San Telmo Area

San Telmo

If there is a unique place with bags of personality in Buenos Aires, it's San Telmo. There might not be many trees, but you have the nicest and most peculiar paths and streets you can imagine. You can also find the classic conventillos (old-style shared houses) here. Young people are always in the streets, there are great bars everywhere, a few pubs and the sensation that you are in another era. San Telmo is one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city, and it still maintains the style with the houses, and the streets with short blocks, that is disappearing everywhere else.

This area of the city is very close to the center, Puerto Madero and close to La Boca too. It{s very cool to be in San Telmo now so you will find a lot of different prices. If you can't get in the heart of San Telmo (Plaza Dorrego) you should know that the further you are from it, the cheaper it will be.

What's around?

A very prolific art world, a respectable nightlife with plenty of bars. There aren't many proper clubs here, but there are a lot very close by. People on the streets, good restaurants, a variety in prices, very cute clothes shops, a big market that functions like a food market, and also sells antiques and vintage clothes. Puerto Madero cinema is very close and there is a fantastic feria focused around Plaza Dorrego on weekends.

For who?

San Telmo is great for tango lovers, people who are looking for a more bohemean experience, people who don't mind being with a lot of other travelers or foreigners around.

Transportation

Subte line C is an option, many buses on avenue Paseo Colon take you everywhere, and there are buses passing through as well.

Take Note!!

If you live in San Telmo, you are near to the Center, la Boca and more southern areas, but to nowhere else. Palermo is kind of far away and it takes at least 45 minutes in the bus. If you like San Telmo, you would probably stay around the area. At night, it can be a little bit dodgy, so you have to know where is cool and where is not that nice.