Also was divided en different sub areas like “Palermo lakes”, “Palermo Soho”, “Palermo Hollywood”, “Palermo Chico”, “Palermo Queens”…but this division was made it by the real state business, so they made “Palermo” bigger and more expensive (and chic of course!)

Palermo Hollywood is call the area between JB Justo Ave, Santa Fe Ave, Dorrego Ave and Cordoba Ave. It is call “Hollywood” because there are many TV channels and independent producers, plus some radio stations in there. Also many restaurants and hotels, plus THE street where are most of the clubs of Palermo: Niceto Vega st! (Niceto, INK, Liv….)

Palermo Soho is the fashion district where you will find all the vogue, and the shops will be showing their new colections; the vanguard of Latin America. The hurt will be Plaza Cortazar (known as Plaza Serrano too) during day light there are clothing fairs (young independent designers), and during the night the bars tables take care of the situation…the name comes from NY Soho cauze will be full of shops (no matter what is the shop about, will be a “designed shop”). Lately there are lots of B&Bs and Boutique hotels…

Palermo Chico it will be one of the most exlusive ngbhds in Buenos Aires. This is because you will find “Barrio Parque” that is a small area of the city with HOUSES that normally are huge. Celebrities and sports people lives in there. Maradona did for a few years. Also in there is the most expensive residencial tower in the city (Le Park II). Palermo Chico has many embassies (Spain, Chile, Portugal, USA, Canada, Peru, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Morocco….) so that is why is completely safe to walk in there altough there is no much people who walk around that area. Also you will find the MALBA (Museum of Latin American art in BA) biggest private colection plus itinerary expositions…

Palermo Lakes will be the area of the parks…there is a big lake (no swimming), El Planetario, the Japanese Garden. Many people fitting since early hours, a beautifull area to chill.

Summarizing: walk all over!

Or you can go to a traditional Tango Show, there are lots and very good ones, but the best tango show in Buenos Aires is La Esquina Carlos Gardel

Good News! If you book trough us, we get a 10% discount on the tango show, or dinner tango show!!!!! Just contact us at info@bafreetour.com

The Milongas are the night clubs for tango dancers, so you can go there just to watch real people dancing tango, or to dance the tango! I won´t recommend you to try to dance if you don´t really know how in there, they will NOT smile to you
There are many Milongas (Tango night clubsl) but we will recomend, the cool and the traditional, depending on wich night;

Tuesday TANGO:

La Catedral milonga, 4006 Sarmiento st. Abasto.  Starts at midnight

Buenos Aires Club (Tango Queer) 571 Perú st, San Telmo. Starts at 9.30 pm

Wednesday TANGO:

Maldita Milonga,  571 Perú st, San Telmo. Starts at 10.30 pm

La Marsharll (tango queer, tango gay) 444 Maipu st (1st flor) downtown. Starts at 10 pm

Thursday TANGO:

Niño Bien tango, 1462 Humberto primo st (1st floor). San Telmo. Starts at 10.30pm

La viruta tango, 1366 Armenia st, Palermo. Starts at 11 pm.

Friday TANGO

Confiteria La ideal Milonga, 384 Suipacha st, downtown. Starts at 10 pm

Saturday TANGO:

La viruta tango, 1366 Armenia st, Palermo. Starts at 12 pm.

Salon Canning, 1331 Scalabrini Ortiz ave. Palermo, starts at 12 pm.

Sunday TANGO

El indio milonga, Plaza dorrego (yes on the square, open skys!!). Once the San Telmo fair its done, at 7.30 you will find this beautiful milonga. San Telmo´s milonga.

Enjoy the best Buenos Aires Tango in Buenos Aires!!!!

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Here you have my list of top ten places to go for a drink , for different reasons, my top ten bars in Palermo Buenos Aires.

I think you should visit all of them and give them and order! I am just giving you them on alphabetical order, so I look forward for your comments!

Enjoy the best bars in Palermo! Also they are on the best bars in Buenos Aires!

Bars in Palermo

878 Bar
Perhaps the best cocktails in Buenos Aires, kind of speak easy place. The most important whisky selection in town!
Location: 878 Thames st.

Belushi Bar
Beautiful terrace quite snoby at the door just say your are guests from Thumbs up Comunication (Sergio)
Location: 5333 Honduras st

Congo Bar
This place get really fancy on Thursdays! People are about 27/34. Location: 5329 Honduras st

El especial
A great place to listen live music, great atmosphere and cool alternative. They may charge you for entrance, it is located in 4391 Av Cordoba accross Bulnes st, 1st floor

Frank’s BAr
The unique speakeasy we have in the city, opens Wednesdays to Saturdays and it is a great place for a drink. Little overpriced but the whole experience is cool! Check out the keyword on their FB page

Godoy
If your move is shick this is you bar in Palermo! Cool music, not a dance floor but some people do it anyway!
Location: 4905 Paraguay st

Isabel Bar
One of THE trendy places to go for a drink, the plus, they have very good cocktails!
Location: Uriarte 1664

Mundo Bizarro
Close to 878 the name says it all! Very cool place to visit, they have great Mexican food!
Location: 1222 Serrano st

Tiki Bar
Just in front the most famous night club for Thursdays (Club 69) this bar offers great fruit cocktails and a wonderful terrace!
Location: 5507 Niceto Vega st.

Unico Bar
Almost every local has been there at least once! Why? I can not tell! Perhaps answer will be location, location, location!
5604 Honduras st.

The easy one is just to go to a restaurant with show and party included, here some options, all of them require some downpayment.

If you want to do it BIG, the best Buenos Aires Tango experience is going to be with “La esquina de Carlos Gardel”
They have a complete Menu for a very specila night:
Evening Program:
8:00 p.m. Transfer from the different hotels to our facilities.
8:30 p.m. Reception.
Cold Dishes
Salmon Gravlax, Turkey, Pork, Chicken Balotine, Terrine Assortment, Serrano Ham, Focaccia, Dried Fruits, Variety of Flavored Breads, Selected Cheese Assortment, Patagonian Cold Cuts Assortment
Atlantic Prawns marinated in Citrus Fruits, Marinated Herring, Marinade of Duck, Lamb treated Loin with Herbs
9.30 p.m. The Dinner. You will choose First, Main and Dessert
Beverages inclueded: Water, soda, beer
Wine
Rutini Cabernet Malbec / Sauvignon Blanc
Bodegas La Rural
Chandon Extra Brut Champagne
10:45 p.m. A tango moment in a very special night.
11:30 p.m. Surprises …
12:00 a.m. Great Toast and…We welcome year 2012 with… More surprises
All night long…
Dessert table to sweeten our evening…and free drinks…
12.30 a.m. Year 2012 has begun, and… the Night continues until daylight with dancing, and more surprises…
Return transfer available from 1:30 a.m. (every 30 minutes.)

The Price is u$s 400 per person – Reservation with pre-payment only

If you book trough us, we can get a 10% discount! =)

In Recoleta

“El Callao” is a “all you can eat” restaurant, they have a special menu, wine Norton included and party until 2am, will cost AR$ 270, you have to prepay half of it.
The place is Located in the corner of Juncal and Av Callao.

In Downton

If you are looking for a restaurant “Filo” located in San MArtin 915 -Downtown is a great option since they charge a special amount of money just for the ocassion AR$ 70, dinner is from the menu as every day.
They dont really have a planned party, but they do have a DJ platying live music until 2 am.
Champagne and sweet stuff for the toast are included in the Ar$70. I guess it will be like AR$250 per person (if you dont drink too much! )

Another option will be “La Ideal” in Suipacha 384 @ Corrientes Av.
It is a very old Milong place, and they will have some tango show included, food, wines and champagne asweel.
Tango is nostalgic, and so is that place, the price is AR$450 per person

Aswell every 5 star hotel will give a big party and great menu.

I found people asking themselves:
What should we see or do during the holidays here?
Are there any traditions we can immerse ourselves in?

As you are going to notice once you reach the city, we are not big fans of the “Christmas decoration” this is still here a commercial thing (Papa Noel -Santa- at 12am will bring gifts for kids an adults) but is also a religious party for Jesus birth. If you want to see the “nicest” decorations, that will be inside the shopping malls.

The most religious families, they will go to mass “Misa de Gallo” that use to be at 8pm before dinner, then we walk to the home or restaurant where we are going to have dinner. If you are going to go to a restaurant be sure you book that in advance….

In Argentina we like celebrations!! So we celebrate Christmas eve and christmas day! “La Cena de Navidad” (eve) will include several courses and if you do it in a Restaurant also party after… “Vitel tone” will be in every table!

If you are going to go to a restaurant for that day (24th at night, xmas eve) I will highly recommend you to choose a restaurant walking distance from your place, so you don’t need transportation that that night is really difficult to get!

At 12am we will receive Xmas with a toast and after we will give each other the gifts.

For the day after, December 25th we will have lunch together again with the family, and for sure we will have things from the night before!

Young people after the family meeting they go out to party, bars and nightclubs are going to be open.

Another totally different Christmas is the “Navidad Solidaria” as you can imagine for people that want to show solidarity can join the biggest Foundation in argentina call “Red Solidaria” that are looking for voluntaries to go to the street and take food and being a company for the homeless along that night! If you are interested write to redsolidaria@fibertel.com.ar you can check more info on their website

This weekend we still have the Palermo Polo Championship, on that link you have all the info about how to buy tickets to go to the Palermo Polo Championship, and how to go to the Palermo Polo Field.

On Saturday a Solidarity Festival is going on on Palermo area, in the big park call “Tres de Febrero” in Av Figueroa Alcorta across La Pampa st.
The idea is to take with you 2 empty plastic bottles, with the money they will get for selling them they will buy a piece of forest in the North just to keep it for humanity!
Free Concerts are going on from 2 pm to 8 pm
Aditional info on Mundo Invisible Facebook fan page

During the day, starting at 12pm the Buenos Aires City Government organizes a Celebration for the Spanish Community living here, beside the show that for sure is going to be really cool the best part is THE FOOD!!! Great opportunity to test some Spanish food, if you want to do that, make it early!

In Palermo area as well tomorrow Paul Oakenfold and ATB are playing in an open sky place… you can buy tickets at the door (AR$155) the exact address is Marcelino Freire 3831 – Palermo, in GEBA club

On Sunday we have “Masa Critica Buenos Aires” since it is the first Sunday of the month, show up with your bike (or rent one ) at 4pm at the Obelisk and join at least a 100 cyclist to ride around the city!

And off course on Saturday you can join our BUENOS AIRES FREE TOUR! on our website you have the meeting points pics, the first one is at 11 am and the second one at 5pm!

Enjoy Buenos Aires and contact us for whatever you need!

POLO IN PALERMO – BUENOS AIRES

LA BOCA TANGO FESTIVAL

LA NOCHE DE LAS LIBRERIAS – THE BOOKSTORES NIGHT

Recommended Activities (dont need spanish) Main Stage in Av Corrientes @ Talcahuano – Downtown 8.30 pm Concert for kids 9.00 pm 11.00 The 5pm in Av Coronel Diaz 1747 Libreria SBS a Magician Show 7.30pm in Nicaragua 4899 Music Concert by Video Social Club

What to do in Palermo?

5pm in Av Coronel Diaz 1747 Libreria SBS a Magician Show 7.30pm in Nicaragua 4899 Music
Concert by Video Social Club @7pm

BUENOS AIRES ART FESTIVAL

This is the Festival where you can see how technology can work in the Art

Recommended:  Poncho  -  Dj Dellamonica

THURSDAY November 24th

“Teatro Catalinas Sur” / address: Benito Peréz Galdós 93 – La Boca
Concerts from 7.30pm:
Amores Tangos
Orquesta Atípica Catalinas Sur
3-0-3 Tango Fusión
Karina Beorlegui
Jacqueline Sigaut
Ballet Folklórico Nacional de Argentina – “Febrero en tu Risa”

“El Malevaje Arte Club” / address: Garibaldi 1670 - La Boca
From 11.30pm
María Volonté
Lulú con las guitarras saavedrinas
Cordal Trío
Concepto Duo y María Roji
Geraldine Trenza Cobre

FRIDAY November 25th

“Teatro Verdi” / Address: Av. Almirante Brown 736 - La Boca

5.00hs pm – Free Tango Lessons on the street
Prof. Inés Borquez- Begginers
Prof. Luisa Páez. Intermediate and Advanced
Abrancancha. femenine place in Tango. Marie Joseba-Inés Rossetti
DNI TANGO.Prof: Juan Pablo Canavire-Carina Quiroga

9.00hs pm – La Gran Milonga del Festival Concierto: Quinteto Negro La Boca,Trascartón, Orquesta Típica La Vidú y Orquesta Típica Esquina Sur Exhibición de Baile: Natalia Almada y Pedro Ochoa (Campeones Metropolitanos de Tango Salón 2011)

DJ: Marcelo Rojas THE BIG DANCE OF THE TANGO FESTIVAL > This is the BEST event to go.

SATURDAY November 26th

Place: “Restaurant Ribera Sur” / Address: Suárez 699 - La Boca
1.00hs pm – Concert: Hernán “Cucuza” Castiello y Moscato Luna + invitados

Place: “Al Escenario” / Address: Lamadrid 1001 - La Boca
4.00hs pm– Teathre: Juan de Dios Filiberto (unipersonal de Cristian González)
Exhibition: Hystoric photography of the Neighbourhood

Place: “Museo Marjan Grum” / Address: Garibaldi 1429- La Boca
5.00hs pm – Art and Poetry
Exhibition from the artists Marjan Grum y Beatríz Corvalan
Pôetry with David Duarte (poeta popular de Buenos Aires)
Concert: Lucio Arce y Facundo Radice
Ballet Folklórico Nacional de Argentina
Tangos: Chiqué y Cumparista
Vals: Tu pálida voz

Place: “El Malevaje Arte Club” / Address: Garibaldi 1670
8.00hs pm – Live Music: Orquesta Típica Agustín Guerrero, Lucrecia Merico, Gabriela Elena, Quinteto de los Santos

SUNDAY November 27th

Place: “Bar El Puente” / Address: Av. Almirante Brown @ Pedro de Mendoza - La Boca
1.00hs pm – Facazo / Guitar duet and Singer

Place: “Esplanada del Puente” / Address: Av. Almirante Brown @ Pedro de Mendoza on the street - La Boca
(If it rains they will perfom at “El Malevaje”) Another GREAT thin to do!

4.00hs pm – Tango lessons and practice
Fernando Troncoso (La Plata)
Inés Borquez
Fernando Bietti (Zonatango)
Práctica Patricios
DJ Marcelo Rojas

4.30hs pm – Concert and Milonga
Violentango
Quinteto Negro La Boca
Quiero 24
Alan Haksten Grupp
La Santa Milonga
Polentaitum
Bailan: Lorena Hermocida y Fabián Peralta

Today, Friday we have the last Gallery Nights in town of the year, where all the galleries are going to be open until 11 pm and they will invite you champagne and wine!

This is the map for today

Before they take a break for the summer on Tuesday we have Gallery Night going on in Palermo Area from 7 pm.

If you would like to go to an electronic party in Palermo, I will highly recommend you WHO SAID this is their facebook event quiet under event at Casita Manifiesta (Thames 1754 shhhh)

The “Water” show still go on Wednesday to Sunday in Centro Cultral Recoleta (Junin 1930) and you have their info in Hombre Vertiente show website

Do you want to go to a GREAT party? “La Bomba de Tiempo” organice one on Saturday in “Centro Cultural Konex” , you can buy tickets at the door This is the Facebook Event

ENJOY THIS WEEKEND IN BUENOS AIRES!!!!!!!!

Free concerts are going to happen:

In Recoleta
Notorious – Av. Callao 966
Live Music:7pm: Florencia Bernales presenta su nuevo álbum “Ruta 9”.8.30pm: Alfredo Remus Trío.10pm Valentino Jazz Bazar.
Galería Bond Street – Av. Santa Fe 1670 ·         Disquería The Anthology (Local 7): LIVE: Rosario Blefari, Manza Esain y Bodie.·         Disquería La Lupita (Local 5 ): ACOUSTIC SHOW by SEÑOR FLAVIO.
DJ set WALAS (MASSACRE)
DJ set FICO (MASSACRE)

In Palermo
Zivals –Serrano 1446S
Live music:
6.30pm Lulacruza.
8pm Soema Montenegro.
9pm Fernando Goin.

Compakta –J. Salguero 2656. Local 7 From 7pm Martín Elizalde y other musicians will perform

In Downtown Area
Zivals – Av. Callao 395
Live concerts:
6pm Loli Molina
7pm HerbadaboA -música gallega-
8pm Karina Beorlegui y los Primos Gabino –fados-
9pm Lorena Astudillo y Daniel Maza

El Perseguidor – Av. Corrientes 1718
Live concerts:
8pm Oscar Miranda.
9pm Cucuza Castiello y Moscato Luna cantan tangos.
10pm Luciana Jury, “La Jury”, folclore.

Ultra – San Martín 678
From 6.30pm: Disc Fair + El soldado, Pablo Krantz and more…
Closing: La peña Pop LIVE! With each cd a free beer!

Magimúsica – Av. Corrientes 1644
8pm good music played by de “Pomito” Villarroel

Other Disc Stores open will offer discounts: El agujerito (Maipú 971); Cool Music (Av. Callao 687); Oíd Mortales (Av. Corrientes 1145); Silbando discos (Av. Corrientes 1543); Tempo (Av. Corrientes 1131); CDisquería (Av. Corrientes 1274); Musimundo (Av. Corrientes 1753); LEF (Av. Pueyrredón 232); La cueva musical (Lavalle 774).