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Palermo is primarily a residential neighborhood, this area of the city is surrounded with parks and gardens, as well as countless bars and restaurants, as well as an active night life and cultural activities. Palermo is the largest neighborhood of the city, with sub-zones within the neighborhood, located approximately fifteen minutes from downtown.
The area known as Palermo Viejo is characterized by its colonial style architecture, its bohemian style, its interior decoration businesses, and its many bars and restaurants. In Palermo, visitors will find a great concentration of green spaces and areas of tourist interest, such as the Botanical Garden, the Zoo, the Rural Society, the horse track, the Palermo Woods and lakes, the Rosedal, and the Borges Street with its house/museum, among other attractions. The lakes and woods of Palermo provide a great venue for walks or sporting activities. Also visit the Rosedal, where you can admire a wide variety of roses and many beautiful sculptures.
We recommend visiting:
- Paseo del Rosedal
Parque Tres de Febrero, Av. del Libertador and Paseo de la Infanta, Palermo.
- Planetarium “Galileo Galilei”
Av. Sarmiento and Roldán, Palermo.
Tel.: 4771-6629
Access to the museum Tuesday through Friday from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Saturday and Sunday from 3:00pm to 7:00pm.
Free Admission.
- National Museum of Decorative Art
Av. del Libertador 1902, Palermo.
Tel.: 4806-8306/4801-8248
Open daily from 2:00pm to 7:00pm.
Admission $1.00, free on Tuesday.
Guided tours offered.
- Rural Association of Argentina Exposition Center
Av. Santa Fé and Av. Sarmiento, Palermo.
This is the location of many important expositions (Rural Exposition, Expomanagement, Book Fair, etc.). Some of the events attract more than one million people.
- Japonese Garden
Av. Casares and Adolfo Berro, Palermo.
Tel.: 4804-4922
Open daily from 9:00am to 6:00pm.
Guided tours Saturday at 3:00pm and 4:00pm.
Admission $2.00.
- Botanical Garden
Av. Santa Fe 3951, Palermo.
Tel.: 4832-1552.
Open daily from 8:00am to 6:00pm.
Free Admission.
- Zoological Garden
Av. Sarmiento and Las Heras, Palermo.
Tel.: 4806-7412
Open Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30am to 6:00pm.
Entrance: $5.00. Passport: $8.00.
- Plaza Julio Cortázar
Borges and Honduras Streets, Palermo.
Weekend meeting point at the round plaza, surrounded by bars and pubs. The zone is also filled with many decoration shops and ethnic restaurants, in a bohemian style atmosphere characterized by its colonial architecture. The area is a nice place to pass a couple of hours in the afternoon and finish with a coffee or a snack in one of the bars at the Plaza Julio Cortázar.
- Alto Palermo Shopping Center
Av. Santa Fe and Av. Coronel Díaz, Palermo.
Shopping Center with food court and two movie theaters.
- Boulevard Charcas
Four blocks of bars and restaurants between Av. Coronel Díaz and Jerónimo Salguero, where you will find the Plaza Guemes, known as the heart of the Villa Freud.
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