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Nature spot · Palermo · Buenos Aires

A Slow Walk Through the Botanical Garden

A quiet green pause in the middle of the city.

A Slow Walk Through the Botanical Garden — Palermo, Buenos Aires

A slow, unhurried loop through Buenos Aires's oldest botanical garden, laid out by Carlos Thays and opened in 1898. Wander past the old glass greenhouse and bronze sculptures tucked among the flowerbeds, with resident cats dozing in the sun. It is easy to reach off Plaza Italia and easy to love, best in the quiet of a weekday morning.

On this plan

  • Historic 1898 garden
  • Old glass greenhouse
  • Sculptures among the flowerbeds
  • Resident garden cats
  • Flat, easy paths
  • Coffee just outside the gates

Your afternoon

  1. 10:00 AM · Enter at Plaza Italia
    Step in off Avenida Santa Fe and let the traffic fade.
  2. Warm up at the greenhouse
    The old glass invernaculo, kept since the garden's early years.
  3. Wander the sculpture beds
    Bronze figures tucked among the flowerbeds.
  4. Pause by the pond
    Find a bench and watch for a resident cat in the sun.
  5. Leave through the Santa Fe gate
    Coffee is waiting just outside.

What to bring

  • Water
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Camera
  • A light jacket
  • A book for the benches

Getting there

Subte Line D to Plaza Italia, right at the entrance. Many buses stop along Avenida Santa Fe and at Plaza Casares, steps from the gate.

The garden is gated, staffed, and well kept, easy to reach and easy to leave. Paths are flat and paved. Come in daylight for the softest light, and check the closing time before you go.