Lovely town, planned in 1880 on the drawing-board
The capital of Buenos Aires province is La Plata, a modern university city with a lively student population, and consequently good nightlife, with lots of restaurants and bars. There’s no particular reason to visit as a tourist, but if you’re passing through or on a day trip from Buenos Aires (only 60 minutes by bus), you’ll appreciate the broad avenues, leafy plazas and elaborate public buildings. It’s a young and vibrant place, where football and rugby are major passions. At the east of the city there’s a beautiful park, Paseo del Bosque, popular at weekends with families for asados, with its famous science museum, the magnificent but slightly run-down Museo de Ciencias Naturales.
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