Bike Tour – from San Telmo to the south of Buenos Aires

This seemed a good way of experiencing cycling in Buenos Aires both on the busy main roads and on the many protected cycle ways. The bike was comfortable and suitable for the rough terrain. 

First stop La Boca, I was apprehensive about visiting here by myself as it is a fairly poor neighbourhood that has had many regular occurrences of petty crime. We stopped on Caminito to see the colourful houses and the works of art painted on the walls in 1960 by the local La Boca artist Benito Quinquela Martín.

Caminito

Clavel del aire,  Luis Perlotti (1890 - 1969)

 

Home of the famous Boca Juniors Football Club

There were tango artists entertaining people eating in the many restaurants.

We then cycled to the Reserva Ecologia Costanera Sur so this time I

had the opportunity to see the reserve by bike, it was packed with people on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Our next stop was Puerto Madero, an area which was regenerated in the 1990 and is now an area of expensive hotels, restaurants and offices.

ARA Uruguay rescue ship for the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1903

Our final stop was the Plaza de Mayo, now the political centre of Buenos Aires where people come to campaign for human rights.  Its origins can be traced back to Juan de Garay's foundation of Buenos Aires in 1580.

Overlooking the Plaza de Mayo is the Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, the main Catholic church in Buenos Aires.