San Telmo Market & Graffiti Buenos Aires Argentina

"Known for its bohemian charm, and slightly run down historic appeal, San Telmo is the neighborhood of Arts and Antiques, Tango and timelessness. San Telmo is energy-filled, quaint and funky on any day of the week, but on Sundays it truly comes to life. Centered around the Antiques Fair in Plaza Dorrego, and stretching down the cobblestone Calle Defensa, a Sunday visit to San Telmo is a highlight for visitors to Buenos Aires."


After reading a few travelers books and some not all recommended we walk through we decided to take the tourist bait. We arrived after 13+hours of flying around 11am to BA. Had lunch and while we waited for our room decided to walk down to the San Telmo market. (We were staying at Intercontinental but the neighborhood is not the safest. We recommend to stay at the Park Hyatt-splurge it's worth it and we wish we had). 


The market was like any other flee market in a foreign country. Did it have charm ... in its own way yes. I would recommend this one over the leather market on Florida street (gross). Different parts of the market had more charm than others. And somehow we missed the tango dancing... I blame that on the fact we had just arrived. This was the one thing I wanted to see! 

If you are in BA on a Sunday, I would recommend a quick walk-through you may not buy anything but there are some good views. And if you can sit down for coffee and watch the tango dancers...my one regret as we did not.

Even in Argentina the like the Chik-Fil-A slogan

A piece of art in San Telmo

The other interesting thing we learned upon arriving is that the graffiti is EVERYWHERE some is bad but the majority is amazing. You can take a graffiti walking tour or just keep your eyes open it's basically on every other building!