Buenos Aires is one of the best cities in the world to discover by foot. Sure, some destinations are sometimes a little far away but most everything is within walking distance if you live in Recoleta, Barrio Norte or Palermo and have the luxury of time.
We live in Recoleta, on the border of Barrio Norte, right by Avenida de Las Heras. From there it's a straight shot to Plaza Italia and then down Thames to Placa Serrano in Palermo Viejo. It takes about an hour by foot to get there from our pad and that's what we did today.
We started on Pechego de Melo and walked towards Parque Las Heras and found several very interesting restaurants that we memorized local and menu. Once on Avenida de Las Heras the restaurants were fewer and the traffic much more intense until we got to Plaza Italia. There we decided to pake a pit stop at one of the many book stores in town, on Thames, and then down to Social Paraiso on Honduras for lunch.
They serve a fantastic 2-course lunch menu for 14 pesos (US$ 4.50). Today we could choose between an onion soup or quesedilla w/ salad for starter and a veggie wok or chicken breast wrapped in prosciutto w/ mashed potatoes. It was, as always delish.
After lunch, which also included a glas of wine, water and a cortadito, we walked around the Palermo Soho streets for a while and then headed back towards Recoleta via Avenida Santa Fe and Avenida Coronel Diaz. Just in time for our daily siesta!
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