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MALBA
Buenos Aires' leading contemporary art museum, showcasing the finest Latin American art from the 20th century onward.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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San Isidro
Buenos Aires, Argentina · South America
About San Isidro
San Isidro works well as a base: 10 minutes from Olivos, 18km from El Ateneo Grand Splendid.
San Isidro is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with about 45,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Olivos, about 6 km away.
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What is there to see near San Isidro?
Within an hour or so of San Isidro: MALBA (16 km), Don Julio (16 km), Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires (18 km), El Ateneo Grand Splendid (18 km).
Where is San Isidro?
San Isidro is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, about 6 km from Olivos.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 45,190
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Argentina
- Region
- Buenos Aires
- Timezone
- America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
- Coordinates
- -34.4697, -58.5211
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Worth the detour from San Isidro
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.
16 km · about 30 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.
18 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.
18 km · about 20 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 min 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.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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