Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
A Day Around
Microcentro, Puerto
Madero, and Retiro
Morning
From the intersection of
Avenida de Mayo and
Avenida 9 de Julio,
(serviced by Líneas A or C)
get a glimpse of El
Obelisco (see p20)
monument from Don
Quixote's vantage. Walk
along de Mayo toward
Plaza de Mayo , taking in
the El Cabildo (see p8)
and paying respects to the
Grand Liberator San Martín
inside La Catedral
Metropolitana (see p8) .
Continue down Calle San
Martín for a late-morning
coffee and alfajor
(see p53) inside one of
Galería Güemes' (see
p39) cafés, and bask in the
passageway's early 20th-
century grandeur. Exit
onto Calle Florida (see
p81) for a block of rampant
consumerism before
turning onto J.D. Perón
and following it all the way
to Puerto Madero.
Afternoon
Basilica Nuestra Señora de la Merced
room contains thick volumes as
well as letters from Argentinian
generals. Period furnishings,
from original porcelain bath
fixtures to the courtyard's
Spanish tiles, are in excellent
repair. d Map F1 • Calle San Martín 336
• 4394-8240 • Open 2-5:30pm Mon-Fri;
closed Jan-Feb • Adm
( Plaza de Mayo
The Plaza's symmetry belies
the many upheavals that shaped
its current dimensions. To make
room for Avenida de Mayo, three
arches were shorn off its arcade
in 1889. In 1931, avenue Julio A.
Rocha was completed, requiring
the demolition of three more
arches, leaving us with the view
we have today (see pp8-9) .
) Plaza Embajada de Israel
Grab a water bottle at a
Puerto Madero kiosk, hail
a radio taxi bound for the
Reserva Ecológica
Costanera Sur's northern
entrance, and keep eyes
sharp inside the park for
coastal birdlife. Rest for a
while at a shaded picnic
spot and take in the river
and the city's skyline view.
Afterward, trace your
steps back to Avenida
Córdoba and follow it up
to Calle San Martín for
well-deserved, creative
pizzas at FILO (see p85) .
From there, head towards
Retiro to indulge in retail
therapy amid the artisan
shops (see pp38-9),
before resting under the
trees at the verdant Plaza
San Martín (see p81) .
Twenty-nine trees planted
for each of the murdered bear
witness to the 1992 terrorist
attack on Israel's Argentinian
embassy (see p33) . The site is
now a plaza, where the victims'
names are etched into a wall.
The embassy's former outline is
still imprinted in the adjacent
building, providing a sense of the
tragedy's physical scale. d Map
Q4 • Cnr. Calles Suipacha and Arroyo
• Open daily • Adm free
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