The 5 Buenos Aires neighborhoods you shouldn’t overlook
1. Barracas
This area was named after the first precarious houses, known as barracas, built here by the Riachuelo more than 300 years ago. At the end of the 19th century, several factories chose Barracas as their home: Bagley (cookies & crackers, in Montes de Oca), Bizcochitos Canale (opposite Lezama park), and Chocolates Águila-Saint (in Brandsen and Herrera). The aroma of freshly baked cookies used to fill the streets.
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2. Almagro
This neighborhood has always been tied to tango and milonga. Its streets were the first to hear Carlos Gardel, el zorzal criollo, the one who sings better every day…
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3. El Once
It’s not an official neighborhood, but who cares? Once has its own character. It’s technically part of Balvanera and its name comes from how near it is to the old 11 de Septiembre market.
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4. Colegiales
Cobblestone streets, low houses, and neighbors who still sit on the pavement to drink mate and chat.
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5. Palermo Chico
In 1912, French landscape architect Carlos Thays designed a beautiful, labyrinthine area in Palermo with round apartment blocks, magnificent French-style buildings, petit hotels, and Tudor houses. Its inhabitants have always been the city’s higher classes who built small palaces, now turned into embassies.
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By Travesías.