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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Merlo
Buenos Aires, Argentina · South America
About Merlo
Merlo is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Ituzaingó, 31km from El Ateneo Grand Splendid.
Merlo is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with about 270,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ituzaingó, about 6 km away.
Merlo is the head city of the eponymous partido of Merlo and seat of the municipal government, located in the Greater Buenos Aires urban area of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
The city was founded by Francisco de Merlo in 1755 and rebuilt by Juan Dillon in 1859.
Merlo is divided in two distinctive regions: MerloRead more
Centro, a middle class district clustered around the train station; and the working class barrios, most of them along the Reconquista River.
The administrative and commercial center is around the main avenue, Avenida del Libertador General San Martín. This tree-covered avenue stretches seven blocks from the railway station to the historic district and has few buildings reaching over two storeys in height.
Merlo is bordered by Moreno and Paso del Rey—both cities in Moreno Partido—and the Reconquista River (northwest), San Antonio de Padua (north), Libertad and Parque San Martín (east) and Mariano Acosta (south).
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What is there to see near Merlo?
Within an hour or so of Merlo: Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (25 km), Don Julio (29 km), MALBA (31 km), El Ateneo Grand Splendid (31 km).
Where is Merlo?
Merlo is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, about 6 km from Ituzaingó.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 268,961
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Argentina
- Region
- Buenos Aires
- Timezone
- America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
- Coordinates
- -34.6654, -58.7274
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Worth the detour from Merlo
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.
29 km · about 35 min drive
museum
MALBA
Buenos Aires' leading contemporary art museum, showcasing the finest Latin American art from the 20th century onward.
31 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.
31 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.
32 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
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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
San Telmo, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires' oldest neighborhood with a famous Sunday antique market, milonga dance halls, and colonial architecture.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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