Santos Lugares works well as a base: 10 minutes from Villa Sarmiento, 13km from El Ateneo Grand Splendid.
Santos Lugares is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with about 37,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Villa Sarmiento, about 4 km away.
Santos Lugares is a town in the southeast of the partido of Tres de Febrero. It is part of the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province, northwest of the Buenos Aires city proper. According to the 2001 census [INDEC], Santos Lugares had 17,023 inhabitants.
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.
11 km · about 20 min drive
museum
MALBA
Buenos Aires' leading contemporary art museum, showcasing the finest Latin American art from the 20th century onward.
13 km · about 25 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.
13 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.
13 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.
14 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.
14 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.
15 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.