San Telmo, the neighbourhood

Old house on Defensa street
Photo : Hermann Luyken · CC0

One of the oldest neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires, San Telmo blends cobbled streets, colonial houses, antique shops and milongas. Plaza Dorrego, four blocks from the hotel, comes alive every Sunday with the San Telmo Fair.

Distances

The neighbourhood in pictures

San Pedro Telmo church
San Pedro Telmo church
Photo : Jorge Láscar · CC BY 2.0
Fruit stall at the San Telmo Market
Fruit stall at the San Telmo Market
Photo : Phillip Capper · CC BY 2.0
Plaza Dorrego
Plaza Dorrego
Photo : Jorge Láscar · CC BY 2.0
Plaza Dorrego at night
Plaza Dorrego at night
Photo : Leandro Neumann Ciuffo · CC BY 2.0
Tango in Plaza Dorrego
Tango in Plaza Dorrego
Photo : Brian Barbutti · CC BY 2.0
Defensa street, between Chile and San Lorenzo
Defensa street, between Chile and San Lorenzo
Photo : Andrew Milligan sumo · CC BY 2.0
Street in San Telmo
Street in San Telmo
Photo : amanderson2 · CC BY 2.0
Sunday antiques market
Sunday antiques market
Photo : LWY · CC BY 2.0
Iron and glass dome of the San Telmo Market
Iron and glass dome of the San Telmo Market
Photo : Matías Profeta · CC BY-SA 4.0

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