Built on the site that once formed the country residence of the 18th century dictator Rosas, Palermo is nowadays the largest neighborhood in Buenos Aires with around 300,000 inhabitants. This sheer size has led to the designation by the public (and real estate agents) of many unofficial subdivisions to indicate what part of the neighborhood they are talking about. Named after the many television and movie producers that have their offices here, Palermo Hollywood has been transformed from a quiet and rundown part of town into the hippest place to stay during the best tours to Argentina.
Located to the north of neighboring Palermo Soho, on the other side of Avenida Juan B. Justo, it first gained fame when legendary director Francis Ford Coppola opened an office there and when other creative companies followed and were joined by young nightlife entrepreneurs being priced out of Palermo Soho, Palermo Hollywood soon became Buenos Aires’ premier hotspot.
Restaurants and bars line the main streets and on weekends crowd spill onto the streets of many locales. Unico (Fitz Roy 1892) is undoubtedly the most popular bar in the neighborhood with a good mix of locals and tourists and almost round the clock opening hours. Good restaurants are the Scandinavian inspired Olsen (Gorriti 5870), the Vietnamese styled Green Bamboo (Costa Rica 5802) that also has spectacular cocktails and the very hip and very expensive hidden restaurant Tegui (Costa Rica 5852)
There’s also a myriad of late night dancing with clubs ranging from the hip Fetish (Nicaragua 5549) and Voodoo Hotel (Dorrego 1735) to the more mainstream Miami style of INK (Niceto Vega 5635) and even the still going strong mainstays of Niceto Club (Niceto Vega 5510) and Congo (Honduras 5329). Luckily you won’t have to walk far to rest your tired head after yet another event filled night as Palermo Hollywood has also some of the hippest places to stay during in Argentina. Home (Honduras 5860), the aptly named boutique hotel founded by a former record producer and his wife is one of the nicest.
