Puerto Madero

I want to make a weekly post of some sort of touristy attraction. So this week's will be Puerto Madero because we walked through there today on our way to the ecological reserve which closed just was we arrived.

These aren't the best pictures, but Puerto Madero doesn't deserve better. It use to be the actual port area and still has a lot of the remnants around, which they're restoring. Now days though, it's just a bunch of multinational corporations and some of the most expensive apartments in town. There's still a few cool old buildings but most of them look like they could be in any other rich city in the world.

Puerto Madero is surrounded by some nice areas though. On one side is the Microcentro and on the other is a large ecological reserve (or maybe just land that's too swampy to develop?), and at the end of the port is San Telmo, our neighborhood. And, to it's credit, many of the streets in Puerto Madero are named after famous Argentine women.

This is one show a lot of the new contruction that's going on. ¡Superlujo!


This is a picture of the old building that they've resorted and turned into restaurants, cafe and botiques. There's also a Catholic university, the TGIFridays and Hooters too. Behind them is downtown.


Here's a bridge the Porteños are very proud of, the Women's Bridge.