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Palermo is a district of Buenos Aires.

Palermo covers a large swath of residential Buenos Aires, including Palermo Viejo, Palermo Alto, and Palermo Chico as well as Palermo Park. Palermo Viejo is a large area that can be further subdivided into Palermo Soho and Palermo Hollywood. Palermo Hollywood is home to the trendiest restaurants in Buenos Aires.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By metro

The Green Line of the Subte stops at Scalabrini Ortiz or Plaza Italia for Palermo Viejo and the parks. Get off at Palermo for Palermo Hollywood and Ministro Carranza for Palermo Alto.

[edit] By bus

Take any bus to Plaza Italia and you'll be in the heart of Palermo.

[edit][add listing] See

• Palermo Viejo - Old part of Palermo. Most of Palermo is filled with high apartment buildings, Palermo Viejo is the only part of the district which has low houses and a more "tranquilo" feel to it. It has also become extremely trendy with many bars, restaurants and designer boutiques.

• Bosques de Palermo - Palermo is famous for its parks. Go take a nice stroll!
• Palermo chico - Expensive (very elite) area of Palermo where many diplomats and VIPs live.
• Libertador - Huge avenida
• Avenida Santa Fe/Alto Palermo - Shopping
• Jardin Botanico - Great place to go for a taste of Buenos Aires. The quintessential "cat" garden is also filled with many flowers and a 19th century glass house.

• Palermo Las Canitas - The most exclusive and beautiful side of Palermo, and even inside of this sub-neighborhood, there is "La Imprenta" a couple of city blocks, with axe in migueletes and maure streets. Las Canitas remarks: It's an area with lots of nice restaurants, parrillas (Argentinean beef), sushi, specialized/ ethnic restaurants (Thai, Mexican, Greek, lyrical, custom, international, Chinese, Italian, French, German, etc). Modern buildings, nice cars on the streets, upscale people, in general it's quiet especially during daylight. Close main avenues are Libertador Ave. and Luis Maria Campos. El solar de la abadia shopping mall has also cinema, food court and cloth as any shopping mall. Outdoors close to Las Canitas: Golf course, polo fields, race, Palermo lakes, bosques de palermo (crossing Libertador Ave).

[edit][add listing] Do

• Behold the Floralis Generica, a giant mechanical sculpture of a metallic flower which closes when the lights of the day disappears.
• Go to the zoo!

[edit][add listing] Buy

Books in Spanish from the book fairs in Palermo.

Arts and crafts, mate cups, jewelry and lots of leather goods (somewhat cheap)at many other fairs on Saturdays and Sundays throughout Palermo.

[edit][add listing] Eat

Palermo is crawling with restaurants, cafés, and parrillas. Almost every intersection has a restaurant on at least one corner, and often three or four. Most cafés have outdoor seating and serve staples such as thinly cut steak sandwiches (lomitos), ham croissants (media luna) and malbec wine.

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• Prȧna, El Salvador 5101 (in Palermo Soho at Uriarte), ☎ 4773-2538, [1]. Vegetarian café and eatery attached to a yoga studio. If that makes you think "bland and preachy", think again. The sandwiches and salads are flavorful and fresh, the clientele is young and hip, and there's no sitar music on the PA. Grilled veggie burger and completa salad are very good. $10-25.  edit
• La Dorita, 1905 Costa Rica (at Honduras), [2]. There are two sections of this restaurant, one on both sides of the street. An outstanding Parilla, excellent selection of beef and sausages. Wine is outstanding and cheap (20-70 pesos), and the service is great too. If you can stomach it after so much quality beef, the crepe desserts are outstanding. Worth every peso, not that you'll need to spend many for what you receive!  edit
• Cumana, Rodriguez Peña 1283 (w/ Santa Fe), ☎ 4813-9207. Native Argentinean food, tamales, empanadas, different stews. They also have mate w/ toasts in the afternoon. It's usually crowded with young people. Prices are really cheap (tamales $6 , stews 6-8$, 1lt beer $8 ) $15.  edit

[edit] Mid-range

• Cluny. A nice restaurant with French-Argentinean fusion cuisine.  edit
• La Cabrera, (corner of Thames and Cabrera). Excellent Argentine steak house, great service, serves tapas style veggie platters along with your steak.  edit
• Marini Buffet, Santa Fe at Scarabrini Ortiz. Some would say its one of the best buffets in the world and not to be missed. Steaks, Pork Ribs, Sushi, Pasta, Pizza, Pastries, Dessert, Cheese and Fruit. $12.  edit
• Cadereyta, Nicaragua 5802, ☎ 4775-9777. Excellent Mexican meat and fish dishes in a fun space. Small outside courtyard. Bar  edit

[edit] Splurge

• Le Restó, Montevideo 938, ☎ 4816-6711. Lunch daily and dinner on Thursday and Friday. Call to reserve, since it's really small (just 8 tables). There are 5 menus, vegetarian, white meat, fish and red meat (3 steps for $55 -75$)  edit
• Sudestada, Guatemala 5602 (corner of Fitz Roy). Asian fusion dishes from Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore. Exotic twists on Argentinean meats including beef, pork, and rabbit. Vegetarian friendly. Reservations recommended  edit
• Miranda, Costa Rica 5602 (corner of Fitz Roya), ☎ 4771-4255. High-end but friendly parrilla shows off the best of Argentinean meat. Pasta dishes, grilled vegetables, and salads for the side or a meal. Meat dishes AR$30.  edit

[edit][add listing] Drink

Stop at any cafe for a espresso, cafe con leche (milk) or cortado.

• Sonoman Bar y Resto Fitz Roy 1655 @ Honduras - Pretty hip and trendy bar with loads of Argentines dancing and drinking the night away till around 6AM on weekends (maybe later who knows). There's a restaurant as well as an outside area, but you can smoke inside and outside, so prepare!
• Bar Uriarte
• Olsen Gorriti 5870. Argentinean and Scandinavian unite in this quintessential design-obsessed bar and restaurant. Come for the finely crafted furniture and oh-so-perfect lighting, stay for the Northern European inspired food and designer vodkas.

[edit][add listing] Sleep

The Palermo Soho/Viejo area is home to some of the trendiest small boutique hotels in Buenos Aires. These hotels offer the amenities of their larger international chain counterparts, plus a more personal style of service often at a fraction of the cost.

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• +1 Hostel [3] Cabrera 4716 Palermo Soho A fun, relaxed hostel right near everything that makes Palermo Soho fabulous. The staff are nice, helpful and friendly, the hostel is clean, safe and comfortable, has a great common room and a terrace perfect for hanging out with new friends. A great location plus a great hostel!

• Borges Design Hostel, Paraguay 4539 (A few blocks off Plaza Italia), ☎ +54 114774 6910, [4]. Clean, kitchen, bar, small patio. ARS 30 (Dorm) - 90 (single with bathroom).  edit

• Casa Alfaro Bed and Breakfast, Gurruchaga 2155 - Palermo Viejo, Buenos Aires Argentina, ☎ +5411-4831-0517, [5]. Casa Alfaro B&B is an 11-room bed and breakfast located in Old Palermo. A large house with rooms named after the color of their walls, Casa Alfaro adds a touch of class and comfort to homey Argentinean accommodations. Best rates on official website start at US$35.  edit

• Kapake Palermo Hostel, Paraguay 5570 - Palermo Hollywood (One block away from Ministro Carranza Subway and train station.), ☎ +5411-4773-1150, [6]. checkout: 11:00.  edit

• La Casa Fitz Roy Hostel: Fitz Roy 2461 ; tel: +54 (11) 4777-3454. (Station Palermo) Palermo Hollywood. This hostel has bed bugs and a violent owner, open areas, has free internet facilities and WiFi. sheets, kitchen and bathroom are filthy as there is no housekeeping, shared kitchen ;locker & Transfers & Spanish lessons (extra fee), dorm: 34/40 pesos (11.00 USD) members/nonmembers, Doubles (23 USD),Single (23USD). charges for towels, which come dirty. owner is theif. [7]

• Venite a Casa ! Costa Rica 5791, Palermo Hollywood, +54 (11) 4776-2380. [8] Breakfast, WiFi, shared kitchen, TV, DVD, library, PCs, Terrace, BBQ grill, housekeeping, lockers.

• Gecko [9], Tel +54 (11)4771 0910 Bonpland 2233 Gecko is a really fun, chill, safe hostel right in the middle of Palermo Soho, near all the best restaurants, shopping, bars, clubs, etc. The staff is young, helpful, friendly and very fun, and the weekend markets are just a few blocks away. The rooftop terrace is a great place to have bbq. Minihostels.com members get 10% off every night they stay. Very low rates but very safe and comfortable.

[edit] Mid-range

• The Clan House B&B website – is an excellent house located near by most touristic attraction (not far from the Obelisque) They have a nice terrace and lovelies common spaces. Breakfast is included (from 8am to 12pm) free access to Internet (WIFI) and the staff is very helpful. Good one!

• BA Soho Rooms, J.A. Cabrera 5004 2º B, (sohorooms@hotmail.com), [10]. Two Suites & Three Double Rooms with WiFi, Cable TV, AC. US$65/75 & US$35/45/55.  edit

• Hotel Home Buenos Aires, Honduras 5860 - Palermo Hollywood, (info@homebuenosaires.com), [11]. An amazing modern yet warm boutique hotel that has won several design awards. Also contains a bar that is very popular on weekends and features DJs. Wonderful spa also on site. Wi-fi, cable TV, AC and breakfast are included in the price. US$100-225.  edit

[edit] Splurge

The Splurges in this barrio are small, design conscious, boutique hotels and B&Bs.

• 1551 Palermo Boutique Hotel.  edit
• Vain Boutique Hotel, Thames 2226/8, [12]. WiFi and Jacuzzis in Palermo Viejo.  edit
• Synergie Hotel Boutique [13] Located in Palermo Soho. Offers stylish, modern rooms and suites, room service, Wi-Fi, and airport transfers.

Magnolia Hotel Boutique [14]The Magnolia Hotel Boutique offers warmth, privacy and excellence in its eight exclusive rooms. JULIAN ALVAREZ 1746 [C1414DSJ] Palermo - Buenos Aires - Argentina + 54 (11) 4867 4900 / 4901 info@magnoliahotel.com.ar