Florería Atlántico

Back on the Lonely Planet trail, we spent most of yesterday walking through the San Telmo neighbourhood, being the birthplace of tango with plenty of murals, cats in bars and modern art museums, eventually making our way up to Plaza de Mayo and its Casa Rosada where Evita used to give her speeches.

As expected, Buenos Aires turned out to be an incredible and highly walkable city, with a distinct yet confusing southern European atmosphere as one cannot decide if one is in Madrid, Rome or somewhere else completely. Ending our walk at a florist in the Recoleta neighbourhood per the suggestion of one of Anna’s colleagues, we found the hidden fridge door leading into the basement “speakeasy”, where we got to try the owner’s own “Apóstoles” gin. Listed as one of the top 50 bars in the world, it goes without saying that the Florería Atlántico was an instant Rawls & Me classic.