Beautiful Buenos Aires Beautiful Buenos Aires is the big, cosmopolitan capital city of Argentina. It is an amazing city with lots of impressive architecture, fascinating art galleries and much to please the eye. Plaza de Mayo This is an amazing two-block long plaza that was established in the 16th century. Many important events have taken place here like the uprising against Spain in 1810. Much of the area has been created just for pedestrians including two popular streets Florida and Lavalle. You’ll discover many important landmarks here. Casa Rosada is the pale pink Presidential Palace from which Eva Peron addressed enormous crowds. Take a stroll along Avenida de Mayo which is famous for its impressive buildings with their attractive …show more content…
It is a great place to stop and have a snack. It is famous for being the hangout of the great tango dancer Carlos Gardei and it’s been a meeting place for famous scholars and artists. It had impressive Tiffany glass ceilings. The city of Buenos Aires is the birthplace of the tango. It is just the place to step out and do some dancing or to learn the tango. A “milonga” is a place where people go to dance the tango and there are many such places all over the city. On a Sunday night at a milonga in San Telmo’s Plaza Dorrego you can see people dancing in the street. At Salon Canning you’ll find traditional milongas that also offer classes and shows. La Glorieta is an open-air milonga in Belgrano that holds free milongas on the weekends. The Recoleta Cemetery takes its name from the Franciscan convent that stood here around 1716. Today it is best known for its amazing burial ground. Here you’ll see many elaborate mausoleums which are the final resting places of many famous Argentines such as Eva Peron, in the Duarte family tomb. Afterwards you can take a look at the rest of the Recoleta neighborhood which has lovely public gardens, cafes and craft …show more content…
It is a favorite of artistic and creative people. They take their art onto the streets, decorate balconies and patios with amusing sculptures. Visitors enjoy taking a look at the Caminito Street Museum which is a colorful pedestrian friendly zone, functioning as an open-air museum and art market since 1959. You’ll see brightly colored buildings. There are open-air tango demonstrations and the area is named after a tango. The Museum of Decorative Arts of Quinquela Martin has an excellent collection of artwork by notable 20th century Argentinian artists. San Telmo is another colorful district with narrow cobblestone streets and old colonial style buildings. There are many art studios and galleries. The area is also known for its cafes, tango parlors and boutiques. There is the San Telmo Sunday Fair which is an antiques fair. Visitors enjoy the National Historical Museum which offers displays relating to the history of Argentina. Altogether the museum has over 50,000 artifacts among them the most important is the collection of paintings by Candido Lopez. Stop by the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Science Museum which opened in 1826 and has thirteen exhibition halls with displays of Argentinian flora and fauna. There is also an on-site