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Buenos Aires City Tour and Architecture Museum

After I have spent the last three nights in Buenos Aires but didn’t do any proper sightseeing, I thought today I need to go out to see some sights. Actually I have seen them all during my last visit in 2009 but it can also be nice to return to places especially when you are not under time pressure.

I went to Florida, the main shopping street of the city, from where the Buenos Aires Bus is departing. The bus stops at 20 major tourist attractions at which you can hop-on and hop-off. The tour has a total duration of 3h 15min when you stay in the bus. In case you hop-off to have a closer look at a specific sight you don’t need to wait more than 20min until the next bus arrives to continue your tour.

From my previous visit I had already the places in mind at which I wanted to hop-off to wander around for a bit. The first of these stops was La Boca with its colorful houses which used to be painted with the leftovers from ship paint. Some streets in La Boca are kind of touristy and you can find many artists on the street selling their paintings or local people dancing Tango at the street in order to get tipped for it.

My next stop was the harbor area of Puerto Madero which is very modern and here you can find many nice restaurants with a view at the water. At the harbor you can also find the famous white Woman’s Bridge which is supposed to symbolize a tango dancing woman. Next was the Floralis Genérica which is a large metal flower and one of the most recognized symbols of Buenos Aires. The special feature of the flower is that its petals are opening and closing depending on the time of the day.

I continued walking to the Design and Architecture Museum close by which doesn’t seem to be a popular place since during my whole visit of the museum I was the only visitor. There was a special exhibition on Uruguayan architecture going on which I found kind of interesting since I just visited Montevideo two days ago. From the museum I walked over to the La Recoleta Cemetery which is famous because several Argentinian presidents and Eva Perón are buried here. Furthermore, the architecture of the cemetery is interessting to see since the graves do not just have a gravestone on top but are small buildings.

I ended my city tour at the Café Tortoni which is one of the oldest cafés in the city located on the Avenida de Mayo very close to my hotel. During the day I found it very interesting to experience how well I remembered the city since when walking around I always knew where I am and in which direction to go. It’s probably because I like the city.