El Cafe Tortoni

When you visit Buenos Aires you will surelly be taken to the "Cafe Tortoni" in Avenida de Mayo, Which is probably the most famous "Cafe Notable" of the city.

Besides being a Vintage venue, it is the place where most of argentinas famous Tango singers performed.

Librería La Calesita, Avenida de Mayo

When in Buenos Aires you will probably decide to walk on Avenida de Mayo where you will find Historical Buildings gallore. One of those interesting edifices is the one located at Av. de Mayo 769, which houses a vintage Book store named "La calesita", (the merry-go-round)

 
Filled with antique objects as well as books, its one of thos places that are worth stopping by just to feel the ambiance and sample a glimps from the past.

The fundación Cassará and its Terrace

The Pablo Cassara foundation is located on Av. de Mayo 1194 in the building occupied by one of the old hotels that use to sit on that important thoroughfare.

I will not get into what the foundations goals are, but into the event they organised on March 9th, which was to open its premises to visitors.

They gave a tour of the building and its terrace which holds an excellent view of all the other fine constructions on Avenida de Mayo, which is one of Buenos Aire´s richest architecturally speaking.

From its renovated deck-terrace we could get an excellent view of all the adjacent building  along with an historical explanation.

WWG - Palacio Barolo guided tour

For a city with roughly a hundred years of history, considering that before the twentieth century, Buenos Aires was an obscure port city, Buenos Aires has quite a few interesting historical buildings


One of them being the "Palacio Barolo" which I previously mentioned in this Blog.
Located at Avenida de Mayo 1370, it is one of the oldest tall buildings in the city.















Without getting into its history, I will mention that there is a guided tour which takes you from bottom to top and tells you its fascinating story.

I do recommend bringing camera and tripod to take really great pics of the plaza congreso, specially at sundown.
For more info check the site
http://www.palaciobarolotours.com/site/en