One of the Oldest Plazas on the Oldest Street
Neighborhood: San Telmo
Nearest Train: Bus: 86, 29, 64
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This historic plaza was the sight of the swearing of National Independence in 1816 before Don Juan Martín de Pueyrredón. During the colony, it was a resting post for wagons travelling from the port to what is now Plaza de Mayo along the first roadway, known today as Calle Defensa. Today it is the site of the San Pedro Telmo Antique Fair, where street performances by tango dancers, musicians, mimes and colourful characters mingle with the painters, antiquarians and street vendors in a bohemian rhapsody of song, dance and nostalgia. Ramble the colonial cobblestone streets of the Barrio de San Telmo to Avenida Independencia and Balcarce, to see El Viejo Almacén from the early colonial days, now a traditional tango bar/restaurant.
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Couples tango in the street...
As I sit here in Phoenix watching the rain pour down and sniff the intoxicating scent of the washed ...
Reviewed by:rubyhoven from on Jan 27 2008
Antique buffs
With your thing is antiques you will think you died and went to heven. Don't go on sunday unless...
Reviewed by:donmanor@sbcglobal.net from on Jul 12 2007
Fun for late nights.
If you just want to sit around and drink some beer and smoke with your friends, this is the place. ...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from Buenos Aires, Argentina on Feb 06 2007
