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 4361 6919
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    Centro Cultural Recoleta

    Cultural centre — Recoleta
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    “A useful pulse check on what is happening locally.”
    Junín 1930, Buenos Aires
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    Recoleta Cemetery

    Historic cemetery — Recoleta
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    “One of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world. Go early.”
    Junín 1760, Buenos Aires
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    Florería Atlántico

    Cocktail bar — Retiro
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    “Part flower shop, part wine cellar, part cocktail bar. A Buenos Aires classic.”
    Arroyo 872, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 3984 7849
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    Café Tortoni

    Historic café — Microcentro
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    “Touristic, yes. But still one of the city's great historic rooms.”
    Av. de Mayo 825, Buenos Aires
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    Mercado de las Pulgas

    Flea market — Palermo
    “For antiques, furniture and unexpected finds.”
    Av. Dorrego 1650, Buenos Aires
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    San Telmo Sunday Market

    Street market — San Telmo
    “A ritual more than an attraction. Crowded, imperfect, still worth doing.”
    Plaza Dorrego, Buenos Aires
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Rooms

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    Casa Lucia

    Hotel — Retiro
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    “A restored Buenos Aires landmark. Old-world elegance interpreted for a contemporary traveller.”
    Arroyo 841, Buenos Aires
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    Home Hotel

    Boutique hotel — Palermo Hollywood
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    “A divine small boutique hotel with vintage wallpaper, a pool and a little garden. The garden suite pleaseee.”
    Honduras 5860, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 4778 1008
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    Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt

    Hotel — Recoleta
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    “A grand Recoleta hotel with one of the most beautiful gardens in the city! But the rooms are not up to standard of the garden.”
    Av. Alvear 1661, Buenos Aires
    +54 11 5171 1234
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    Four Seasons Buenos Aires

    Hotel — Recoleta
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    “Good service, strong location, and the Mansion for a more classic Buenos Aires feeling.”
    Posadas 1086, Buenos Aires
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