The city’s second old harbor – BA is now its third – is Puerto Madero, a renovated docklands and marina complex with a string of good restaurants housed in the old brick warehouses. Posh yachts clubs sit among old cranes and historic tall ships, with the stylish silhouette of Santiago Calatrava’s Bridge to the Woman in the background. Not only is this the safest part of town, the mix of condominiums, office blocks and hotels also make it feel like the most modern part of the city, too.
An interesting side note to the warehouses that line the docks: when we first drove by I could have sworn I was looking at the Albert Docks in Liverpool, England. (Another recently revitalized docklands) The color of brick, the style of the architecture – it looked plucked out of Victorian England. Well, it turns out the bricks are, in fact, British. During Argentina’s shipping heyday, the boats transporting goods to the UK needed ballast for the return journey across the Atlantic. What did they use? English bricks.
And because this wouldn’t be a proper posting without some mention of food, check out the crazy red color of the salmon we had for lunch.
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