Parks & squares
The Palermo Woods and their gardens, and the squares where the city's history is told: from Plaza de Mayo to Plaza San Martín.
6 places
Must-seeMonserrat1–2 h
Plaza de Mayo & Casa Rosada
The oldest square in Buenos Aires, named for the May Revolution of 1810, the first step toward Argentine independence, and for more than a century the place…
Palermo1 h
Japanese Garden
A Japanese-style garden in the Bosques de Palermo, with a koi lake, islands, stone lanterns and a red bridge that’s the garden’s picture-postcard view.
Palermo1 h
Rose Garden (El Rosedal)
The rose garden of the Bosques de Palermo, Buenos Aires’ big city park, with a white bridge over the lake and a Greek-style pergola.
Retiro45 min
Plaza San Martín
The Retiro square that slopes down toward the train station, one of the oldest in the city. At its center stands the 1862 statue of San Martín on horseback…
Palermo1 h
Botanical Garden
The Palermo Botanical Garden, across from Plaza Italia: seven hectares with some fifteen hundred plant species, more than thirty works of art and five…
Recoleta1–2 h
Plaza Francia & the crafts fair
The sloping plazas of Recoleta, between Avenida del Libertador and the Centro Cultural Recoleta, at the foot of the Pilar church and the cemetery.