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San Telmo Stroll
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6 The neighborhood of San Telmo is a beguiling mix of faded grandeur and bohemian
spirit. The elegant belle-epoque architecture and crumbling villas are throwbacks to the dis-
trict's 19th-century heyday, before yellow fever and cholera sent the aristocratic masses to
higher ground. Today, you can wander along Defensa or Balcarce streets toward leafy
Parque Lezama, taking in picturesque vistas of romantic facades and drooping balconies as
you window-shop for antiques. There's definitely been gentrification (Starbucks has dis-
covered San Telmo!), but much of the old-world atmosphere remains.
San Telmo
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