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Argentina Tours & Travel | The Neighborhoods of Buenos Aires: Palermo

At the north end of the city's eastside is Palermo. It is a large area to explore on Argentina tours, containing several distinct sub-neighborhoods. The section called Palermo Viejo is further divided into Palermo Hollywood and Palermo Soho. Viejo's north half, Palermo Hollywood, is so named because it is home to several TV and movie studios as well as production facilities. Cafes, bars and boutiques surround its Julio Cortazar Plaza, named after one of Argentina's famous writers.

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For visitors on short Argentina tours, Soho will be the Palermo destination of choice. The area gained its name as a way to market its amenities. Like its Manhattan namesake, Palermo Soho is home to many artists and offers one-of-a-kind boutiques, some named for their designer-owners, and hip cafes galore. If you arrive by cab, ask to be dropped at Plaza Serrano, the nucleus of the neighborhood. This spot comes alive on the weekends, especially during the craft and clothing street fair; an event always enjoyed by souvenir-shoppers during their Argentina tours.

East of Palermo Soho and almost to the Recoleta neighborhood is the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA), one of the city's newest museums. It contains a permanent collection of contemporary Latin American art. Learn more about visiting the MALBA when you travel to Argentina at www.malba.org.ar.

At the eastern edge of Palermo Soho is the Bosques de Palermo, a 198-acre wooded park. Here and in the vicinity, visitors on Argentina tours will find much to enjoy, including the Carlos Thays Botanical Garden displaying 7,000 species of plants, the Rosedal, a 1,200-species rose garden, the Edwardo Sivori Plastic Arts Museum, the city zoo and the Galileo Galilei Planetarium as well as lakes and bike paths where sports equipment may be rented. For those planning to keep up with their workouts when they travel to Argentina, Bosques de Palermo is the place to go.

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