New Loft with swimming pool in Palermo, the coolest area in Buenos Aires

The neighborhood is centred on Plaza Palermo Viejo and reflects an older Spanish style in architecture, often 'recycled' with modern elements. Such well-known figures as Jorge Luis Borges and Che Guevara once lived in this ward and indeed Borges first wrote poetry in the then quiet barrio. Borges's poem 'Fundacion mitica de Buenos Aires' names a typical square (bordered by streets Guatemala, Serrano, Paraguay, Gurruchaga) adjacent to his childhood home, a popular tourist landmark. It was historically a residential area, popular with communities from Poland, Armenia, Ukraine and Lebanon and old Spanish and Italian families, whose traditions are reflected in local restaurants, churches, schools and cultural centres.

Palermo Soho: Palermo Soho is a small area of Palermo Viejo around Plaza Serrano (officially Plazoleta Cortázar) on Serrano near Palermo's south-western edge. It is a newly fashionable area for fashion, design, restaurants, bars and street culture. The atmosphere in many cafés and restaurants strives to be 'alternative', which makes this area of the city especially popular with young, upper-middle class Argentines as well as foreign tourists. The traditional low houses have been adapted into boutiques and bars, creating a bohemian feel. The square has a crafts fair.

Palermo Highlights: Libertador Avenue, Buenos Aires Botanical Gardens, The Argentine Automobile Club, India and Cerviño Streets, Japanese Gardens (the world's largest outside Japan), Buenos Aires Zoo, Le Parc Condominium Tower, The Parish of St. Adela, The Museum of Latin American Art, Cortázar Square, Gustav Bredow's Font of Agricultural Bounty, Germany Plaza, Tipa-lined Thames Street, Club de Pescadores (Fisherman's Club), Galilei Planetarium (Palermo Woods), Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi, Plaza Italia.