HOSTEL COLONIAL BUENOS AIRES - I ALWAYS RETURN TO SAN TELMO

I always return to San Telmo. I never knew why, perhaps that is where I get my best postcards of Buenos Aires. My life goes on and on the Downtown (the Hostel Colonial and my restaurants neighborhood) and Las Cañitas in Palermo, where I live, but every week I give a tour of this neighborhood.One of those places that are a mystery, a place to rediscover, its streets, its smells ... San Telmo and the historic places began to draft the country: Argentina. A few blocks from Hostel Colonial begins the walk. Everything is to be seen and photographed, an idea that if we promote from the hostel.


Defensa St. at night

Suipacha St. becomes Tacuari St. and the appearance of Buenos Aires is changing. Move up to the Chile St. and Defensa St., the most beautiful streets in the neighborhood, in my opinion obviously. We are far from the Dorrego Square, but today we will not for this place. The Chile St. is paved and can be seen even from the old tram tracks. We cross the streets Piedras, Chacabuco, Perú, Defensa until Balcarce.





Returned to Defensa St. and walk to the north, we stop at the corner of Alsina St., a few meters, the famous coffee shop and Tango place in Buenos Aires called La Puerto Rico, almost as recognized as the Cafe Tortoni. We arrived at Plaza de Mayo Square, national buildings and historic places, very active, people walking, tourists, people expressing their ideas, the Pink House (National Government House), the "Cabildo", was the seat of Spanish colonial power, in this place were the events of the May Revolution in 1810, emblematic buildings. The South Diagonal (Julio Argentino Roca Ave.), so there are two streets in Buenos Aires, the other is the North Diagonal(Roque Sáenz Peña Ave) are a rarity that deserves to be walking town, a fact, all the buildings on the North Diagonal have the same height. To end we crossed the square, or we can have a panoramic view from the avenue and we are going to the Metropolitan Cathedral, a magnificent building. On the San Martin St. can see his dome. Was completed, we are 5 blocks from the hostel, back, Buenos Aires still has plenty to see and do.