racetrack
Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez
Permanent racing circuit in southern Buenos Aires opened in 1952, host of Argentine Grand Prix rounds and TC racing.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Hurlingham
Buenos Aires, Argentina · South America
About Hurlingham
Hurlingham works well as a base: 5 minutes from El Palomar, 21km from El Ateneo Grand Splendid.
Hurlingham is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with about 60,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is El Palomar, about 4 km away.
Hurlingham Club is an Argentine sports and social club located in the city of Hurlingham, Buenos Aires. It is named after the Hurlingham Club in London and was set up in 1888 by the local Anglo-Argentine community. The town of Hurlingham and Hurlingham Partido grew up around the club, taking its name.
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wide range of activities, such as cricket, gymnastics, golf, horse riding, polo, squash, and tennis. The "Abierto de Hurlingham" (Hurlingham Open) polo tournament is considered the 2nd. in importance after the Campeonato Argentino.
The club covers 73 hectares and has an 18-hole golf course, five polo fields, stables for 300 horses, schools of polo, horse riding and pony riding, 18 tennis courts including six grass courts, a cricket pitch, two swimming pools, three paddle tennis courts and an indoor complex with a gym, squash court and dressing rooms.
The club house also has function rooms, restaurant and bars, plus hotel rooms available to members.
Hurlingham was the first place in Argentina where polo was played, and the Argentine Polo Association was founded at the club in 1922. Argentina has subsequently become a dominant power in international polo, and the club hosts a major polo tournament each year, the "Campeonato Abierto de Hurlingham".
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What is there to see near Hurlingham?
Within an hour or so of Hurlingham: Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (19 km), Don Julio (19 km), MALBA (21 km), El Ateneo Grand Splendid (21 km).
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Hurlingham is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, about 4 km from El Palomar.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 60,000
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Argentina
- Region
- Buenos Aires
- Timezone
- America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
- Coordinates
- -34.5904, -58.6290
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Worth the detour from Hurlingham
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
Don Julio
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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
museum
MALBA
Buenos Aires' leading contemporary art museum, showcasing the finest Latin American art from the 20th century onward.
21 km · about 25 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.
21 km · about 25 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.
22 km · about 25 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.
22 km · about 25 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.
23 km · about 25 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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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