Florida Street — Outdoor Entertainment and Touts
The white tiled thoroughfare, Florida runs from Plaza San Martin in Retiro, crossing major streets such as Córdoba, Corrientes, Diagonal Norte and Avenida de Mayo until reaching Rivadavia and turning into Perú Street, where it remains pedestrian until reaching Diagonal Sur. It becomes progressively less touristy and more utilitarian as you make your way [...]
Florida — Buenos Aires’ Downtown Pedestrian Mall
Buenos Aires’ downtown thoroughfare Florida Street is the city’s most notable pedestrian area and an enduring neutral ground for a diverse cross-section of humanity. While pleasant for a nice stroll away from the rumbling Buenos Aires buses and home to quite a few architectural gems, it’s admittedly not one of the city’s most dazzling destinations. [...]
Libros del Pasaje — A Hip, Cozy Bookstore & Cafe
If you’re looking for a cozy spot to relax or nourish the brain after a wild night of partying in Buenos Aires, check out Libros del Pasaje in Palermo. This is a charming bookstore and café with high ceilings and dark wooden bookshelves displaying carefully chosen literature. In Spanish, you can find highbrow genres such [...]
Kel—Buenos Aires’ Largest English Bookstore
Kel Ediciones harkens back to the days when Argentine English students in the leafy northern neighborhoods wanted to ensure they learned ‘proper British English.’ Importing and selling books for 25 years in Argentina, this business specializes in English language learning materials including textbooks, CD’s and videos but has grown to have five locations and a [...]
Walrus Books — An English Bookstore in San Telmo
Many a traveler has arrived at their hostel or bed and breakfast and almost immediately gone to scour the shelves of the book exchange, yearning for a Marquez, Allende or Borges (you are in South America, after all). Instead of wallowing in your disappointment at the sorry selection of crumbling paperbacks you find along the [...]
