Abasto: Buenos Aires Stay City Guide to Buenos Aires

Abasto: Buenos Aires Stay City Guide to Buenos Aires

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Abasto is a fantastic traditional Buenos Aires neighborhood that boasts the city’s most sultry tango salons where the streets glitter with old Buenos Aires style. This neighborhood is very central and should not be discounted by those who want cost effective city center living.

Abasto Buenos Aires Many bus lines run along Corrientes Avenue, Abasto’s main drag. Take the 62 to arrive in El Centro in 10 minutes, bus 188 to Palermo in 7 minutes, and route 124 to Recoleta in 25 minutes. Abasto has three subte (subway) stations along Line B, Angel Gallardo, Medrano and Carlos Gardel. Each station is about 3 minutes apart and it takes 10 – 15 minutes to arrive there from El Centro (downtown).

Please note these times are estimates, changes depend on traffic on the road and time of day. A quick tip: plan breakfast and your afternoon coffee break at peak transport times as it stinks!

Abasto is one of best examples of Buenos Aires’ mass-multicultural settlement. It was one of Buenos Aires’ designated places for the immigration inflow of the late 19th century. The history of this mainly European melting pot is still very evident, with avant-garde theatres, antique bookstores, cultural centers, museums, handicraft fairs and shopping. For those interested in tango and the history of tango, it offers historical tango themed cafeterias, bars and milongas (dance halls) where one can dance tango.

Abasto was home to the legendary tango singer Carlos Gardel known as ‘El Morocho del Abasto’ (the dark-haired guy from Abasto) who lived there for most of his life. Every street and every building in Abasto hides secrets or legends associated with Buenos Aires’ tango history and famous tango figures, such as Carlos Gardel, Anibal Troilo and Astor Piazzolla. It has been said that even rock stars such as Luca Prodan cut-their-teeth in some of the sultry late night bars of Abasto.

Abasto de Buenos Aires was famous for being the central fruit and vegetable market from 1893 to 1984. This building is an example of grand “euro-tecture” architecture and was refurbished in 1999, now serving as a fabulous shopping mall, complete with a children's museum, Abasto Shopping.

Among the architectural attractions close to this barrio is the neo-classical Congress building and its statue group in neighbouring Plaza Congreso, where the El Molino Tea Room offers a great stopping point for refreshment.

We recommend an evening of tango at Café Los Angelitos on the corner of Rivadavia and Rincón, a traditional meeting place for poets and musicians. Its façade is decorated with angels and is one of Abasto’s powerful landmarks.