Palermo Buenos Aires, Wonderful Vacation

Palermo Buenos Aires is a barrio or a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina. This is one of the elite neighborhoods of the city. Here you will find a lot of trendy and hip restaurants as well as a number of boutiques and designer shops when visiting on Argentina packages for holidays.

Actually, Palermo Buenos Aires itself is made of smaller neighborhoods and they each have their own distinctive quality. The stuff that is available here is unique which means that it can be quite expensive to shop here.

The Alto Palermo is also the downtown Palermo Buenos Aires and is the main shopping district here. The mall known as the Alto Palermo Shopping center is very large and you will always find a heady mix of trendy shoppers with the not so trendy.

These Are Some of the Attractions around Palermo Buenos Aires

The Hipodromo Argentino is the main racecourse in Buenos Aires. Here will get to see whole families’ enjoying themselves and it has quite a history of its own. In fact it was started way back 1876.

The children would love the Buenos Aires Zoo located in Palermo Buenos Aires and should be included in Argentina packages for holidays. It’s one of the biggest zoos in Argentina and has over 350 species. The zoo is also known for its exotic breeding program. There are several exhibits that require special passes and for this expect to pay AR$13.50. This pass entitles you to visit the aquarium, Reptiles, Rainforest sections as well as the ‘dragon House’ and a boat ride in the lagoon.

Gardens and Parks

The Japanese gardens should also be part of Argentina packages and very beautiful. Romantic couples often visit them. You will see plenty of koi carp as well as ducks in the gardens. In fact, the ducks here are quite plump since the visitors constantly feed them. The gardens themselves are well maintained and there are a number of Zen stone sculptures. At various times and seasons in the year, you can also see the various flowers bloom.

The Botanical gardens that are located in Palermo Buenos Aires have many exotic and rare species of plant life from the various countries in Asia, Europe, and South America. Between September and March, if you happen to visit Buenos Aires then don’t miss the Rosedal or the Rose Garden where you see the roses in bloom. A number of music concerts, theatre exhibitions are also arranged here. In fact, to enjoy the entire view, you can rent a pedal boat for a ride down the lake.

The Planetarium

The Planetarium Galileo Galilee (named after the famed astronomer) should be part of Argentina packages for holidays in Palermo Buenos Aires has a number of star and light shows and also houses the astronomy museum. This planet shaped blue building can’t be missed and you can even enjoy the stars view inside the planetarium.

Other Attractions

There are number of cafes that are very old that can visited in Argentina packages. The place is full of Old Spanish architecture and buildings and the modern architecture stand right in juxtaposition with the old. In another section of Palermo, the Palermo Chico, you can find elegant French buildings. It’s also the most traditional part of Buenos Aires.