Buenos Aires Secret Spots: Paseo la Plaza

With restaurants, bars, shops and theatres, Paseo la Plaza has it all, plus a Beatles museum too! One of the top Buenos Aires secret spots, Paseo la Plaza is hidden inside a regular-looking city block in downtown Buenos Aires, between streets Corrientes and Sarmiento. The main entrance looks like a theatre, with movie posters lining the walls, but just past the ticket booth, the short passageway reveals an enchanting open-air space on the other side.

The main entrance to Paseo la Plaza

Paseo la Plaza, which has parking space for 500 cars in the car park next door, hosts a dozen bars and restaurants, including the Cuban restaurant Oye Chico and the artisan brewery Cerro Wank. If you want to embrace the real Buenos Aires and experience a taste of genuine porteño culture, grab a Friday-night beer or a coffee in The Cavern or any of the other bars in Paseo la Plaza. Show up a little early to explore the shopping centre, or Paseo de Compras, which includes clothes, record stores and artwork.

One of the many restaurants in Paseo la Plaza

A cultural centre as well as a commercial centre, Paseo la Plaza regularly features cultural events in its performance spaces. Two state-of-the-art theatres seat approximately 1000 people combined.

Paseo la Plaza’s state-of-the-art theatre

The careful landscaping of Paseo la Plaza makes it a pleasure to walk around. With three floors, you’ll find yourself strolling past the top branches of the area’s many verdant trees. Don’t miss the Beatles Museum, whose exhibits include the private collection of Argentine Rodolfo Vazquez, the largest collector of Beatles memorabilia in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.

The Beatles Museum includes the private collection of the largest collector of Beatles memorabilia

With so much to offer, there’s no doubt that Paseo la Plaza should be on on the itinerary of every traveller who wants to see the best of what the real Buenos Aires has to offer. Hidden from crowds of tourists and favoured by the porteños, this is undoubtedly top of the list of Buenos Aires secret spots.

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Written By: Caroline Leland

For: BsAs4u

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