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🇦🇷💌 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aires

🇦🇷💌 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aires: The Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK) 🇦🇷💌

The Kirchner Cultural Center, or in Spanish Centro Cultural Kirchner (CCK), is the former central post office in Buenos Aires. It was previously known as "El Palacio de Correos y Telecomunicaciones", or translated as The Palace of Posts and Telecommunications 🇦🇷💌

When visiting the interior of this massive building, you can still see the artifacts from its past. Old post boxes for the different Argentine provinces are engraved into the walls 🇦🇷💌

Sometimes, you can get all the way up to the building’s top floor, the 9th floor. From up here, you have a beautiful view over Buenos Aires 🇦🇷💌

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🇦🇷 🛍 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aire

🇦🇷 🛍 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aires: Shopping Mall Galerías Pacífico 🇦🇷 🛍

The shopping mall Galerías Pacífico, or The Pacific Galleries, is one of the most elegant shopping malls in Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 🛍

The ceiling of the mall's dome is painted with giant murals and beautifully decorated walls 🇦🇷 🛍

At Chrismas, a huge Christmas tree is placed under the astounding murals, creating an even more magical feeling 🇦🇷 🛍

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🇦🇷 📚 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aire

🇦🇷 📚 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aires: El Ateneo Grand Splendid Bookstore 🇦🇷 📚

The Ateneo Grand Splendid Bookstore is a must-see no matter what when you visit Buenos Aires. However, if you are into architecture and history, then it is an even bigger must-see 🇦🇷 📚

This gorgeous bookstore is a former theater and cinema with the most beautiful interior with painted ceilings and gold decorations 🇦🇷 📚

It opened its doors in 1919 and has maintained many of its beautiful features ever since 🇦🇷 📚

In 2008, The Guardian named it one of the most beautiful bookshops in the world - and you can see why, right? 🇦🇷 📚

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🇦🇷🏫 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aires

🇦🇷🏫 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aires: The Round House 🇦🇷🏫

The Round House, or la Casa Redonda, is a less-known architectural gem in Buenos Aires 🇦🇷🏫

By locals, it is known as the Barolo Palace's little brother for its strong similarities in its style. And actually, there is a good reason for it! This house is built by the same architect that created the iconic Barolo Palace 🇦🇷🏫

The construction of Palanti's Round House finished in 1922, and it has been the home of wealthy Argentine families, an Embassy, and an art gallery. Today, the house is inhabited and closed to the public 🇦🇷🏫

Had you heard about this spectacular building in Buenos Aires before?

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🇦🇷🏫 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aires

🇦🇷🏫 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aires: The Barolo Palace 🇦🇷🏫

The Barolo Palace, or Palacio Barolo in Spanish, is one of the most iconic buildings in Buenos Aires with its symmetric curves 🇦🇷🏫

The impressive palace located in downtown Buenos Aires is designed with inspiration from Dante's Divine Comedy: The ground floor is hell, the middle floors purgatory, and the top floors and terraces are heaven 🇦🇷🏫

The Barolo Palace was created by Italian architect Mario Palanti and built between 1919 and 1923 🇦🇷🏫

From the Barolo Palace's terraces, you have one of the best views over Buenos Aires 🇦🇷🏫

Would you visit the Barolo Palace on a trip to Buenos Aires?

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📸 🏫 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aires: T

📸 🏫 Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aires: The Palace of the Running Waters 📸 🏫

The Palace of the Running Waters, or as it is called in Spanish El Palacio de Aguas Corrientes, is one of the most spectacular and special buildings in Buenos Aires 📸 🏫

Its facade is an impressive artwork with more than 300,000 glazed colorful terracotta tiles 📸 🏫

This impressive building was built between 1887 and 1894 to be a water pumping station. Today, it's a museum about Argentina's water and sanitation history 📸 🏫

Have you ever heard about this place? Would you visit on a trip to Buenos Aires? 📸 🏫

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⛪️🇦🇷Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aire

⛪️🇦🇷Spectacular buildings in Buenos Aires: Basílica de Maria Auxiliadora y San Carlos ⛪️🇦🇷

Basílica de Maria Auxiliadora y San Carlos is properly one of the most beautiful churches in Buenos Aires. In its interior, it features beautiful striped columns, a light blue sealing, and several religious decorations ⛪️🇦🇷

The church is built between 1900 and 1910, and is located in the neighborhood of Almagro ⛪️🇦🇷

Have you ever heard about this place? Would you visit on a trip to Buenos Aires? ⛪️🇦🇷

#BuenosAires #Argentina #VisitBuenosAires @visitargentina @visitbuenosaires @buenosairestravelers

🚗🇦🇷Everyday moments from Buenos Aires🇦

🚗🇦🇷Everyday moments from Buenos Aires🇦🇷 🚗

When I posted tourist content about Buenos Aires, I always get complains from Argentines stating that it doesn’t relate to their reality. And when I share that we decided to move from Buenos Aires, I tend to get questions from foreigners about why… So, I believe it’s same to share a little bit about why:

ECONOMY & INFLATION - Argentine economy has been a roller coaster for many year but recent years has been increasingly bad. To mention one of the many things affecting Argentina: inflation. Inflation means that the salary for an average person decreases its value over the cause of just a couple of months. Companies does adjust employees salary for inflation every now and then. But it mostly doesn’t add up in the long run and the employees’ purchase power over all has decreased. For you to get an idea, my last salary adjustment for inflation in Argentina before we left was of 50%… It might seem like a nice raise. But the estimated yearly inflation rate is around 100%?! Many Argentines are struggling to make ends met!

VIOLENCE & AGGRESSION - The tight economic situation also affects other aspects of everyday life. In my opinion, many people (especially in Buenos Aires) are on the edge. Getting into arguments over stupid things in the street, answering badly to one another… Not to mention the extremes of pickpocketing and robbing (something I have been fortunate enough to never experience first hand). In general, the negativity and verbal violence in Buenos Aires was really getting to me at the end. When visiting Buenos Aires and Argentina in general, you might not experience this or realize it as many people are properly still more open than what most of us are used to from our home country.

ACCESS TO PRODUCTS - This might seems like the most superficial reason but it does have some truth to it. Taxes, tariffs, and import restrictions make it hard to get certain things in Argentina. Or what you can get is extremely expensive. There are so many things people in other countries take for granted, that’s hard to get in Argentina.

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🎨🇦🇷 5 Street Art Murals to Visit in Coleg

🎨🇦🇷 5 Street Art Murals to Visit in Colegiales, Buenos Aires 🎨🇦🇷

1 - Cartoon House 🎨🇦🇷
The mural covers the entire façade of the house, featuring different cartoon-like characters in bright and vibrant colors. These whimsical characters add a pop of color to the surrounding area and bring joy to those who pass by.
📍Conde 391, Colegiales

2 - The Skin of Mirrors (la piel de los espejos) 🎨🇦🇷
This impressive artwork features dolls of traditional Argentine shepherd girls, guachas, alongside traditional Chinese creatures such as dogs or dragons.
📍 Conde 312, Colegiales

3 - Frida Kahlo 🎨🇦🇷
Located on the border of Colegiales and Palermo, this mural is one of the most photographed pieces of street art in Buenos Aires. Actually, this is an old photo because she got a makeover in 2022, which I don't have any pictures of...
📍Avenida Dorrego 1735, Colegiales

4 - Alice and the Porteño Rabbit 🎨🇦🇷
I have already mentioned this in a previous post, but if you’re a fan of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, Alice in Wonderland, then you’ll love this street art mural.
📍Conde 494, Colegiales

5 - Blue Cats 🎨🇦🇷
I haven't been able to locate this mural again, but it deserved to be added to the list. A whole mural created in blue tones featuring two huge cats.
📍Somewhere in Colegiales

#StreetArt #BuenosAires #Argentina #travel #travelblog

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