Hostel Colonial - Florida Street, start your Buenos Aires trip here

This post is the first in a series on imperdibles of Buenos Aires and its surroundings so you can plan your stay in the city.

The famous “Calle Florida” is a pedestrian street without traffic where the passer-by may walk along looking into each of Buenos Aires most gorgeous shop windows.

Florida St. - 1888

Florida St. - 1901

Florida Street is located only one block from Hostel Colonial and has many attractions for the tourist. It is a commercial showcase, offering any form of imaginable merchandise and in every possible price range. From departments stores and shopping arcades to regional gift shops, people pass by art galleries, records and bookstores and cannot resist a drink in one of the many quaint coffee shops, bars, tea-rooms or restaurants. Boutiques selling diamonds (jewellery), furs, and high quality clothes for ladies and men, leather clothing, shoes and furniture embellish the street with its fine quality.

Florida Street is a “must” for everybody. Apart from watching, or courting women-the beauty and elegance of the Argentine women are world known-there is always something new in its shop windows.

Born as a primitive path on June 11, 1580, when Buenos Aires city was founded, Florida Street started to be a commercial one around two centuries ago, advancing south to north from Rivadavia Street, and completing its eleven blocks while reaching beautiful San Martin Square. Usually a crowded street, with a million and a half daily passer-byes in high seasons, Florida St. requires an extra supervision, apart from that corresponding to the local government.

As an essential part of the country, Florida St. is deeply connected to the ups and downs of the Argentines economy, to which any decision related to the growth of the street is actually submitted. Two hundred years of an always increasing commercial life are the evidence that Florida St. overcomes all kind of difficulties and remains as a symbol in the heart of the Argentine people that feel proud that “Calle Florida” is considered as one of the most important streets around the world.

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