Colegiales works well as a base: 10 minutes from Villa Santa Rita, 6km from El Ateneo Grand Splendid.
Colegiales is in Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina, with about 57,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Villa Santa Rita, about 5 km away.
Colegiales is a barrio or district in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located between Alvarez Thomas av., Forest av., De los Incas av., Virrey del Pino st., Cabildo av., Jorge Newbery st., Crámer st. and Dorrego av.
There are large and tall buildings that go from the Crámer street to Avenida Cabildo and traditionalRead more houses up to three stories. This district has become a busy one with many pedestrians and cars on the streets. This neighborhood is mainly residential, with some non-residential areas like the classification yard in the north-east zone, the fairs in the south-west (where until the late 1960s there was another classification yard), and the UCA Colegiales campus in the south-east.
A Palermo parrilla where the walls are papered with bottles signed by diners and dry-aged beef is grilled over quebracho embers. Regularly named among the world's best restaurants; queues form before opening.
3 km · about 5 min drive
museum
MALBA
Buenos Aires' leading contemporary art museum, showcasing the finest Latin American art from the 20th century onward.
4 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
An ornate city of the dead with elaborate mausoleums housing Argentina's elite, including Eva Perón, in a labyrinth of marble and statuary.
5 km · about 10 min drive
photogenic
El Ateneo Grand Splendid
A 1919 opera house converted into a bookshop, with the painted cupola, boxes and crimson stage curtain intact; the stage is now a cafe. Shelves fill the stalls under the original ceiling fresco.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Obelisco de Buenos Aires
Iconic 67-metre obelisk in the centre of the Plaza de la República, marking the heart of Buenos Aires.
7 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
Palacio Barolo
A 1923 tower built as an allegory of Dante's Divine Comedy: 22 floors for the poem's cantos, hell below, a working lighthouse for paradise at the top with views down Avenida de Mayo.
7 km · about 15 min drive
cafe
Cafe Tortoni
Buenos Aires' oldest cafe, opened in 1858, with marble tables, stained glass and a basement tango room where Borges and Gardel were regulars. Expect a queue on Avenida de Mayo; order the chocolate con churros.
8 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
San Telmo, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires' oldest neighborhood with a famous Sunday antique market, milonga dance halls, and colonial architecture.