Retiro is grand avenues, train terminals, and polished hotel bars that remember the golden age. Plaza San Martin slopes toward the river with jacarandas turning everything purple in spring; dog walkers fill the grass while office workers eat empanadas on benches. The Kavanagh building and Torre Monumental watch over a district that mixes embassies, galleries, and consulates.
Florida Street pulls shoppers and street musicians; Mitre and San Martin stations send commuters to suburbs. At night, cocktail bars glow behind brass doors and old cafes serve medialunas until late. The bus terminal hums nearby, a small city of luggage, vendors, and loudspeakers.
It is one of the few places where you can watch port cranes, historic mansions, and container ships in the same glance, a compressed picture of Buenos Aires looking outward.