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Puerto Madero in the City of Buenos Aires
Puerto Madero is neighborhood number 47 of the Autonomous City of
Buenos Aires; having derived from a port built
at the end of the 19th century and abandoned during the 20th century, it is the city's youngest and most opulent
neighborhood. It is the best example of the last decade's transformations, with foreign and real estate
investments that had been unheard of since the town's grandparents were infants, that is, when the first Puerto
Madero was built. The buildings are contemporary and homogeneous with new, quiet streets named after women,
little traffic, plenty of parking space, streets patrolled by Coast Guard instead of police, subtle presence of
businesses and kiosks, a river breeze and a new urban horizon behind the docks, enough to make locals from older
neighborhoods feel like foreigners in Puerto Madero.
Still under construction and development, the gastronomical stretch of the eastern part of Puerto Madero's dock
is quite calm in comparison to the western side's pedestrian gastronomical area, already a city classic,
where a week could be spent trying the high-quality restaurants. Although there are office buildings on both
sides, the eastern side of Puerto Madero is more residential and hotel oriented.
Take note that the south to north numbering system of the 4 docks may be confusing to foreigners. In urban
dynamics, Dock 1 of Puerto Madero (that empties into the industrial Dársena Sur) is last and Dock 4 of Puerto Madero
(in the elegant Dársena Norte
with yachts and frigates) is first, while Dock 3 is in the middle, with its pedestrian-crossing bridge that
projects into the city's original, institutional artery that leads from its most modern neighborhood to the
center of town.
Entering Puerto Madero by way of Calle Cecilia Grierson, the continuation of Avenida Córdoba, and behind the Buquebús
ferry-catamaran terminal (that services passengers and automobiles to Colonia del Sacramento in one hour and to
Montevideo in three hours), the Dársena Norte is visible. This water trapeze is the "nautical hall" of Buenos
Aires, a maritime city that grew around ships. Besides the futuristic catamaran ferries of Australian design,
boats docked here include the Libertad frigate, when it is not on instructional journeys; the
school-ships of other armed forces when visiting the Río de la Plata; the Almirante Irízar icebreaker;
when it is not out to sea; and other ships of the Argentine and foreign military, with a depth not exceeding
24 feet and that often receive public visits. The dozens of cruise ships that visit Buenos Aires, dock at the
Benito Quinquela Martín Port Terminal.
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Starting at the Cathedral and Archbishop's Palace and the 17th. century Church of San Francisco with its 19th. century tower, forming a group of outstanding beauty, from there the range of tourist sights spreads out in all directions of Salta - Argentina.
Iguazu Falls - Cataratas del Iguazu - consists of some 275 separate waterfalls - in the rainy season there are as many as 350 - that send their white cascades plunging more than 200 feet onto the rocks below.
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