Author: Darío Liefeldt

The Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires invites you to explore, through its heritage and exhibits, one of the most sinister chapters in the history of humanity. In a country like Argentina, where the Jewish community is significant and memory is marked by the attacks against the Israeli Embassy and the AMIA in the 1990s, the work of the Holocaust Museum becomes even more significant. At the Holocaust Museum you can learn a little more about the Shoah, its consequences and its true dimension, which often escapes common understanding. Using objects and important archive material, as well as donations from survivors…

Many places in Palermo only come into your radar when you visit them by surprise. Being one of the largest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, not everything we visit is done by looking at a map and planning it. Plaza Unidad Latinoamericana is one of the many squares and parks in the Palermo neighborhood. But if all the lights and flashes are concentrated in Parque 3 de Febrero, the botanical garden and Plaza Serrano, few realize that there are other places that are just as beautiful or more beautiful outside of these tourist circuits. Here we present everything about Plaza Unidad…

Café San Bernardo is part of the honorable group of notable bars that make us proud as Argentines in Buenos Aires. Through coffee, social gatherings and recreational activities, Café San Bernardo has become a must-visit for both Argentines and foreigners. For 100 years, Café San Bernardo continues to captivate young people, adults and people of all ages, genders and ethnicities who visit the place to find a moment of entertainment and socialization. Here we share some information about Café San Bernardo and the reasons why you cannot miss visiting it. Café San Bernardo (Buenos Aires): Everything You Need to Know…

Instead of being guided by labels such as “tourist district”, “commercial area”, “peripheral district”, which do not provide much precision, it is better to present the neighborhoods of Buenos Aires according to other criteria. Size and population density are valid criteria when explaining to a foreigner or non-resident how the population is distributed in Buenos Aires. Perhaps, the analysis of other variables beyond tourism and accommodation can help you decide which neighborhood or area of ​​the City of Buenos Aires is most convenient for you. Communes or neighborhoods? The City of Buenos Aires is organized into 15 Communes that are…

Have you not yet visited the Plaza del Congreso and have you been in Buenos Aires for a while? This place is one of the most important political and symbolic settings for Argentines. As well as being the scene of presidential inaugurations, the approval of laws and the opening of ordinary legislative sessions, the Plaza del Congreso is also often the victim of demonstrations and mobilizations that escape sanity and pacifism. In any case, the Plaza del Congreso is a place as historic as it is beautiful to visit in Buenos Aires. Whether you are a tourist or a foreigner…

European-style street markets are slowly making a comeback in Buenos Aires. Although the San Telmo Market is one of the most historic, in the rest of the city we did not have this type of place with shops, restaurants and an interesting gastronomic proposal. Precisely, the Mercat Villa Crespo is inspired by European markets. This is perceived not only in the shops and their layout inside the establishment, but also in the design of the market. In fact, the arrival of new vendors and restaurants only reinforces this European market imprint. Below are some notes to help you get to…

Buenos Aires is the city of Latin American theatres. But all the lights and flashes tend to stay on Corrientes Avenue or the imposing Teatro Colón, forgetting nothing less than the historic Teatro Nacional Cervantes. With more than 100 years of history, the Teatro Nacional Cervantes is one of the most representative theatres of this art in Buenos Aires. Even the king of Spain, back in the early 20th century, contributed to making the construction project possible. Here we will share everything you need to know about the Teatro Nacional Cervantes. So you can prepare to visit it and, why…

If you’re driving a personal or rented car in Buenos Aires—or even a motorcycle or bicycle—at some point, you’ll likely need to use a private parking facility. The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires has remained largely unchanged over the years, but the number of vehicles continues to grow. This phenomenon has made street parking increasingly difficult, compounded by the restrictions imposed by local authorities for various reasons. Want to learn more about private parking in Buenos Aires? While you might not find anything entirely new about this type of service, there are some particularities worth knowing before you resort to…

Peruvian food has excellent ambassadors in Argentina. The immigration of Peruvians has helped to forge a deep tradition of Inca culture in Buenos Aires, the best expression of which is food. You can find hundreds of Peruvian restaurants in Buenos Aires, and there are even areas such as Abasto or Flores where the Peruvian community has its highest concentration of inhabitants. However, few places can match Tanta Argentina by renowned chef Gastón Acurio. Here we give you some clues about what makes Gastón Acurio’s restaurant so popular and iconic. In the meantime, Tanta Argentina awaits you to give your final…

Xul Solar’s artistic legacy is preserved and available to the public in the museum that bears his name. The Xul Solar Museum invites us to learn more than just his artistic work: it also allows you to measure the intelligence and creative capacity that an artist like Xul Solar can have. Do you think that artists only dedicate themselves to painting pretty pictures? At the Xul Solar Museum you will see that they are much more than that. If we take into account that Jorge Luis Borges himself has praised it, then it means that Xul Solar’s letter of introduction…