San Telmo Fair Shopping Tips

Art and Antiques To get one of the 270 official stalls at the San Telmo Antiques Fair is a mythical prospect these days — there is a long waiting list, a rigorous approval process and someone pretty much has to die for a spot to become available. Many of the vendors at the San Telmo [...]

Best of San Telmo Fair: Street Performers

Living Statues Elaborately costumed human mannequins are ubiquitous around San Telmo on Sundays. Among the favorites are both of the genteel Carlos Gardels — one works on Humberto Primo and the other works along Defensa. You’ll also see the ‘windswept office workers,’ who can also sometimes be seen on Florida Street. Clowns, Crazies and Personalities [...]

Best of San Telmo Fair: Music

Tango, folk, jazz, bossa nova and Argentine ‘national rock’ –- it can all be heard live on the San Telmo streets for free on Sundays. Tango Among the most remarkable groups is the 12-piece tango orchestra, El Afronte, who perform on Humberto Primo near the corner of Defensa. While here, you can check out the [...]

San Telmo

  San Telmo vies with nearby La Boca for the title of ‘the barrio that birthed the tango.’ While the birthright of tango may boil down to a technicality, lively San Telmo remains a focal point of the city’s tango and art scenes.   Buenos Aires’ most historic neighborhood has narrow cobblestone streets lined with [...]

Porteño of the Week

Geoffrey Hickman Owner/Walrus Books Age: 37 Resides: Palermo • Why did you guys decide to open your bookshop in San Telmo? We live in Palermo and originally the bookstore was in our home in 2004-5. We were looking for a nice place and Palermo was just too expensive but we were able to purchase this [...]

Porteño of the Week

Inés Cortazo Professor/ Owner, San Telmo Colonial Age: 78 San Telmo • When did you open up the San Telmo Colonial Guesthouse? A brother of mine opened it up, oh a long time ago, and in the last twenty years we started receiving foreigners. We were the first! Before that we received mostly national tourists. [...]

Rincon de Quesos — A Family-Run Wine Boutique

A charming family runs Rincon de Quesos, a wine, cheese and specialty shop in San Telmo where you can stock up on Argentina’s best vino and artisan goodies for your next soirée or pack them up and take them home. Aside from a wide variety of Argentina’s finest nectar, this boutique stocks country-style cold cuts [...]

Porteño of the Week

Alberto Baiz Owner, Rincon de Quesos Age: 49 San Telmo • When and why did you open a wine and cheese store here? We opened it 2005 after doing an investigation into what type of businesses the area was lacking. There wasn’t a winery in this neighborhood so we decided to open one that would [...]

Porteño of the Week

Mario Alarcón Vendor, Cosas Ricas Bakery, San Telmo (Founded: 1898) Age: 48 —Villa Crespo Q: This bakery is always so busy, but if people eat sweet croissants and pastries everyday for breakfast don’t they get overweight? Yes they do get fat like me! I need to lose 20 kilos. • Do you eat pastries everyday? [...]

Las del Barco — A Colorful Culture Bar in San Telmo

Las del Barco is a buoyant addition to an otherwise dark and sleepy block of ‘San Telmo Brooklyn.’ The little storefront bar could easily be passed by without a glance if it weren’t for the colorful lights in the window proudly announcing its presence. Las de Barco promises to deliver more than the usual alcohol-drenched [...]

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