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La Boca (Caminito), Buenos Aires
A colorful working-class neighborhood famous for its brightly painted corrugated-iron houses, tango dancers, and the passion of Boca Juniors football.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Quilmes
Buenos Aires, Argentina · South America
About Quilmes
Quilmes works well as a base: 10 minutes from Berazategui, 19km from El Ateneo Grand Splendid.
Quilmes is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with about 260,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Berazategui, about 6 km away.
Quilmes (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkilmes]) is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the southeast end of the Greater Buenos Aires, being some 17 km (11 mi) away from the urban centre area of Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and is the seat of the eponymousRead more
partido (district).
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Within an hour or so of Quilmes: La Boca (Caminito), Buenos Aires (14 km), San Telmo, Buenos Aires (15 km), Obelisco de Buenos Aires (17 km), Cafe Tortoni (17 km).
Where is Quilmes?
Quilmes is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, about 6 km from Berazategui.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 262,379
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Argentina
- Region
- Buenos Aires
- Timezone
- America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
- Coordinates
- -34.7206, -58.2545
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Worth the detour from Quilmes
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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San Telmo, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires' oldest neighborhood with a famous Sunday antique market, milonga dance halls, and colonial architecture.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Obelisco de Buenos Aires
Iconic 67-metre obelisk in the centre of the Plaza de la República, marking the heart of Buenos Aires.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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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.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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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.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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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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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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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