Travel Reference
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Plazoleta Carlos
Pellegrini
This plaza's center-
piece is a striking
marble and bronze
monument to former
president Carlos
Pellegrini. Designed
by French sculptor
Félix Coutan in 1914,
it shows a seated
Pellegrini flanked by
allegories of progress
and industry and
protected from above by the
Republic.
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Map P4 • Recoleta
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Parque Las Heras
Plaza Serrano
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Plaza Francia
Facing the Cementerio de la
Recoleta, Plaza Francia hosts the
city's biggest arts and crafts fair,
thronged each Saturday and
Sunday by artists and artisans,
hippies and neo-hippies, and
street performers and tourists.
Busiest between 3pm and 6pm,
it is one of the city's best free
afternoons out.
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Map P3 • Recoleta
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Plaza Serrano
At the heart of Palermo,
Parque Las Heras is a cool oasis.
At its northern end a broad
grassy slope descends toward
Avenida Las Heras and is a
favorite sunbathing spot for
scantily clad, sun-worshipping
porteños.
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Map M3 • Palermo
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Plaza Mitre
Plaza Serrano, officially
named Plaza Julio Cortázar after
the Argentinian writer, lies at the
center of Palermo Viejo. Petite
and circular, the plaza holds a
weekend arts fair, where design-
ers display and sell goods. Its
perimeter is ringed by hip bars,
boho clothes stores, and art
studios. Ideal for afternoon and
sunset drinks.
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Map K3 • Palermo
This sloping plaza overlooks
Avenida Libertador and offers
great views across the parks of
Recoleta toward Retiro. At the
slope's crest stands a monument
of Bartolomé Mitre, first presi-
dent of the Argentine Republic in
1862 and founder of
La Nacion
newspaper. Allegorical sculptures
adorn its base.
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Map N4 • Recoleta
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Most of the city's green spaces are open 10am-7pm daily.
