Beautiful Buenos Aires; 2025

Beautiful Buenos Aires!

Buenos Aires, capital city of Argentina, pop 3 million, (16.5 million in the metro area), home of the Tango, and great place to explore for a few days before and after my Patagonia hiking trip. Before the Patagonia, trip, I explored the city on foot, by bike, and by boat.

The Casa Rosada, once a palace, is now the "government house"

Puenta de la Mujer, a cantilever spar cable-stayed pedestrian bridge which also functions as a swing bridge, Designed by Santiago Calatrava, he describes being inspired by the forms of people dancing the Tango

Took a boat trip to Tigre, a BA suburb, located in the Paraná River delta. The ride passed residential, urban, and more remote areas, showing how people lived in the delta zone

"River buses" like this transport people throughout the delta communities

Larger supply boats deliver food, water, and other goods

La Marina Regatta (Rowing) Clubhouse. Rowing is a big deal in Buenos Aires

The Buenos Aires Rowing Club HQ in Tigre

The Buenos Aires Rowing Club Headquarters in BA

Skyline from the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (South Coast Nature Reserve), an urban park established on a former landfill

Fountain of the Nereids, a white marble sculpture made by famous Argentinian sculptor Lola Mora (1903). Near the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (South Coast Nature Reserve), an urban park in BA

Cityscape from the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (South Coast Nature Reserve)

On the street in La Boca, a colorful artsy part of town

La Boca neighborhood: an revitalized artsy neighborhood that was once a slum

On the street in La Boca

After Patagonia, Linda and I had a wonderful tour of downtown Buenos Aires with Johanna, the owner and main tour guide of the JoyofBuenosAires.com.

La Recoleta Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio de la Recoleta) is a cemetery located in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and military commanders such as Julio Argentino Roca. In 2011, the BBC hailed it as one of the world's best cemeteries, and in 2013, CNN listed it among the 10 most beautiful cemeteries in the world. The crypts are works of art, and the cemetery provides a sort of history of the city.

The Recoleta Cemetery; crypt of Evita Peron

The Recoleta Cemetery

Part of la Bombonera (The Chocolate Box), oficially named Alberto José Armando Stadium, a football (soccer) stadium located near the La Boca neighborhood in Buenos Aires

Drone's eye view of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires), where Pope Francis worked before he became Pope Francis

Front view of the Cathedral, on the Plaza de Mayo, where Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio) called home and served as archbishop before becoming a cardinal and then pope. Local Catholics seem proud