ACZoom  ·  Archive-2016

Café Tortoni is quite large, this is a shot from one side, looking towards the entrance.

This is in Belgrano, far away from Microcentro, but shows the way they grill meat, and the chef in the gaucho outfit cutting the meat.

La Tranquera at Figueroa Alcorta, Av. 6464

This is local bus guide, costs under AR$4. Useful also as a detailed map, and to look up locations given a street and a number - most streets cross multiple barrios. Available at most book stalls around or in subway stations.
This guide is for Capital Federal - there is a bigger more expensive guide for around AR$14, that covers larger area, but tourists will probably never need that one.

Benito Quinquela Martín Museum, in La Boca.

Benito Quinquela Martín painting - Día Luminoso

Simple bathroom in his house. The bidet is behind the door on the left.

Benito Quinquela Martín House - Bedroom

Title: Motivo de Puerto

The bookmark has a quote in two languages.

In Spanish - "A todo hombre que se sueña le falta un tornillo. Este tornillo no los volverá cuerdos; por el contrario los preservá contra la pérdida de esa locura luminosa de la que se sienten orgullosos."

In English - "Every man who dreams has a screw loose. Awarding them this screw will not make them sane. On the contrary, it will prevent them from losing that bright madness of which they are proud."

Available for purchase for AR$2 [2007] at the Benito Quinquela Martín Museum.

From the end of Diagonal Norte street, no crowd during the weekend.

The obelisk as viewed from the Avenida 9 de Julio and Corrientes intersection, at night. The 9 de Julio street is the widest street in the world - to cross it first walk across 9 lanes, then though the mid-section which is also that wide, and then another 9 lanes with traffic going the other way.