Palermo can be divided into two distinct areas: Palermo Chico (Small Palermo), where there are several large parks and small lakes, and Palermo Viejo (Old Palermo),a traditional Buenos Aires neighborhood with wide streets and old houses.
"Palermo chico" is a beautiful place with big houses and small streets.
Palermo Viejo is a cultural zone as well as entertainment due to the quantity of bars, pubs, restaurants of different styles of foods, mexican, japanese, criolla, etc. Also there is developing a vanguard fashion zone and handicraft markets, particularly developed by young people.

There are a lot of buses along Santa Fé Av. Which take the tourist to almost every part from the city and the surroundings. There are also trains and subway which drives you to Belgrano and to downtown.
Also in Palermo there are the Zoo and the Botanical Garden.

PLACES TO VISIT:

* Los Bosques de Palermo: (Palermo Forests):

Casares Avenue and Libertador Avenue.
It is the main green space in the city. The forest has three artificial lakes which can be gone through by renting small boats. You can walk along the Rosedal, the Patio Andaluz, made of Spanish materials , and the Jardín de los Poetas (Poet's garden) where you can find sculptures of famous writers such as William Shakespeare, Paul Groussac, Alfonsina Storni, Dante Alighieri, Federico García Lorca and Antonio Machado, among others.

* Galileo Galilei Planetarium :

Sarmiento Avenue and Belisario Roldán Avenue.
It was built in 1966 by architect Enrique Jan. Shaped like a planet, it has a 20 meter wide cupola. Shows are projected on the inside of the cupola through a spotlight and laser system. The equipment can project up to 8900 fixed stars, constellation and nebulas.


* Jardín Botánico (Botanical Gardens):

3951 Santa Fé Avenue.
You can find up to 8000 different varieties of plants from all over the world, as web as sculptures and some interesting buildings. There is a tree from Chine called "Arbol de Oro" , ("Tree of gold") which is the only left in the world. Entrance free, daily from 10 am to 6 pm.


* Jardín Zoológico (Zoo):

2827, Sarmineto Avenue.
It was founded by President Sarmiento in 1874 and it became a private zoo in 1990. It consists in 18 hectares where different animal species are found and also it is dedicating to save The Condor Andino which was to extinct.


* Japanese Garden:

Casares Avenue and Figueroa Alcorta Avenue.
It was built and designed by the civil engineer Isakari and the painter Yatsuo Inomata in 1979. It is a nice classic Japanese Style place to visit. It combines great varieties of plants and trees among artificial lakes connected by wooden bridges.


PALERMO VIEJO (Old Palermo)

It is an anciant district and it has made wide streets full of trees. There are important colonial style houses. There are different options for all ages. There are places where you can watch a show and others are only for dancing, having a meal or picture exhibitions.

Things to see:

* Jorge Luis Borges House:

2135 Serrano Street.


*  San Jorge Orthodox Church:

1247 Scalabrini Ortiz Avenue. It is a big Neo-Byzantine style temple..