Los Polvorines works well as a base: 10 minutes from San Miguel, 30km from El Ateneo Grand Splendid.
Los Polvorines is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with about 53,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is San Miguel, about 5 km away.
Los Polvorines is a district (localidad) in the urban conurbation of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the former county seat of Malvinas Argentinas Partido of Buenos Aires Province.
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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
museum
MALBA
Buenos Aires' leading contemporary art museum, showcasing the finest Latin American art from the 20th century onward.
29 km · about 35 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.
30 km · about 35 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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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.
31 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 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.