Earlier this summer, NYC & Company and Travel Buenos Aires officially signed a city-to-city partnership to boost travel and highlight the connection between the two vibrant cities. From world-class heritage sites, gastronomy and entertainment – both cities are home to neighborhoods and cultural enclaves with striking similarities. Each destination embraces diversity and vibrant immigrant roots, welcoming tourists as friends.

SoHo & Palermo
Palermo Viejo features an area called SoHo just like the one in the Big Apple. It’s full of independent designer stores, art galleries and bookstores. Palermo Soho is marked with plenty of urban street art, in which they are explored in an exclusive guided tour. The epicenter of the food and night scene is at Plaza Cortázar (former Plaza Serrano), but going for a stroll or window shopping is a daytime adventure.

Upper Eastside & Recoleta
The most elegant and ‘European’ of Buenos Aires neighborhoods, Recoleta is a wealthy residential area of great historical and architectural interest thanks to its iconic buildings evocative of Parisian ‘petits hôtels’. Many of the city’s most luxurious hotels can be found in Recoleta. Its tree-lined avenues are home to fashionable restaurants, cafes, boutiques, malls and galleries.

Brooklyn & San Telmo
As one of the oldest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, San Telmo boasts a vibrant tango and art scene, with Spanish-style architecture. Antique markets, candle street lighting (known as farolas), cobblestones, and old buildings with original facades and décor contribute to the uniquely bohemian vibe of the neighborhood. Trinket hunters will revel in eccentric clothing boutiques, galleries and shops selling eclectic garments, artwork and jewelry. Adding to the BK-like charm are old bars and poetry cafes that have barely changed in decades.

Broadway & Corrientes Theater District
Landmarks such as the ‘obelisco’ and the beautifully restored Teatro Colón line the busy Avenida de Julio, the widest avenue in the world. Buenos Aires has more theaters than any other city in the world. Theater buffs and Broadway enthusiasts should head westward along the Avenida Corrientes from Avenida de Julio and they’ll find themselves in Buenos Aires’ very own 42nd Street. This area also features classic porteño cafes, the shopping mecca of the pedestrianized Calle Florida with its many malls, and popular plazas.