If you want to know one of the most beautiful residential neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial provides you with a small guide to Belgrano R. This non-official neighborhood is made up of three Porteño neighborhoods: Villa Urquiza, Villa Ortúzar and -of course- Belgrano. Its centennial trees, the old and new mansions and the cobbled-paving, add up to the tranquility of a perfect place to go for a walk.
The letter “R” that accompanies its name comes from the neighborhood’s railway station which used to visit the city of “Rosario”. Nevertheless, many people believe that the “R” comes from the “residential” spirit. There are about 110 blocks delimited by Cramer Avenue, Monroe Avenue, De Los Incas Avenue and Holmberg Street.
In the middle of the XIX Century, the area was occupied by the old racetrack. The place was the redesigned to allow the course of the railway (a project leaded by a British company) and the adjoining lands were inhabited by the English employees of the railway. The construction of European-styled luxurious mansions and the care for the life quality of its inhabitants depicted its unique style.
Its main streets are the Avenues La Pampa, Melián, Forest and Rómulo Naón. It houses some of the Buenos Aires British community symbols as its exclusive schools, the first Argentine football/soccer club (Alumni), the Saint Patrick Church (in the corner of Echeverría and Estomba Streets), among others. We recommend to walk the streets of Belgrano R (specially Mendoza and Melián) and to have a coffee on Retamas Café (in the corner of La Pampa and Heredia).
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