Today I took a tour of the city with bus lines 152 and 64.
After lunch, I took the
152 bus on Santa Fe Ave. and went to emblematic
La Boca. I’m very sad because none of the photos I took were actually taken. My camera started showing a problem with its LCD screen in the last few days. I thought it was just the LCD, but today I found out that the problem might be at the
CCD sensor, which is why, none of the pictures I thought I was taking today, were actually taken. I’m very sorry, because today was the last day of artist
Liber Fridman’s exhibition at the
Benito Quinquela Martín Museum in La Boca. Anyway, I decided to share my tour with you.
Taking the 152 bus will let you see the
9 de Julio Avenue and the obelisk, the Plaza San Martín, the
Kavanagh building and the Torre Monumental (see
my previous post), the
Casa Rosada,
Parque Lezama and it will leave you 3 blocks away from
Caminito, one of the main spots that visitors can’t miss in Buenos Aires. From the
Alto Palermo Mall to Caminito it’s a 30 minutes ride on a Sunday.
The Benito Quinquela Martín Museum houses this artist's artworks and has a nice terrace with sculptures of other Argentine artists. From there you can get a pretty good view of the area. Today was a beautiful day and I’m really mad I couldn’t get the photos to share with you :(
Next to it, you’ll find the Museum of Paper “La Villa”, which opened yesterday!
Fundación Proa is also located in La Boca.
When you get tired of art you can enjoy the picturesque scenario that Caminito offers. You can read the excellent
post that Alan Patrick wrote on his blog Buenos Tours.
When I was tired enough, I took the
64 bus. If you take this line, you can enjoy watching many characteristic spots of the city, like the Casa Rosada again, the
Plaza de Mayo, the
Cabildo and beautiful
Avenida de Mayo. Along this avenue you’ll see many neoclassic and art nouveau buildings, like the historic
Café Tortoni, the
Palacio Barolo and many others, until you reach
Plaza del Congreso and the
Congress.
From this bus, you will also take a glimpse at other important avenues of Buenos Aires, until you get to the
Botanical Garden, the
Zoo, and furthermore,
China town. It took me 45 minutes to get from La Boca to the Botanical Garden. Take into account that if you take this bus during weekdays, it will definitely take longer.
I'll be posting this in Spanish another day. Have a nice week!