Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Buenos Aires Zoo–Wildlife in Palermo

June 6, 2010 by  
Filed under Activities, Family travel

The Buenos Aires Zoo in Palermo boasts a wide variety among its 2,500 animals, but typical of many inner-city zoos, there is not a whole lot of space for them to roam around. Among the 89 mammals here you’ll find the usual bored-looking big cats, giraffes, elephants and bears. For foreigners a lot of the [...]

Palermo

March 11, 2010 by  
Filed under Buenos Aires, Neighborhoods

Palermo is Buenos Aires’ largest barrio and also one of its most walkable, with quiet tree-lined streets dotted by casas chorizo, long, narrow single-story houses built in the late 19th century and now highly coveted for renovation. That’s because these days, Palermo is trendy, slick and a bit expensive. Over the last 15 years development [...]