Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Plaza de Mayo
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Plaza San Martín
Microcentro, Puerto Madero & Retiro
P
LAZA DE MAYO HAS BEEN A FIXTURE
of porteño civic and cultural life for
centuries. Nearby Puerto Madero, on the other hand, was incorporated
officially into the city's barrio network only in 2007. The two areas reflect
porteños' reverence for the historic as well as their enthusiastic embrace of
the modern. The Plaza crowns Microcentro, the
capital's commercial and financial center. From
here the pedestrian mall Calle Florida careens
off in a colorful barrage of bookstores,
boutiques, and street performers, before
terminating at the stately Plaza San Martín —
the steeply sloping anchor of the Retiro
neighborhood. Across Alem Avenue is the still-
grand English-built train station that shares the
neighborhood's name, while just south are the
restored redbrick mercantile buildings and
gleaming business parks that comprise Buenos
Aires' latest reinvention, Puerto Madero.
El Obelisco
Sights
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Plaza San Martín
2
Calle Florida
3
El Obelisco
4
Centro Cultural
Borges
5
Puente de la Mujer
6
Reserva Ecológica
Costanera Sur
7
Basilica Nuestra
Señora de la Merced
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Museo Mitre
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Avenida de Mayo at night
