Besides its many bars, cafes and restaurants, that offer something for every taste or preference, the streets of Palermo are great for wandering around and getting lost in one of its hidden alleys or corners. Just walking around on a sunny day, you’ll find countless paintings covering the walls of the houses, one graffiti following the other. That’s why Palermo is not only known as the place to go out at night, but also as the bohemian street art district of Buenos Aires.

And to discover a bit more of this huge variety of different paintings, graffitis and artists within the district, we decided to go on a Street Art Walking Tour. The tour is being offered three times a week by the Art Factory Palermo Hostel, it lasts about 2,5h, and the $200 pesos were well spent for all the explanations and for seeing images and art works that we would’ve probably missed otherwise. And even if you decide not to spend that kind of money on a walking tour, just take any sunny afternoon, grab some ice cream at Lucciano’s, and start walking through this beautiful barrio (“district”). I promise you, you’ll be amazed by all the colours, craziness, beauty, fanciness, abstraction and illusion that can be found on the walls of Palermo.